Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 2 (original) (raw)

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Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 2

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Game Played on Thursday, April 27, 1961 (D) at Briggs Stadium

BOS A 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 10 0 DET A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 2

BATTING

Boston Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Schilling 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 2 Geiger cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wertz 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0 6 0 Harrell pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jensen rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 Runnels 3b,1b 4 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 Nixon c 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 Green ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 Delock p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hillman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 34 5 10 5 1 3 27 11

BATTING - HR: Wertz (1,1st inning off Bunning 1 on 2 out); Nixon (1,4th inning off Bunning 1 on 2 out). SH: Nixon (1,off Grzenda); Hillman (1,off Grzenda). IBB: Green (1,by Grzenda). Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING - CS: Jensen 2 (2,2nd base by Bunning/Brown 2).

Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Wood 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 Bruton cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 Kaline rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 Colavito lf 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 Cash 1b 2 0 0 1 2 1 11 1 Boros 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 Brown c 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Bunning p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Osborne ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grzenda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Fischer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maxwell ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 5 2 6 2 27 14

FIELDING - E: Boros (1), Fernandez (4).

BATTING - Team LOB: 9.

PITCHING

Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Delock 2.1 2 2 2 5 1 0 14 Hillman W(1-0) 6.2 3 0 0 1 1 0 24 Totals 9 5 2 2 6 2 0 38

Inherited Runners - Scored: Hillman 3-0. .

Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bunning L(0-2) 7 6 4 2 0 3 2 26 Grzenda 1.2 4 1 1 1 0 0 10 Fischer 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 9 10 5 3 1 3 2 37

IBB: Grzenda (1,Green). Inherited Runners - Scored: Fischer 2-0. .

Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Harry Schwarts, 3B - Johnny Stevens

Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 2844

Starting Lineups:

Boston Red Sox Detroit Tigers

  1. Schilling 2b Wood 2b
  2. Geiger cf Bruton cf
  3. Yastrzemski lf Kaline rf
  4. Wertz 1b Colavito lf
  5. Jensen rf Cash 1b
  6. Runnels 3b Boros 3b
  7. Nixon c Brown c
  8. Green ss Fernandez ss
  9. Delock p Bunning p

RED SOX 1ST: Schilling grounded out (shortstop to first); Geiger flied out to right; Yastrzemski reached on an error by Boros [Yastrzemski to second]; Wertz homered to right (unearned) [Yastrzemski scored (unearned)]; Jensen singled to left; Jensen was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Wood popped to second; Bruton flied out to center; Kaline singled to right; Colavito walked [Kaline to second]; Cash was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Runnels singled to center; Nixon lined to center; Green grounded out (first unassisted) [Runnels to second (error by Fernandez; assist by Cash)]; Delock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Boros grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown lined to center; Fernandez lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Schilling lined to left; Geiger flied out to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Bunning grounded out (shortstop to first); Wood singled to left; Bruton walked [Wood to second]; Kaline walked [Wood to third, Bruton to second]; Colavito walked [Wood scored, Bruton to third, Kaline to second]; Cash walked [Bruton scored, Kaline to third, Colavito to second]; HILLMAN REPLACED DELOCK (PITCHING); Boros flied out to right; Brown forced Cash (shortstop to second); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 2, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Wertz grounded out (first unassisted); Jensen struck out; Runnels singled to left; Nixon homered to right [Runnels scored]; Green grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Fernandez flied out to center; Bunning grounded out (shortstop to first); Wood grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Hillman was called out on strikes; Schilling struck out; Geiger popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Bruton grounded out (second to first); Kaline popped to first; Colavito flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski singled to right; Wertz popped to shortstop; Jensen forced Yastrzemski (third to second); Jensen was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Cash walked; Boros forced Cash (pitcher to second); Brown struck out; Fernandez lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Runnels flied out to left; Nixon grounded out (second to first); Green grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: OSBORNE BATTED FOR BUNNING; Osborne lined to right; Wood popped to second; Bruton singled to center; Kaline forced Bruton (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 8TH: GRZENDA REPLACED OSBORNE (PITCHING); Hillman grounded out (third to first); Schilling singled to center; Geiger singled to right [Schilling to second]; Yastrzemski flied out to center; Wertz singled to right [Schilling scored, Geiger to third]; HARRELL RAN FOR WERTZ; Jensen forced Harrell (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 5, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: HARRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); RUNNELS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Colavito grounded out (second to first); Cash flied out to center; Boros singled to center; Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Runnels singled to center; Nixon out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Runnels to second]; Green was walked intentionally; Hillman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Runnels to third, Green to second]; FISCHER REPLACED GRZENDA (PITCHING); Schilling grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 5, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Fernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); MAXWELL BATTED FOR FISCHER; Maxwell singled to right; THOMAS RAN FOR MAXWELL; Wood flied out to right; Bruton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Tigers 2.

Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 5 10 0 5 Tigers 2 5 2 9

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