Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
May 21, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1961 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 1, Boston Red Sox 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 3 1
  Esposito pr 0 0 0 0
Minoso lf 4 0 1 0
Sievers 1b 4 0 0 0
Landis cf 3 0 0 0
Lollar c 4 0 0 0
Martin 3b 3 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 3 1 2 0
McLish p 2 0 0 0
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 3 1 0 0
Geiger cf 4 1 1 2
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Jensen rf 4 0 1 0
Nixon c 4 1 1 0
Runnels 1b 3 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 3 1 2 1
Buddin ss 2 0 0 0
Schwall p 2 0 0 0
  Conley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 3
Chicago 000 001 000161
Boston 020 000 02x450
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McLish  L (2-4) 7.0 3 2 1 1 4
  Staley   0.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Pizarro   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
4
3
2
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Schwall  W (1-0) 8.0 6 1 1 1 4
  Conley  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
6

  E–Fox (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Nixon (3,off McLish); Malzone (1,off McLish).  HR–Boston Geiger (3,8th inning off Staley 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Schwall (1,off McLish).  Team–4.  SB–Aparicio (11,2nd base off Schwall/Nixon).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Al Smith, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:00.  A–21,895.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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