Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
May 24, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1961 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red 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

Boston Red Sox 2, New York Yankees 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 3 0 0 0
  Wertz ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Geiger cf 4 1 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 0 0
Jensen rf 3 0 1 0
Nixon c 3 0 0 1
Runnels 1b,2b 2 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 0 0 0
Buddin ss 3 0 0 0
Conley p 2 0 1 0
  Ginsberg ph 1 0 0 0
  Nichols p 0 0 0 0
  Stallard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Kubek ss 5 0 1 1
Lopez lf 3 0 0 0
Blanchard c 3 1 0 0
  Howard ph,c 1 0 1 0
Maris cf 4 1 1 2
Berra rf 4 0 3 0
Skowron 1b 4 1 2 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gonder ph 0 0 0 0
  Reed pr 0 0 0 0
Richardson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Cerv ph 0 0 0 0
Terry p 3 0 2 0
  Mantle ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Boston 000 100 010230
New York 000 200 0013100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Conley   7.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Nichols  L (0-1) 1.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Stallard   0.1 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.2
10
3
3
3
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Terry  W (2-0) 9.0 3 2 2 4 6
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Boston Jensen (3,off Terry); Conley (1,off Terry), New York Berra (3,off Conley).  3B–New York Skowron (1,off Nichols).  HR–Boston Geiger (4,8th inning off Terry 0 on, 2 out), New York Maris (8,4th inning off Conley 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Nixon (2,off Terry).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Gonder (1,by Stallard).  Team–8.  IBB–Stallard (1,Gonder).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Al Smith.  T–2:29.  A–7,673.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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