New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
May 30, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1961 at Fenway Park. 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

New York Yankees 12, Boston Red Sox 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Boyer 3b 6 2 4 0
Kubek ss 5 1 2 1
Maris rf 5 3 3 4
Mantle cf 5 2 2 4
  Reed cf 0 0 0 0
Berra lf 5 1 2 1
Skowron 1b 4 2 3 2
Blanchard c 5 0 0 0
Richardson 2b 5 1 1 0
Terry p 1 0 0 0
  Stafford p 2 0 0 0
  Coates p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 12 17 12
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 3 1 0 0
Geiger cf 5 1 1 0
Wertz 1b 3 1 1 0
Jensen rf 3 0 1 2
Malzone 3b 3 0 1 1
Pagliaroni c 4 0 1 0
Hardy lf 4 0 2 0
Buddin ss 4 0 0 0
Conley p 2 0 0 0
  Hillman p 0 0 0 0
  Runnels ph 1 0 0 0
  Fornieles p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
New York 301 103 04012170
Boston 003 000 000380
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Terry   2.0 5 3 3 2 1
  Stafford  W (1-2) 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Coates  SV (2) 3.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Conley  L (2-4) 5.0 8 6 6 0 3
  Hillman   2.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Fornieles   2.0 5 4 4 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
12
12
1
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–Boston Wertz (6,off Terry); Geiger (5,off Terry); Jensen (4,off Terry); Nixon (4,off Coates).  HR–New York Mantle 2 (13,1st inning off Conley 2 on, 1 out,8th inning off Fornieles 0 on, 2 out); Maris 2 (11,3rd inning off Conley 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Fornieles 2 on, 2 out); Skowron 2 (8,4th inning off Conley 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Hillman 0 on, 0 out);.  HBP–Coates (1,by Fornieles); Jensen (2,by Coates).  Team LOB–7.  SF–Malzone (1,off Stafford).  Team–8.  HBP–Coates (4,Jensen); Fornieles (2,Coates).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Joe Linsalata, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:56.  A–19,582.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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