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New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
May 31, 1961 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 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."
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"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) |
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| Game played on Wednesday, May 31, 1961 at Fenway Park |
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| New York |
1 | 0 | 1 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| Boston |
0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | 9 | 1 |
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| New York Yankees |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Sheldon W (1-2) |
6.2 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
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Arroyo |
1.2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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McDevitt SV (1) |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
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| Boston Red Sox |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Brewer |
1.0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
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Muffett L (0-5) |
4.2 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
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Wills |
1.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Nichols |
2.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
11 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
E–Boyer (4), Richardson (9), Buddin (6). DP–New York 1, Boston 3. 2B–New York Boyer (5,off Brewer); Richardson (1,off Brewer); Arroyo (1,off Nichols), Boston Wertz (7,off Sheldon). 3B–New York Kubek (2,off Muffett). HR–New York Maris (12,3rd inning off Muffett 0 on, 0 out); Mantle (14,4th inning off Muffett 1 on, 2 out), Boston Malzone (3,5th inning off Sheldon 0 on, 0 out). HBP–Kubek (1,by Muffett). Team LOB–8. SH–Geiger (2,off Arroyo). Team–7. WP–Arroyo (1). HBP–Muffett (1,Kubek). U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Joe Linsalata, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Bob Stewart. T–2:52. A–17,318. |
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| Game played on Wednesday, May 31, 1961 at Fenway Park |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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