Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
June 11, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 1961 at Fenway Park. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 10, Boston Red Sox 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 4 1 1 0
Tuttle rf,cf 4 1 1 1
Killebrew 3b 4 3 3 3
Lemon lf 4 1 1 2
  Becquer 1b 0 0 0 1
Allison 1b,rf 3 1 2 3
Green cf,lf 5 0 0 0
Martin 2b 4 0 1 0
  Battey c 0 0 0 0
Naragon c 4 0 1 0
  Valdivielso pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Kralick p 3 1 1 0
  Lee p 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 10 11 10
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 5 0 3 2
Hardy cf 4 2 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 5 1 2 1
Jensen rf 4 0 3 0
Malzone 3b 5 0 1 2
Pagliaroni c 3 0 0 0
  Wertz ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Runnels 1b,ss 3 1 0 0
Buddin ss 3 1 1 0
  Nixon c 1 0 0 0
Cisco p 0 0 0 0
  Hillman p 1 0 0 0
  Harrell ph 1 0 0 0
  Stallard p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 1 0 0 0
  Muffett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Minnesota 005 010 00410110
Boston 110 100 2005111
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kralick  W (5-4) 6.1 9 5 5 2 2
  Lee  SV (1) 2.2 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Cisco  L (0-1) 2.1 5 5 5 1 0
  Hillman   3.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Stallard   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Muffett   1.0 4 4 4 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
10
10
3
2

  E–Buddin (9).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Minnesota Lemon (5,off Cisco); Killebrew (4,off Muffett), Boston Schilling 2 (12,off Kralick 2); Hardy (6,off Kralick).  HR–Minnesota Allison (11,3rd inning off Cisco 1 on, 1 out); Killebrew (13,5th inning off Hillman 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Tuttle (3,off Cisco); Lee (1,off Muffett); Versalles (3,off Muffett); Cisco (1,off Kralick).  SF–Becquer (1,off Muffett).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  U-HP–Sam Carrigan, 1B–Cal Drummond, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:45.  A–18,809.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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