Washington Senators vs New York Yankees
July 1, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1961 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Washington Senators 6, New York Yankees 7

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 3b 4 0 2 0
Klaus ss 4 1 0 0
Woodling rf 3 0 0 0
  Hinton pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Green c 2 2 1 2
  Daley c 1 0 0 0
Tasby cf 3 0 0 0
Long 1b 4 2 2 1
Keough lf 4 1 2 3
Cottier 2b 4 0 1 0
Mathias p 1 0 0 0
  McClain p 2 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Richardson 2b 5 0 0 0
Kubek ss 5 2 2 0
Maris rf 5 2 3 2
Mantle cf 3 3 3 4
Howard c 4 0 1 1
Skowron 1b 3 0 1 0
Cerv lf 4 0 2 0
Gardner 3b 4 0 2 0
Stafford p 1 0 0 0
  Sheldon p 2 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 0 0 0
  Coates p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 14 7
Washington 032 000 001680
New York 013 000 1027140
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Mathias   2.2 7 4 4 0 0
  McClain   5.1 5 1 1 1 2
  Sisler  L (1-3) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
7
7
1
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stafford   2.2 3 5 5 3 0
  Sheldon   5.1 2 0 0 2 3
  Coates   0.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Arroyo  W (3-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Washington 1, New York 1.  2B–New York Gardner (11,off McClain).  HR–Washington Keough (6,2nd inning off Stafford 2 on, 1 out); Green (10,3rd inning off Stafford 1 on, 2 out); Long (12,9th inning off Coates 0 on, 0 out), New York Mantle 2 (27,2nd inning off Mathias 0 on, 0 out,3rd inning off Mathias 2 on, 1 out); Maris (28,9th inning off Sisler 1 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Skowron (4,by McClain).  Team–8.  CS–Tasby (7,2nd base by Sheldon/Howard).  SB–Mantle (6,2nd base off McClain/Daley).  HBP–McClain (3,Skowron).  U-HP–Bill Kinnamon, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:42.  A–16,015.
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