Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
July 4, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1961 at Yankee Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, New York Yankees 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe ss 5 1 0 0
Kaline cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Maxwell lf 3 0 0 0
  Bruton cf 0 0 0 0
Colavito rf,lf 4 0 1 1
Cash 1b 2 0 0 1
Boros 3b 5 1 2 0
Wood 2b 5 0 1 0
Roarke c 3 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 1 0 1 0
  Fernandez pr 0 1 0 0
  Brown c 1 0 1 0
Lary p 4 0 1 1
  Aguirre p 0 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Richardson 2b 5 0 0 0
Kubek ss 5 1 2 0
Maris rf 4 1 1 2
Mantle cf 4 0 1 0
Berra lf 5 0 0 0
Skowron 1b 5 1 1 0
Blanchard c 4 0 3 0
Boyer 3b 1 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
  Gardner 3b 1 0 0 0
Turley p 0 0 0 0
  Coates p 0 0 0 0
  Cerv ph 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Sheldon p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 0 1 1
  Stafford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 9 3
Detroit 001 010 001 1481
New York 000 000 021 0392
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  W (12-4) 9.0 9 3 3 3 3
  Aguirre   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Fox  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
9
3
3
4
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Turley   2.2 2 1 1 4 2
  Coates   2.1 2 1 0 1 2
  Arroyo   3.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Sheldon   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Stafford  L (6-4) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
8
4
3
8
6

  E–Cash (7), Kubek (12), Blanchard (2).  DP–Detroit 2, New York 1.  PB–Brown (5).  2B–Detroit Brown (6,off Stafford), New York Kubek (21,off Lary).  HR–New York Maris (31,8th inning off Lary 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Lary (3,off Sheldon); Coates (3,off Lary).  IBB–Kaline (1,by Sheldon).  Team LOB–12.  Team–9.  SB–Wood (11,2nd base off Coates/Blanchard); Fernandez (4,Home off Sheldon/Blanchard); Kaline (7,3rd base off Sheldon/Blanchard); Bruton (10,2nd base off Sheldon/Blanchard).  IBB–Sheldon (1,Kaline).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–3:29.  A–74,246.
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