Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
August 27, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1961 at Griffith Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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

Detroit Tigers 7, Washington Senators 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 4 1 1 1
Bruton cf 2 1 0 1
Kaline rf 3 1 0 0
Colavito lf 4 1 1 1
Cash 1b 4 1 1 2
McAuliffe 3b 4 1 2 1
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 1
House c 4 1 1 0
Mossi p 3 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 7 7
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Hinton lf 5 0 0 0
O'Connell 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson ss 4 1 1 0
Green rf 4 0 0 0
Tasby cf 3 1 0 0
Bright c 4 0 1 1
Zipfel 1b 4 2 3 1
Cottier 2b 4 0 2 1
Daniels p 0 0 0 1
  Veal ph 1 0 0 0
  Burnside p 0 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Woodling ph 1 0 1 0
  Klaus pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Detroit 300 021 001771
Washington 001 000 003490
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mossi  W (14-3) 8.2 8 4 1 1 3
  Fox   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Staley  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
1
1
4
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Daniels  L (8-8) 6.0 5 6 6 2 2
  Burnside   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Klippstein   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
7
7
2
3

  E–McAuliffe (12).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Cash (20,off Daniels), Washington Johnson (5,off Mossi).  3B–Detroit McAuliffe 2 (3,off Daniels,off Klippstein); Wood (10,off Daniels).  HR–Detroit Colavito (35,6th inning off Daniels 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Mossi (6,off Daniels).  SF–Bruton (3,off Daniels); Daniels (1,off Mossi).  Team LOB–2.  Team–6.  SB–Bruton (21,2nd base off Daniels/Bright); Zipfel (1,2nd base off Mossi/House).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Harry Schwarts, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:34.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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