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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 10, Washington Senators 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 5 1 2 1
Bruton cf 2 0 0 0
  Morton pr,rf 2 3 1 0
Kaline rf,cf 4 1 2 1
Colavito lf 5 3 3 6
Cash 1b 3 1 2 0
McAuliffe 3b 5 0 1 1
Fernandez ss 5 0 0 0
Roarke c 4 1 1 0
Foytack p 3 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 12 9
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Keough lf 4 0 1 0
Klaus 3b 4 0 2 0
Woodling rf 4 1 2 0
Green c 4 0 1 0
Johnson ss 4 0 0 0
Zipfel 1b 3 0 0 0
Tasby cf 4 0 1 0
Cottier 2b 3 0 0 0
Sisler p 0 0 0 0
  Kutyna p 1 0 0 0
  O'Connell ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 0
Detroit 001 142 02010120
Washington 000 001 000171
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack  W (9-8) 9.0 7 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
4
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Sisler  L (2-7) 4.1 7 6 6 3 3
  Kutyna   2.2 3 2 1 1 0
  Garcia   2.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
10
9
4
4

  E–Johnson (5).  DP–Detroit 2, Washington 1.  2B–Detroit Kaline (31,off Sisler); McAuliffe (9,off Kutyna).  3B–Detroit Cash (7,off Sisler); Wood (11,off Kutyna).  HR–Detroit Colavito 3 (38,4th inning off Sisler 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Sisler 2 on, 1 out,8th inning off Garcia 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Foytack (5,off Sisler).  HBP–Bruton (2,by Sisler).  IBB–Roarke (3,by Sisler).  Team LOB–7.  SB–Cash (10,2nd base off Sisler/Green).  HBP–Sisler (3,Bruton).  IBB–Sisler (5,Roarke).  U-HP–Harry Schwarts, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:15.  A–10,542.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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