Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Athletics
September 9, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1961 at Municipal Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Athletics 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Green cf,lf 5 1 1 0
Martin 2b 5 1 2 0
Killebrew 1b 3 1 1 2
Lemon lf 4 1 3 1
  Lepcio 3b 0 0 0 0
Battey c 4 1 1 2
Allison rf 3 0 2 0
Tuttle 3b,cf 3 0 0 0
Valdivielso ss 4 0 1 0
Schroll p 2 0 0 0
  Altobelli ph 0 0 0 0
  Pleis p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Del Greco cf 5 1 1 0
Shoemaker 2b 4 0 2 0
Causey ss 5 0 2 0
Siebern 1b 4 1 3 1
Johnson 3b 5 2 1 0
Rivera rf 2 0 0 0
  Cipriani rf 2 0 0 0
Stephens lf 2 0 1 2
  Posada ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Mackenzie c 4 0 1 1
  Howser ph 1 0 0 0
Shaw p 3 0 0 0
  Pfister p 0 0 0 0
  Rakow p 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan ph 1 0 1 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 13 4
Minnesota 000 004 1005111
Kansas City 301 000 0004130
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Schroll   5.0 8 4 4 4 4
  Pleis  W (4-2) 4.0 5 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
4
6
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw   5.1 8 4 4 1 2
  Pfister   0.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Rakow  L (2-8) 1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Wickersham   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
3

  E–Martin (13).  DP–Kansas City 3.  2B–Minnesota Lemon (25,off Shaw); Valdivielso (4,off Pfister).  HR–Minnesota Battey (16,6th inning off Shaw 1 on, 1 out); Killebrew (41,7th inning off Rakow 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Killebrew (4,off Shaw).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Siebern (3,by Schroll).  Team–13.  WP–Schroll (2).  IBB–Schroll (1,Siebern).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:36.  A–4,107.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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