5/2/1961, Bos61-KC 61, KC Municipal Stadium
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1961 Boston 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 7 1 8 0
1961 Kansas City 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 2 7 0
Boston AB R H BI AVG Kansas City AB R H BI AVG
Moon rf 5 2 1 0 .214 Wills ss 5 0 3 1 .284
Yastremski lf 3 1 0 0 .158 Fox 2b 3 0 0 0 .236
Walls lf 0 0 0 0 .500 Virdon cf 4 0 0 1 .222
Piersall cf 5 0 1 2 .237 Gentile 1b 3 1 1 1 .333
White 1b 3 0 1 1 .260 Maye lf 4 0 0 0 .200
Held ss 4 0 2 1 .188 Jensen rf 2 0 1 0 .227
Gardner 2b 4 0 1 0 .159 Flood ph 1 0 0 0 .353
Rice c 0 0 0 0 .000 Reniff p 0 0 0 0 .000
Amalfitano 3b 4 0 0 0 .256 Roseboro c 4 0 1 0 .220
Nixon c 3 0 1 0 .311 Boyer 3b 3 1 1 0 .281
Malkmus 2b 0 0 0 0 .500 Foiles ph 1 0 0 0 .500
Cardwell p 3 1 0 0 .000 Jones,S p 2 1 1 0 .273
Williams ph 1 0 0 0 .083 Post ph 1 0 0 0 .095
Morgan p 0 0 0 0 .000 Roebuck p 0 0 0 0 .000
35 4 7 4 Bilko rf 0 0 0 0 .308
33 3 8 3
Boston INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Cardwell W 2-1 7.0 8 3 3 2 3 105 63 3.28
Morgan S 2 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 34 19 4.26
9.0 8 3 3 3 4 139 82
Kansas City INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Jones,S L 1-3 7.0 7 4 3 4 2 112 67 2.76
Roebuck 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 15 10 10.24
Reniff 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 1.69
9.0 7 4 3 4 3 138 84
Bos: Williams batted for Cardwell in the 8th
Rice inserted at c in the 8th
Malkmus inserted at 2b in the 8th
Walls inserted at lf in the 9th
KC : Post batted for Jones,S in the 7th
Flood batted for Jensen in the 8th
Bilko inserted at rf in the 9th
Foiles batted for Boyer in the 9th
E-Yastremski, Wills, Boyer. 2B-Moon(4), Nixon(5). HR-Gentile(4).
RBI-Piersall 2(6), White(6), Held(6), Wills(5), Virdon(6), Gentile(12).
SB-Piersall(2). CS-White, Wills. K-Amalfitano, Cardwell, Williams, Virdon,
Gentile, Jones,S, Flood. BB-Yastremski 2, White, Nixon, Gentile, Jensen,
Bilko. SH-Fox. PB-Roseboro.
GWRBI: Piersall
Temperature: 70, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 12 MPH.
5/2/1961, Bos61-KC 61, KC Municipal Stadium
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1961 Boston 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 7 1 8 0
1961 Kansas City 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 2 7 0
Boston -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Moon rf 1>8 3>D 5/L e5.1-2;B-1 9>Reniff
8
Yastremski lf 43 8.2-3 6>W W.2-3;1-2 63
Walls lf
Piersall cf 43 9 8 note 1 63
White 1b 2>63 S.3-H W.1-2 SB2
5/fl
Held ss S CS2(24) S.2-H;1-2 7
4>3/g
Gardner 2b S.1-2 53 9.2-3 8>Roebuck
e6.B-1
Rice c
Amalfitano 3b 31.2-3;1-2 k 54/f 16/b/f.B-1
Nixon c IW 5>31 7>D 7
Malkmus 2b
Cardwell p 64/f k note 2
Williams ph pb.1-2
k
Morgan p
1: S.3-H;2-H;1-3 2: 36/b.2x3;B-1
Kansas City -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Wills ss 1>S S.1-2 8 S.3-H 43
Fox 2b 53.1-2 note 1 5>8 43.1-2
Virdon cf CS3(25) 53.3-H;2-3 8 8
k
Gentile 1b 2>HR IW k 8>Morgan
43
Maye lf 7 13 6>4/fl 8
Jensen rf W 4>S 63
Flood ph k
Reniff p
Roseboro c 6 S.1-2 31 9>7
Boyer 3b 43 7.2-3 7>S.B-2(e7)
Foiles ph 4
Jones,S p 3>S k
Post ph 43.2-3
Roebuck p
Bilko rf W
1: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Boston IN OUT ER Kansas City IN OUT ER
Cardwell A1 D3 3 W 2-1 Jones,S A1 D5 3 L 1-3
Morgan D4 E1 0 S 2 Roebuck D6 D9 0
Reniff E1 E3 0
5/2/1961, Bos61-KC 61, KC Municipal Stadium
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1961 Boston 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 7 1 8 0
1961 Kansas City 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 2 7 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Boston batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Moon flied out to center (BBBCFX)
0-0 1 --- 12 Yastremski grounded out to second (CBFX)
0-0 2 --- 10 Piersall grounded out to second (BX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Kansas City batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Wills lined a single to left center (X)
0-0 0 1-- 00 Fox grounded out to third, Wills to second (>X)
0-0 1 -2- 10 Wills was caught stealing third (B>C)
0-0 2 --- 22 Virdon struck out (B>C.SBS)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Boston batting
0-0 0 --- 12 White grounded out to short (CBSX)
0-0 1 --- 02 Held lined a single down the right field line (CCX)
0-0 1 1-- 11 Gardner lined a single to shallow right, Held to second
(BSX)
0-0 1 12- 00 Amalfitano grounded out to first, Held to third, Gardner
to second (X)
0-0 2 -23 30 Nixon was walked intentionally (IIII)
0-0 2 123 12 Cardwell grounded to short, forcing Nixon at second (CBFX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Kansas City batting
0-0 0 --- 01 Gentile homered deep to right (CX)
0-1 0 --- 11 Maye flied out to left (BCX)
0-1 1 --- 32 Jensen walked (CBFBBB)
0-1 1 1-- 11 Roseboro popped out to short (SBpX)
0-1 2 1-- 11 Boyer grounded out to second (CBX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Boston batting
0-1 0 --- 10 Moon doubled deep to left center (BX)
0-1 0 -2- 21 Yastremski flied out to center, Moon to third (BBFX)
0-1 1 --3 00 Piersall popped out to right (X)
0-1 2 --3 00 White grounded a single up the middle, Moon scored (X)
1-1 2 1-- 21 White was caught stealing second (BBS>C)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Kansas City batting
1-1 0 --- 02 Jones,S grounded a single up the middle (CFFX)
1-1 0 1-- 20 Wills grounded a single up the middle, Jones,S to second
(BBX)
1-1 0 12- 00 Fox sacrifice bunted to the mound, Jones,S to third,
Wills to second (Xb)
1-1 1 -23 11 Virdon grounded out to third, Jones,S scored, Wills to
third (BFX)
1-2 2 --3 30 Gentile was walked intentionally (IIII)
1-2 2 1-3 10 Maye grounded out to the mound (BX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Boston batting
1-2 0 --- 11 Held grounded out to first (CBX)
1-2 1 --- 00 Gardner grounded out to third (X)
1-2 2 --- 32 Amalfitano struck out (BCBFBFC)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Kansas City batting
1-2 0 --- 01 Jensen lined a single to shallow right (CX)
1-2 0 1-- 22 Roseboro grounded a single up the middle, Jensen to
second (FSFBBF1X)
1-2 0 12- 21 Boyer flied out to left, Jensen to third (BBCX)
1-2 1 1-3 02 Jones,S struck out (CS1S)
1-2 2 1-3 12 Wills lined out to center (FBSX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Boston batting
1-2 0 --- 12 Nixon grounded out to first (CBFFFX)
1-2 1 --- 22 Cardwell struck out (BBCFFC)
1-2 2 --- 21 Moon lined out to third (BFBX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Kansas City batting
1-2 0 --- 32 Fox flied out to center (BSFBFBX)
1-2 1 --- 22 Virdon flied out to center (BFBSX)
1-2 2 --- 12 Gentile struck out (SFBS)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Boston batting
1-2 0 --- 32 Yastremski walked (CBFBBB)
1-2 0 1-- 31 Piersall flied out to center (BbCBBX)
1-2 1 1-- 30 White walked, Yastremski to second (BpBBB)
1-2 1 12- 02 Held lined a single to shallow center, Yastremski scored,
White to second (FSX)
2-2 1 12- 10 Gardner flied out to right, White to third (BX)
2-2 2 1-3 11 Amalfitano grounded to third, forcing Held at second (BCX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Kansas City batting
2-2 0 --- 10 Maye popped out to second (BX)
2-2 1 --- 22 Jensen grounded out to short (CSBBX)
2-2 2 --- 31 Roseboro grounded out to first (BBBCX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Boston batting
2-2 0 --- 11 Nixon lined a double to right center (BCX)
2-2 0 -2- 02 Cardwell bunted into an out to first, Nixon out at third,
Cardwell to first (CFbXb)
2-2 1 1-- 01 Cardwell to second, Moon to first on an error by the
third baseman Boyer (SX)
2-2 1 12- 30 Yastremski walked, Cardwell to third, Moon to second
(BBBB)
2-2 1 123 01 Piersall lined a single to left center, Cardwell scored,
Moon scored, Yastremski to third (FX)
4-2 1 1-3 11 Piersall stole second (BF>S)
4-2 1 -23 12 White popped out to third (BF>S.X)
4-2 2 -23 00 Held flied out to left (X)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Kansas City batting
4-2 0 --- 31 Boyer lined a single to shallow left, Boyer to second on
an error by the left fielder Yastremski (CBBBX)
Post pinch hitting for Jones,S
4-2 0 -2- 32 Post grounded out to second, Boyer to third (CBBSBX)
4-2 1 --3 10 Wills grounded a single between first and second, Boyer
scored (BX)
4-3 1 1-- 00 Fox grounded out to second, Wills to second (>X)
4-3 2 -2- 10 Virdon flied out to center (BX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Boston batting
Roebuck now pitching
4-3 0 --- 11 Gardner to first on an error by the shortstop Wills (BFX)
4-3 0 1-- 11 Amalfitano bunted into an out to the mound, forcing
Gardner at second, Amalfitano to first (BFXb)
4-3 1 1-- 22 Nixon flied out to left (B>FBSX)
Williams pinch hitting for Cardwell
4-3 2 1-- 00 Roseboro allowed a passed ball, Amalfitano to second (B)
4-3 2 -2- 12 Williams struck out (B.CFS)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Kansas City batting
Rice now playing catcher
Malkmus now playing second base
Morgan now pitching
4-3 0 --- 32 Gentile grounded out to second (BBFBFX)
4-3 1 --- 11 Maye flied out to center (BFX)
Flood pinch hitting for Jensen
4-3 2 --- 32 Flood struck out (BBFFBS)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Boston batting
Bilko now playing right field
Reniff now pitching
4-3 0 --- 01 Moon flied out to center (CX)
4-3 1 --- 21 Yastremski grounded out to short (BBFX)
4-3 2 --- 22 Piersall grounded out to short (CBFBX)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Kansas City batting
Walls now playing left field
4-3 0 --- 12 Roseboro flied out to left (CBSX)
Foiles pinch hitting for Boyer
4-3 1 --- 22 Foiles popped out to second (BBCFX)
4-3 2 --- 32 Bilko walked (BBBCCFB)
4-3 2 1-- 11 Wills grounded out to second (BCX)