6/11/1961, Min61-Bos61, game 1, Fenway Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1961 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 10 0 10 3
1961 Boston 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 3 9 2
Minnesota AB R H BI AVG Boston AB R H BI AVG
Runnels 2b 4 1 2 1 .305 Moon rf 4 0 1 0 .338
Yost 3b 3 0 2 1 .278 Yastremski lf 5 0 0 0 .256
Kubek ss 4 0 0 0 .267 Piersall cf 4 0 2 0 .356
Larker 1b 4 0 1 1 .337 White 1b 1 0 0 1 .318
Killebrew lf 5 1 2 1 .264 Held ss 4 0 1 0 .232
King rf 5 0 1 0 .247 Gardner 2b 3 0 0 0 .201
Pearson cf 3 0 0 0 .269 Williams ph 1 0 0 0 .371
Courtney c 3 1 0 0 .212 Amalfitano 3b 3 0 2 0 .313
Wynn p 2 1 1 1 .179 Lynch ph 1 1 1 0 .214
Nunn p 0 0 0 0 .000 Nixon c 3 1 1 0 .329
Miller p 1 1 1 0 .500 Hawkins p 1 0 0 0 .125
34 5 10 5 Alou,M ph 1 0 1 0 .286
Sullivan p 0 0 0 0 .250
Jones ph 1 0 1 1 .273
32 2 10 2
Minnesota INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Wynn W 3-3 7.0 7 1 1 4 5 107 63 4.98
Nunn H 2 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 11 7 3.60
Miller S 16 1.2 3 1 1 0 2 34 21 4.40
9.0 10 2 2 5 7 152 91
Boston INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Hawkins L 3-7 7.0 5 3 1 4 2 105 59 4.89
Sullivan 2.0 5 2 1 0 2 37 26 5.14
9.0 10 5 2 4 4 142 85
Bos: Alou,M batted for Hawkins in the 7th
Williams batted for Gardner in the 9th
Lynch batted for Amalfitano in the 9th
Jones batted for Sullivan in the 9th
E-Gardner, Hawkins, Sullivan. 3B-Wynn(1). HR-Killebrew(10). RBI-Runnels(21),
Yost(33), Larker(51), Killebrew(38), Wynn(4), White(28), Jones(1).
SB-Yost(1). CS-White. K-Kubek, Killebrew 2, King, Moon, Piersall, Held,
Gardner, Amalfitano, Hawkins, Williams. BB-Yost 2, Larker, Courtney, Moon,
White 3, Nixon. SH-Runnels, Kubek, Pearson, Wynn, Hawkins.
GWRBI: Wynn
Temperature: 82, Sky: cloudy, Wind: out to center at 22 MPH.
6/11/1961, Min61-Bos61, game 1, Fenway Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1961 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 10 0 10 3
1961 Boston 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 3 9 2
Minnesota -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Runnels 2b 1>S 63 9 54/SH.3-H S.1-3
Yost 3b 363/gdp 4>W 6>S W S.3-H;1-2
Kubek ss k 543/gdp 46/f.B-1 SB2 note 1
53
Larker 1b 2>43 43 W.1-2 8>Sullivan note 2
S
Killebrew lf 43 5>HR k S.1-2 k
King rf 8 S 63 note 3 k
Pearson cf 3>5/fl 3/SH.1-2 7>3/g 7
Courtney c e4.B-1 W e1.B-2 43
Wynn p 24/SH.1-2 note 4 T.2-H
Nunn p
Miller p 9>S
1: 13/SH.2-3;1-2 2: e1.3-H;2-3;B-1 3: 54/f.2-3;B-1 4: 36/b/f.1-2;B-1
Boston -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Moon rf 1>8 W 13 S.1-2 k
Yastremski lf 63 4/L 43 7 9
Piersall cf k S.2-3;1-2 6>S 8>Nunn
9
White 1b 2>W note 1 64/f.B-1 W
Held ss CS2(24) 3/g k Miller
S 43/gdp
Gardner 2b 43.1-2 4>k 64/f
Williams ph 9>k
Amalfitano 3b k S 7>S
Lynch ph S
Nixon c 3>W 363/gdp 643/gdp S.1-3
Hawkins p 54/SH.1-2 5>k
Alou,M ph S
Sullivan p
Jones ph S.3-H;1-2
1: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Minnesota IN OUT ER Boston IN OUT ER
Wynn A1 D2 1 W 3-3 Hawkins A1 D3 1 L 3-7
Nunn D3 D4 0 H 2 Sullivan D4 E6 1
Miller D5 E2 1 S 16
6/11/1961, Min61-Bos61, game 1, Fenway Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1961 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 10 0 10 3
1961 Boston 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 3 9 2
Score O Rnr BS Event
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************** Top of the 1st inning, Minnesota batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Runnels reached on an infield single to second (BX)
0-0 0 1-- 00 Yost grounded into a double play, White to Held to White
(X)
0-0 2 --- 32 Kubek struck out (CBFBBFFFFS)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Boston batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Moon lined out to center (BCBX)
0-0 1 --- 11 Yastremski grounded out to short (FBX)
0-0 2 --- 12 Piersall struck out (CBCS)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Minnesota batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Larker grounded out to second (FBBBX)
0-0 1 --- 32 Killebrew grounded out to second (BCBFFBX)
0-0 2 --- 21 King lined out to center (BBFX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Boston batting
0-0 0 --- 32 White walked (BBBCSB)
0-0 0 1-- 00 White was caught stealing second (1>C)
0-0 1 --- 22 Held lined a single to center (1>C.BBSX)
0-0 1 1-- 00 Gardner grounded out to second, Held to second (X)
0-0 2 -2- 12 Amalfitano struck out (CSBFC)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Minnesota batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Pearson popped out to third (CBBFFX)
0-0 1 --- 00 Courtney to first on an error by the second baseman
Gardner (X)
0-0 1 1-- 00 Wynn sacrifice bunted to the catcher, Courtney to second
(Xb)
0-0 2 -2- 00 Runnels grounded out to short (X)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Boston batting
0-0 0 --- 30 Nixon walked (BBBB)
0-0 0 1-- 00 Hawkins sacrifice bunted to third, Nixon to second (Xb)
0-0 1 -2- 30 Moon walked (BBBB)
0-0 1 12- 01 Yastremski lined out to second (SX)
0-0 2 12- 11 Piersall lined a single to shallow left, Nixon to third,
Moon to second (BCX)
0-0 2 123 31 White walked, Nixon scored, Moon to third, Piersall to
second (BBBCB)
0-1 2 123 22 Held grounded out to first (FCFBBX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Minnesota batting
0-1 0 --- 32 Yost walked (FFBBBB)
0-1 0 1-- 20 Kubek grounded into a double play, Amalfitano to Gardner
to White (BBbX)
0-1 2 --- 10 Larker grounded out to second (BX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Boston batting
0-1 0 --- 22 Gardner struck out (CBBFS)
0-1 1 --- 22 Amalfitano lined a single to shallow left (CBSBFX)
0-1 1 1-- 20 Nixon grounded into a double play, Larker to Kubek to
Larker (1BB1X)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Minnesota batting
0-1 0 --- 00 Killebrew homered deep to left (X)
1-1 0 --- 12 King grounded a single up the middle (BCFFX)
1-1 0 1-- 20 Pearson sacrifice bunted to first, King to second (BBbXb)
1-1 1 -2- 30 Courtney walked (BBBB)
1-1 1 12- 00 Wynn bunted into an out to first, forcing King at third,
Courtney to second, Wynn to first (Xb)
1-1 2 12- 12 Runnels flied out to right (BCFX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Boston batting
1-1 0 --- 32 Hawkins struck out (CBBFFFBS)
1-1 1 --- 00 Moon grounded out to the mound (X)
1-1 2 --- 22 Yastremski grounded out to second (CFBFBX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Minnesota batting
1-1 0 --- 00 Yost lined a single down the left field line (X)
1-1 0 1-- 01 Kubek grounded to second, forcing Yost at second, Kubek
to first (SbX)
1-1 1 1-- 31 Larker walked, Kubek to second (B1CBBB)
1-1 1 12- 12 Killebrew struck out (CBCS)
1-1 2 12- 31 King grounded out to short (BBCBX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Boston batting
1-1 0 --- 01 Piersall reached on an infield single to the pitcher (FX)
1-1 0 1-- 00 White grounded to short, forcing Piersall at second,
White to first (X)
1-1 1 1-- 22 Held struck out (SBCFBC)
1-1 2 1-- 22 Gardner grounded to short, forcing White at second
(BSBCFX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Minnesota batting
1-1 0 --- 00 Pearson grounded out to first (X)
1-1 1 --- 11 Courtney to second on an error by the pitcher Hawkins
(CBX)
1-1 1 -2- 21 Wynn tripled deep to left center, Courtney scored (BSBX)
2-1 1 --3 00 Runnels sacrifice bunted to third, Wynn scored (Xb)
3-1 2 --- 32 Yost walked (BBCSBFB)
3-1 2 1-- 11 Yost stole second (BF>C)
3-1 2 -2- 22 Kubek grounded out to third (BF>C.BX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Boston batting
3-1 0 --- 10 Amalfitano lined a single to shallow center (BX)
3-1 0 1-- 00 Nixon grounded into a double play, Kubek to Runnels to
Larker (X)
Alou,M pinch hitting for Hawkins
3-1 2 --- 01 Alou,M lined a single up the middle (CX)
3-1 2 1-- 00 Moon lined a single to shallow center, Alou,M to second
(X)
3-1 2 12- 21 Yastremski flied out to left (SBBX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Minnesota batting
Sullivan now pitching
3-1 0 --- 11 Larker grounded a single between third and short (SBX)
3-1 0 1-- 10 Killebrew lined a single to shallow right, Larker to
second (BX)
3-1 0 12- 01 King grounded to third, forcing Killebrew at second,
Larker to third, King to first (CX)
3-1 1 1-3 20 Pearson flied out to left (BBX)
3-1 2 1-3 12 Courtney grounded out to second (CFBX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Boston batting
Nunn now pitching
3-1 0 --- 02 Piersall flied out to right (CFX)
3-1 1 --- 32 White walked (BBSFFBFB)
Miller now pitching
3-1 1 1-- 22 Held grounded into a double play, Runnels to Larker
(CBFBX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Minnesota batting
3-1 0 --- 21 Miller grounded a single between third and short (BBCX)
3-1 0 1-- 21 Runnels singled down the left field line, Miller to third
(1C111B11B1>X)
3-1 0 1-3 02 Yost lined a single between third and short, Miller
scored, Runnels to second (FCX)
4-1 0 12- 00 Kubek sacrifice bunted to the mound, Runnels to third,
Yost to second (Xb)
4-1 1 -23 12 Runnels scored, Yost to third, Larker to first on an
error by the pitcher Sullivan (FCBX)
5-1 1 1-3 02 Killebrew struck out (SSS)
5-1 2 1-3 12 King struck out (CFBS)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Boston batting
Williams pinch hitting for Gardner
5-1 0 --- 12 Williams struck out (FCFBS)
Lynch pinch hitting for Amalfitano
5-1 1 --- 32 Lynch lined a single to right center (CBSBBX)
5-1 1 1-- 11 Nixon lined a single to right center, Lynch to third (CBX)
Jones pinch hitting for Sullivan
5-1 1 1-3 32 Jones lined a single to right, Lynch scored, Nixon to
second (BCCFBBX)
5-2 1 12- 32 Moon struck out (SBFBFBS)
5-2 2 12- 00 Yastremski flied out to right (X)