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Angels
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
June 8, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Angels, played on June 8, 1961 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | June 8, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Los Angeles Angels
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 8, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Los Angeles Angels |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ron Kline |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ike Delock |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill McKinley 1B: Hank Soar 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: Al Smith |
Los Angeles Angels Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Yost | Third Baseman |
| Lee Thomas | Right Fielder |
| Leon Wagner | Left Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Ken Hunt | Center Fielder |
| Ken Aspromonte | Second Baseman |
| Gene Leek | Shortstop |
| Ed Sadowski | Catcher |
| Ron Kline | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
| Gary Geiger | Center Fielder |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Vic Wertz | First Baseman |
| Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Jim Pagliaroni | Catcher |
| Don Buddin | Shortstop |
| Ike Delock | Pitcher |
| Pinky Higgins | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Angels
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
June 8, 1961
Top 1
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Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Delock
Yost hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Delock
Thomas hits a popup towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Delock
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Yost trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Delock
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Wertz, and towards Schilling, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Kline
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Kline
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Kline
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Delock
Hunt hits a line drive towards third. Malzone reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Delock
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leek vs. Delock
Leek hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Kline
Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Malzone vs. Kline
Malzone hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pagliaroni vs. Kline
Pagliaroni hits a line drive into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buddin vs. Kline
Buddin takes first base on ball four. Jensen moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Delock vs. Kline
Delock strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sadowski vs. Delock
Sadowski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kline vs. Delock
Kline strikes out. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Delock
Yost strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Kline
Schilling hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thomas who is chasing the ball. Schilling reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Geiger vs. Kline
Geiger hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schilling tags and scores. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Kline
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Delock
Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Delock
Wagner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen. Wagner reaches second base with a double. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Angels, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kluszewski vs. Delock
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Thomas scores. Wagner scores. View Play -
Angels, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Delock
Hunt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kluszewski moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aspromonte vs. Delock
Aspromonte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kluszewski scores. Hunt moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Angels, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leek vs. Delock
Leek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Hunt moves to third. View Play -
Angels, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sadowski vs. Delock
Sadowski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Sadowski reaches second base with a double. Hunt scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kline vs. Delock
Kline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Angels, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Kline
Jensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Malzone vs. Kline
Malzone hits a popup towards short. Leek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pagliaroni vs. Kline
Pagliaroni hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buddin vs. Kline
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Angels, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Delock
Yost is called out on strikes. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Delock
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Delock
Wagner hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Delock
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Kline
Pete Runnels pinch hits for Ike Delock.
Runnels is called out on strikes. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Kline
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Kline
Geiger strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Wills
Ted Wills now pitching.
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Wills
Aspromonte hits a popup towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leek vs. Wills
Leek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sadowski vs. Wills
Sadowski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Kline
Wertz strikes out. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Kline
Jensen takes first base on ball four. Yastrzemski moves to second. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Malzone vs. Kline
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek fields it and throws to second for the out. Yastrzemski moves to third. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Pagliaroni vs. Kline
Pagliaroni hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wagner. Pagliaroni reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski scores. Malzone goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Buddin vs. Kline
Buddin hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Pagliaroni scores. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wills vs. Duren
Ryne Duren now pitching.
Wills is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duren vs. Wills
Duren strikes out. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Wills
Yost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Wills
Thomas is called out on strikes. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Wills
Wagner hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Duren
Schilling strikes out. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Duren
Geiger hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Duren
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek misplays the ball. That's an error on Leek. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Duren
Wertz hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Duren
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Wills
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Wills
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aspromonte vs. Wills
Aspromonte hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hunt moves to third. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leek vs. Wills
Leek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Heman
Russ Heman now pitching. Ken Hamlin now playing shortstop.
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagliaroni vs. Heman
Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamlin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Heman
Buddin strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bilko vs. Wills
Steve Bilko pinch hits for Ed Sadowski.
Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Wills
Earl Averill pinch hits for Ken Hamlin.
Averill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yost vs. Wills
Albie Pearson pinch runs for Earl Averill.
Yost strikes out. View Play -
Angels, 5 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Wills
Thomas strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/8/1961, game 1 -- Los Angeles at Boston (N)
Los Angeles AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Yost E, 3b 4 0 1 0 Schilling C, 2b 4 1 1 0
Thomas L, rf 5 1 1 0 Geiger G, cf 3 0 0 1
Wagner L, lf 4 2 3 1 Yastrzemski C, lf 2 2 1 0
Kluszewski T, 1b 4 1 0 1 Wertz V, 1b 4 1 1 2
Hunt K, cf 4 1 2 0 Jensen J, rf 3 0 2 0
Aspromonte K, 2b 4 0 2 1 Malzone F, 3b 4 1 0 0
Leek G, ss 3 0 0 0 Pagliaroni J, c 4 1 1 2
Heman R, p 0 0 0 0 Buddin D, ss 3 0 1 1
Sadowski E, c 3 0 1 1 Delock I, p 1 0 0 0
Bilko S, ph 1 0 0 0 Runnels P, ph 1 0 0 0
Kline R, p 2 0 0 0 Wills T, p 1 0 0 0
Duren R, p 1 0 0 0
Hamlin K, ss 0 0 0 0
Averill E, ph 1 0 1 0
Pearson A, pr 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 5 11 4 30 6 7 6
Los Angeles 000 410 000 -- 5
Boston 001 003 20x -- 6
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
Kline R 5.2 6 4 4 4 4
Duren R (L) 1.1 1 2 0 0 2
Heman R 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Delock I 5.0 8 5 3 0 3
Wills T (W) 4.0 3 0 0 2 4
E -- Delock I, Leek G
DP -- Los Angeles 1, Boston 2
LOB -- Los Angeles 6, Boston 5
2B -- Wagner L, Sadowski E, Pagliaroni J, Buddin D
3B -- Schilling C
HR -- Wagner L, Wertz V
SF -- Geiger G
T -- 2:35
A -- 0
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