Try this game in our Simulator
Lineups and Summary
(back to top)
Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
September 9, 1961
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 9, 1961 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 9, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 9, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ron Kline |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ike Delock |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 12,733 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Nestor Chylak 1B: Al Smith 2B: Hank Soar 3B: Bill McKinley |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jake Wood | Second Baseman |
| Charlie Maxwell | Left Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Center Fielder |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Dick McAuliffe | Shortstop |
| Steve Boros | Third Baseman |
| Dick Brown | Catcher |
| Ron Kline | Pitcher |
| Bob Scheffing | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
| Gary Geiger | Center Fielder |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
| Pete Runnels | First Baseman |
| Pumpsie Green | Shortstop |
| Jim Pagliaroni | Catcher |
| Ike Delock | Pitcher |
| Pinky Higgins | Manager |
All Plays in Game
(back to top)
Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
September 9, 1961
Top 1
-
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Delock
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Delock
Maxwell hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Delock
Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Delock
Colavito hits a line drive towards third. Malzone reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Kline
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Kline
Geiger hits a popup towards short. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Schilling moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Malzone vs. Kline
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Malzone for the out. Schilling scores. Yastrzemski moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Jensen vs. Kline
Jensen hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wood reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Delock
Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Delock
McAuliffe hits a popup towards short. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boros vs. Delock
Boros hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen who is chasing the ball. Boros reaches third base with a triple. Cash goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Delock
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boros scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kline vs. Delock
Kline hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Pagliaroni fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Delock
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Kline
Runnels hits a line drive towards short. McAuliffe reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Kline
Green hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagliaroni vs. Kline
Pagliaroni is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
-
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Delock
Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Delock
Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maxwell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colavito vs. Delock
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Maxwell moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cash vs. Delock
Cash takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McAuliffe vs. Delock
McAuliffe 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 3
-
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delock vs. Kline
Delock is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Kline
Schilling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Kline
There goes Schilling. The throw from Brown and he is safe. Schilling steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Geiger vs. Kline
Geiger hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
-
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Delock
Boros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Delock
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kline vs. Delock
There's a wild pitch. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kline vs. Delock
Kline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Muffett
Billy Muffett now pitching.
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kline moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maxwell vs. Muffett
Maxwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Muffett
Kaline takes first base on ball four. Kline moves to third. Maxwell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Colavito vs. Muffett
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Kline
Malzone hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Kline
Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Kline
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Muffett
Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Muffett
McAuliffe 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 -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boros vs. Muffett
Boros hits a popup towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Kline
Green hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagliaroni vs. Kline
Pagliaroni hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Muffett vs. Kline
Muffett strikes out. View Play
Top 6
-
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Muffett
Brown hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kline vs. Muffett
Kline hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Muffett
Wood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxwell vs. Muffett
Maxwell hits a popup towards short. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Kline
Schilling hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Kline
Geiger hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
-
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Muffett
Kaline hits a popup towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Muffett
Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Muffett
Cash hits a popup towards short. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Kline
Malzone hits a popup towards third. Boros settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Kline
Jensen hits a popup towards short. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Kline
Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Muffett
McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boros vs. Muffett
Boros hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McAuliffe moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brown vs. Muffett
Brown hits a line drive towards third. Malzone catches it and throws to first to double up Boros. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kline vs. Muffett
Kline 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 8
-
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Kline
Green takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pagliaroni vs. Kline
Pagliaroni hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Kline
Russ Nixon pinch hits for Billy Muffett.
Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Green moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schilling vs. Fox
Billy Harrell pinch runs for Russ Nixon. Terry Fox now pitching.
Schilling hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Geiger vs. Fox
Geiger hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Earley
Arnold Earley now pitching.
Wood hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alusik vs. Earley
George Alusik pinch hits for Charlie Maxwell.
Alusik strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Earley
Kaline hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pagliaroni settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
-
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Fox
Bill Bruton now playing center field. Al Kaline now playing right field. Rocky Colavito now playing left field.
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Malzone vs. Fox
Malzone hits a line drive towards short. McAuliffe reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jensen vs. Fox
Jensen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Runnels vs. Fox
Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Green vs. Fox
Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play
(back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score
(back to top)
Game of 9/9/1961 -- Detroit at Boston (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Wood J, 2b 5 0 1 0 Schilling C, 2b 4 1 2 0
Maxwell C, lf 3 0 1 0 Geiger G, cf 4 0 0 0
Alusik G, ph 1 0 0 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 4 0 2 0
Bruton B, cf 0 0 0 0 Malzone F, 3b 4 0 0 1
Kaline A, cf-rf 4 0 2 0 Jensen J, rf 3 0 0 0
Colavito R, rf-lf 4 0 0 0 Runnels P, 1b 4 0 0 0
Cash N, 1b 3 1 1 0 Green P, ss 3 0 0 0
McAuliffe D, ss 3 0 0 0 Pagliaroni J, c 3 0 0 0
Boros S, 3b 4 1 2 1 Delock I, p 1 0 0 0
Brown D, c 3 1 1 1 Muffett B, p 1 0 0 0
Kline R, p 4 0 1 1 Nixon R, ph 1 0 1 0
Fox T, p 0 0 0 0 Harrell B, pr 0 0 0 0
Earley A, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 3 9 3 32 1 5 1
Detroit 020 100 000 -- 3
Boston 100 000 000 -- 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Kline R (W) 7.1 4 1 1 1 4
Fox T (S) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Delock I (L) 3.1 7 3 3 2 0
Muffett B 4.2 2 0 0 3 0
Earley A 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
DP -- Boston 2
LOB -- Detroit 9, Boston 6
2B -- Yastrzemski C 2
3B -- Boros S
SB -- Schilling C
WP -- Delock I
T -- 2:40
A -- 12733
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
