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Twins
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
July 31, 1963
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins, played on July 31, 1963 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 31, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 31, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lee Stange |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Heffner |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 7,972 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 57 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill McKinley 1B: Nestor Chylak 2B: John Rice 3B: Bill Valentine |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rich Rollins | Third Baseman |
| Vic Power | Second Baseman |
| Harmon Killebrew | Left Fielder |
| Don Mincher | First Baseman |
| Bob Allison | Right Fielder |
| Earl Battey | Catcher |
| Jimmie Hall | Center Fielder |
| Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
| Lee Stange | Pitcher |
| Sam Mele | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
| Gary Geiger | Center Fielder |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Dick Stuart | First Baseman |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Roman Mejias | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Bressoud | Shortstop |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| Bob Heffner | Pitcher |
| Johnny Pesky | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
July 31, 1963
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Heffner
Rollins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Heffner
Power hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Heffner
Killebrew hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Stange
Schilling hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Stange
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Stange
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Heffner
Mincher hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Heffner
Allison hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Heffner
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Stange
Stuart strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Stange
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Stange
Mejias hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bressoud vs. Stange
There goes Mejias. The throw from Battey and he is safe. Mejias steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bressoud vs. Stange
Bressoud takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nixon vs. Stange
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Heffner
Hall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. Heffner
Versalles hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Versalles reaches second base with a double. Hall moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stange vs. Heffner
Stange takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rollins vs. Heffner
Rollins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Hall scores. Versalles moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Power vs. Heffner
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Versalles scores. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Heffner
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Power moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mincher vs. Heffner
Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Heffner covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Stange
Heffner hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Stange
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Stange
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Heffner
Allison hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Heffner
Battey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Heffner
Hall strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Heffner
Versalles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski throws the ball in to Schilling who tags Versalles, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Stange
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stuart vs. Stange
Stuart hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Stange
Malzone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Killebrew. Malzone reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mejias vs. Stange
Mejias hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Stange
Bressoud takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Pleis
Bill Pleis now pitching.
Nixon hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heffner vs. Pleis
Heffner hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schilling vs. Pleis
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles misplays the ball. That's an error on Versalles. Bressoud moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Geiger vs. Pleis
Geiger hits a fly ball into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pleis vs. Heffner
Pleis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Heffner
Rollins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pleis moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Heffner
Power hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Killebrew vs. Heffner
Killebrew strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mincher vs. Heffner
Mincher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pleis scores. Rollins moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Allison vs. Lamabe
Jack Lamabe now pitching.
Allison strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Pleis
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Pleis
Stuart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Malzone vs. Pleis
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pleis fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mejias vs. Pleis
Mejias hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Lamabe
Battey hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Lamabe
Hall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. Lamabe
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud misplays the ball. That's an error on Bressoud. Hall moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pleis vs. Lamabe
Pleis strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rollins vs. Lamabe
Rollins is hit by the pitch. Hall moves to third. Versalles moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Power vs. Lamabe
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Pleis
Bressoud hits a fly ball into center field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Pleis
Nixon hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lamabe vs. Pleis
Lamabe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Lamabe
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mincher vs. Lamabe
Mincher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allison vs. Radatz
Dick Radatz now pitching.
Allison hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Yastrzemski chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards the plate. Nixon fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Nixon. Killebrew scores. Mincher goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Twins, 6 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Battey vs. Radatz
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Allison scores. View Play -
Twins, 7 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Radatz
Hall hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Radatz
Versalles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pleis vs. Radatz
Pleis bunts towards the mound. Radatz fields it and throws to first for the out. Versalles moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rollins vs. Radatz
Rollins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Versalles moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Power vs. Radatz
Power hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Radatz
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Rollins moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mincher vs. Radatz
Mincher hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Pleis
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pleis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Pleis
Geiger is called out on strikes. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Pleis
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher fields the ball and throws to Pleis covering. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stuart vs. Pleis
Stuart hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Battey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Radatz
Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Radatz
Battey strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Radatz
Hall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. Radatz
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud misplays the ball. That's an error on Bressoud. Hall moves to third. Versalles moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Pleis vs. Radatz
Pleis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rollins vs. Radatz
Rollins 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
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Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Pleis
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Pleis
Mejias hits a fly ball into left field. Killebrew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Pleis
Bressoud hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Pleis
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Earley
Arnold Earley now pitching.
Power hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Earley
Killebrew strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Earley
Mincher hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Pleis
Lenny Green now playing center field. Jimmie Hall now playing left field. Bernie Allen now playing second base. Vic Power now playing first base.
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Pleis
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 9 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Pleis
Geiger strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/31/1963 -- Minnesota at Boston (D)
Minnesota AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Rollins R, 3b 5 0 2 0 Schilling C, 2b 5 0 0 0
Power V, 2b-1b 6 0 1 1 Geiger G, cf 5 0 0 0
Killebrew H, lf 5 1 2 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 4 1 2 0
Green L, cf 0 0 0 0 Stuart D, 1b 4 1 2 2
Mincher D, 1b 6 1 2 1 Malzone F, 3b 4 1 1 0
Allen B, 2b 0 0 0 0 Mejias R, rf 4 1 2 2
Allison B, rf 5 2 2 2 Bressoud E, ss 2 1 1 1
Battey E, c 5 1 1 1 Nixon R, c 4 0 0 0
Hall J, cf-lf 4 2 3 2 Heffner B, p 2 0 0 0
Versalles Z, ss 4 1 2 0 Lamabe J, p 1 0 0 0
Stange L, p 0 0 0 0 Radatz D, p 0 0 0 0
Pleis B, p 2 1 1 0 Earley A, p 0 0 0 0
Williams D, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
42 9 16 7 36 5 8 5
Minnesota 002 110 500 -- 9
Boston 000 400 010 -- 5
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Stange L* 3.0 5 4 4 2 1
Pleis B (W) 6.0 3 1 1 0 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Heffner B 4.2 9 4 4 1 2
Lamabe J (L)+ 1.1 3 2 1 0 2
Radatz D 2.0 4 3 3 4 1
Earley A 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 5 batters in 4th
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Versalles Z, Bressoud E 2, Nixon R
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Minnesota 13, Boston 6
2B -- Versalles Z, Malzone F, Allison B
HR -- Allison B, Stuart D, Mejias R, Hall J, Bressoud E
SB -- Mejias R
SH -- Pleis B
HBP -- by Lamabe J (Rollins R)
T -- 2:57
A -- 7972
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