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Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 15, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 15, 1961 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 15, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 15, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gene Conley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Gary Bell |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 5,519 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Red Flaherty 1B: Jim Honochick 2B: Bill Kinnamon 3B: Eddie Hurley |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
| Gary Geiger | Center Fielder |
| Vic Wertz | First Baseman |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
| Carroll Hardy | Left Fielder |
| Don Buddin | Shortstop |
| Gene Conley | Pitcher |
| Pinky Higgins | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
| Tito Francona | Left Fielder |
| Willie Kirkland | Right Fielder |
| Bubba Phillips | Third Baseman |
| John Romano | Catcher |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Gary Bell | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 15, 1961
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Bell
Schilling hits a line drive towards third. Phillips reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Bell
Geiger strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Bell
Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Conley
Temple hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Temple reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piersall vs. Conley
Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Francona vs. Conley
Francona hits a line drive towards short. Buddin reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kirkland vs. Conley
Kirkland hits a fly ball into left field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Bell
Malzone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Bell
Nixon strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Bell
Jensen hits a popup, foul, towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Bell
Hardy hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Conley
Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Conley
Romano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Conley
Power hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Conley
Held hits a line drive towards the mound. Conley reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Bell
Buddin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conley vs. Bell
Conley strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schilling vs. Bell
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Conley
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Conley
Temple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Conley
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Francona vs. Conley
Francona strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Bell
Geiger hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Bell
Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Bell
Malzone hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Bell
Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Conley
Kirkland hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Conley
Phillips hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Phillips reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Romano vs. Conley
Romano is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Power vs. Conley
Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Conley covering, for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Bell
Jensen hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Bell
Hardy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Bell
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Bell
Conley hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Bell
Schilling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Locke
Bobby Locke now pitching.
Geiger takes first base on ball four. Schilling moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wertz vs. Locke
Wertz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schilling scores. Geiger moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Malzone vs. Locke
Malzone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Geiger scores. There goes Wertz trying to get to third. Kirkland throws the ball in to Phillips, who tags Wertz for the out. Malzone moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nixon vs. Locke
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Conley
Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Locke vs. Conley
Locke strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Conley
Temple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Conley
Piersall bunts towards the mound. Conley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Francona vs. Conley
Francona hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Locke
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Locke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hardy vs. Locke
Hardy takes first base on ball four. Jensen moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Buddin vs. Locke
Buddin bunts towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Jensen moves to third. Hardy moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Conley vs. Locke
Conley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Schilling vs. Locke
Schilling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Geiger vs. Locke
Geiger takes first base on ball four. Jensen scores. Hardy moves to third. Schilling moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wertz vs. Stigman
Dick Stigman now pitching.
Wertz strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Conley
Kirkland hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Conley
Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Conley
Romano hits a popup towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Stigman
Malzone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Stigman
Nixon hits a popup towards the mound. Stigman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Stigman
Jensen is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Stigman
Hardy strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Conley
Power hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Conley
Held hits a line drive into left field. Hardy picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hardy. Held moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dillard vs. Conley
Don Dillard pinch hits for Dick Stigman.
Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Held moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Temple vs. Conley
Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Allen
Bob Allen now pitching.
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Allen
Conley strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Allen
Schilling hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Conley
Piersall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Conley
Francona hits a line drive into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkland vs. Conley
Kirkland hits a popup in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Conley
Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Allen
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Allen covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Allen
Wertz hits a popup towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Allen
Malzone hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Allen
Nixon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Malzone moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jensen vs. Allen
Jensen strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Conley
Romano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Conley
Power hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Conley
Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/15/1961 -- Boston at Cleveland (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Schilling C, 2b 3 1 0 0 Temple J, 2b 3 0 2 0
Geiger G, cf 3 1 0 1 Piersall J, cf 4 0 2 0
Wertz V, 1b 5 0 1 1 Francona T, lf 4 0 0 0
Malzone F, 3b 5 2 5 3 Kirkland W, rf 4 0 0 0
Nixon R, c 5 0 1 0 Phillips B, 3b 4 0 1 0
Jensen J, rf 5 2 2 1 Romano J, c 3 0 0 0
Hardy C, lf 3 1 1 1 Power V, 1b 4 0 0 0
Buddin D, ss 2 0 0 0 Held W, ss 4 0 1 0
Conley G, p 4 1 1 1 Bell G, p 1 0 0 0
Locke B, p 1 0 0 0
Stigman D, p 0 0 0 0
Dillard D, ph 1 0 0 0
Allen B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 8 11 8 33 0 6 0
Boston 010 051 100 -- 8
Cleveland 000 000 000 -- 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Conley G (W) 9.0 6 0 0 2 3
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Bell G (L) 4.1 5 5 5 2 3
Locke B 1.1 3 2 2 4 0
Stigman D 1.1 1 1 1 0 3
Allen B 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
E -- Hardy C
DP -- Cleveland 1
LOB -- Boston 7, Cleveland 8
2B -- Temple J, Phillips B
HR -- Malzone F 2, Jensen J, Hardy C, Conley G
SH -- Buddin D
T -- 2:29
A -- 5519
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