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Red Sox
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 18, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 18, 1961 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 18, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 18, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Monbouquette |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ron Kline |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 33,733 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Umont 1B: Bob Stewart 2B: Charlie Berry 3B: Joe Linsalata |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Vic Wertz | First Baseman |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
| Carroll Hardy | Center Fielder |
| Don Buddin | Shortstop |
| Bill Monbouquette | Pitcher |
| Pinky Higgins | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jake Wood | Second Baseman |
| Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Rocky Colavito | Left Fielder |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Dick McAuliffe | Third Baseman |
| Chico Fernandez | Shortstop |
| Mike Roarke | Catcher |
| Ron Kline | Pitcher |
| Bob Scheffing | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 18, 1961
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Kline
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. McAuliffe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski 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 -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Kline
Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Monbouquette
Wood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Monbouquette
There goes Wood. The throw from Nixon and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bruton vs. Monbouquette
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Monbouquette covering, for the out. Wood scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Monbouquette
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Monbouquette
Colavito hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Monbouquette
Cash takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Monbouquette
McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. Cash moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fernandez vs. Monbouquette
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Kline
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Kline
Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Kline
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hardy vs. Kline
Hardy hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roarke vs. Monbouquette
Roarke strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kline vs. Monbouquette
Kline strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Monbouquette
Wood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Monbouquette
There goes Wood. The throw from Nixon and he is safe. Wood steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bruton vs. Monbouquette
Bruton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Monbouquette
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kaline for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Kline
Buddin hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Monbouquette vs. Kline
Monbouquette strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Kline
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Monbouquette
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Monbouquette
Cash hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Monbouquette
McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Colavito moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fernandez vs. Monbouquette
Fernandez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Roarke vs. Monbouquette
Roarke takes first base on ball four. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kline vs. Monbouquette
Kline strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Kline
Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Kline
Malzone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Kline
Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Monbouquette
Wood strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Monbouquette
Bruton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Monbouquette
Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Monbouquette
Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Nichols
Chet Nichols now pitching.
Cash takes first base on ball four. Kaline moves to third. Colavito moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McAuliffe vs. Nichols
McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline scores. Colavito scores. Cash moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fernandez vs. Nichols
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Kline
Jensen hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Kline
Hardy hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Kline
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roarke vs. Nichols
Roarke 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 -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kline vs. Nichols
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 -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Nichols
Wood hits a popup towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nichols vs. Kline
Nichols 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 -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Kline
Schilling hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Nichols
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Nichols
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Nichols
Colavito hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Kline
Wertz hits a line drive into left field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Kline
Malzone hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Kline
Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Nichols
Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Nichols
McAuliffe hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Nichols
There goes Cash. The throw from Nixon and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fernandez vs. Nichols
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Roarke vs. Nichols
Roarke strikes out. Nixon drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Roarke out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Kline
Jensen hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Kline
Hardy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buddin vs. Kline
Buddin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colavito. Buddin reaches second base with a double. Hardy moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Runnels vs. Kline
Pete Runnels pinch hits for Chet Nichols.
Runnels strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Schilling vs. Kline
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. McAuliffe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kline vs. Cisco
Galen Cisco now pitching.
Kline hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen. Kline reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wood vs. Cisco
Wood strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bruton vs. Cisco
Bruton strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. Cisco
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Kline
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wertz for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Kline
Malzone hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Kline
Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/18/1961 -- Boston at Detroit (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Schilling C, 2b 4 0 0 0 Wood J, 2b 5 1 2 0
Yastrzemski C, lf 4 0 0 0 Bruton B, cf 4 1 1 2
Wertz V, 1b 4 0 0 0 Kaline A, rf 5 1 1 0
Malzone F, 3b 3 0 1 0 Colavito R, lf 3 2 2 1
Nixon R, c 4 0 1 0 Cash N, 1b 2 0 1 0
Jensen J, rf 3 0 0 0 McAuliffe D, 3b 3 0 2 2
Hardy C, cf 3 0 1 0 Fernandez C, ss 4 0 0 0
Buddin D, ss 3 0 1 0 Roarke M, c 3 0 0 0
Monbouquette B, p 1 0 0 0 Kline R, p 4 0 1 0
Nichols C, p 1 0 0 0
Runnels P, ph 1 0 0 0
Cisco G, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 0 4 0 33 5 10 5
Boston 000 000 000 -- 0
Detroit 200 300 00x -- 5
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette B (L) 3.1 7 5 5 5 4
Nichols C 3.2 2 0 0 1 1
Cisco G 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Kline R (W) 9.0 4 0 0 1 2
E -- Nixon R 2
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Boston 5, Detroit 10
2B -- Buddin D, Kline R
HR -- Colavito R, Bruton B
SB -- Wood J 2, Cash N
T -- 2:30
A -- 33733
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