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Red Sox 8 @ Athletics 9
Municipal Stadium
May 3, 1961

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Boston Red Sox, played on May 3, 1961 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics beat the visiting Red Sox with a score of 9 to 8.

Game Summary

DateMay 3, 1961 
Visiting Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 8 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 8
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 9 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 9
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherDon Larsen  
Losing PitcherMike Fornieles  
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Game Winning RBIJerry Lumpe 

Game Info

DateMay 3, 1961 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Red Sox 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherBilly Muffett  
Home Starting PitcherRay Herbert  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance4,050 
Time of Game2 hours 59 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John Rice
1B: Harry Schwarts
2B: Johnny Stevens
3B: Larry Napp

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Chuck Schilling  Second Baseman 
Gary Geiger  Center Fielder 
Carl Yastrzemski  Left Fielder 
Vic Wertz  First Baseman 
Frank Malzone  Third Baseman 
Russ Nixon  Catcher 
Carroll Hardy  Right Fielder 
Don Buddin  Shortstop 
Billy Muffett  Pitcher 
Pinky Higgins  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick Howser  Shortstop 
Jay Hankins  Right Fielder 
Jerry Lumpe  Second Baseman 
Norm Siebern  Left Fielder 
Marv Throneberry  First Baseman 
Haywood Sullivan  Catcher 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Andy Carey  Third Baseman 
Ray Herbert  Pitcher 
Joe Gordon  Manager 

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Red Sox 8 @ Athletics 9
Municipal Stadium
May 3, 1961

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         Game of 5/3/1961 -- Boston at Kansas City (N)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Schilling C, 2b       5  1  2  1   Howser D, ss          3  1  1  1   
Geiger G, cf          4  1  0  0   Hankins J, rf         5  1  0  0   
Yastrzemski C, lf     5  1  3  3   Lumpe J, 2b           4  2  2  1   
Wertz V, 1b           4  0  1  0   Siebern N, lf         3  0  0  0   
Malzone F, 3b         5  1  2  0   Throneberry M, 1b     4  1  1  2   
Nixon R, c            4  1  2  1   Pilarcik A, ph        1  0  0  0   
Hardy C, rf           5  1  1  1   Pignatano J, c        0  0  0  0   
Buddin D, ss          4  1  3  1   Sullivan H, c-1b      5  1  2  2   
Muffett B, p          1  0  0  0   Tuttle B, cf          5  1  2  1   
Stallard T, p         0  0  0  0   Carey A, 3b           5  0  2  0   
Green P, ph           1  0  0  0   Causey W, pr          0  1  0  0   
Nichols C, p          0  0  0  0   Herbert R, p          3  1  1  2   
Runnels P, ph         1  0  0  0   Wickersham D, p       0  0  0  0   
Hillman D, p          0  0  0  0   Larsen D, p           0  0  0  0   
Pagliaroni J, ph      1  0  1  1                                      
Clinton L, pr         0  1  0  0                                      
Wills T, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Fornieles M, p        1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  8 15  8                        38  9 11  9

Boston           000 000 206 0 --  8
Kansas City      000 710 000 1 --  9
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Muffett B             3.2  5  7  3  1  2
Stallard T            1.1  2  1  1  2  3
Nichols C             2.0  0  0  0  0  1
Hillman D             1.0  2  0  0  1  0
Wills T*              0.0  0  0  0  2  0
Fornieles M (L)       1.1  2  1  1  1  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Herbert R             8.1 11  7  7  3  2
Wickersham D          0.2  2  1  1  0  0
Larsen D (W)          1.0  2  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Malzone F
DP -- Kansas City 3
LOB -- Boston 7, Kansas City 11
2B -- Throneberry M, Herbert R, Howser D, Yastrzemski C, Schilling C, Sullivan H, Hardy C, Carey A
SH -- Hankins J, Herbert R, Larsen D
SF -- Nixon R
T -- 2:59
A -- 4050

    

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