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Red Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
August 9, 1963
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 9, 1963 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 9, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 9, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Morehead |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Perry |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 31,594 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 18 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Hank Soar 1B: Bob Stewart 2B: Larry Napp 3B: Al Salerno |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Felix Mantilla | Center Fielder |
| Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Dick Stuart | First Baseman |
| Gary Geiger | Right Fielder |
| Dick Williams | Third Baseman |
| Eddie Bressoud | Shortstop |
| Bob Tillman | Catcher |
| Dave Morehead | Pitcher |
| Johnny Pesky | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rich Rollins | Third Baseman |
| Vic Power | Second Baseman |
| Harmon Killebrew | Left Fielder |
| Don Mincher | First Baseman |
| Jimmie Hall | Right Fielder |
| Earl Battey | Catcher |
| Lenny Green | Center Fielder |
| Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
| Jim Perry | Pitcher |
| Sam Mele | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
August 9, 1963
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Perry
Mantilla hits a popup towards third. Rollins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Perry
Schilling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Perry
Yastrzemski 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
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Morehead
Rollins hits a fly ball into center field. Mantilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Morehead
Power 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 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Morehead
Killebrew strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Perry
Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Perry
Geiger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Perry
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields the ball and throws to second. Power drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Power. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bressoud vs. Perry
Bressoud hits a fly ball into right field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Morehead
Mincher hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Morehead
Hall strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Morehead
Battey hits a fly ball into center field. Mantilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Morehead
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Morehead covering, for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tillman vs. Perry
Tillman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morehead vs. Perry
Morehead is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantilla vs. Perry
Mantilla hits a popup in front of the plate. Battey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schilling vs. Perry
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Morehead
Versalles is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Morehead
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Morehead
Rollins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Morehead
Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rollins moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Killebrew vs. Morehead
Killebrew strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Perry
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stuart vs. Perry
Stuart hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Perry
Geiger strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Perry
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Perry
Bressoud hits a fly ball into left field. Killebrew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Morehead
Mincher strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Morehead
Hall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hall for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Morehead
Battey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Morehead
Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tillman vs. Perry
Tillman hits a fly ball into right field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morehead vs. Perry
Morehead hits a fly ball into right field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Perry
Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Morehead
Versalles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Morehead
Perry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rollins vs. Morehead
Rollins bunts towards the mound. Morehead fields it and throws to first for the out. Perry moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Power vs. Morehead
Power hits a popup towards first. Stuart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. Morehead
Killebrew hits a popup, foul, towards third. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Perry
Schilling hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Perry
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stuart vs. Perry
Stuart strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Perry
Geiger hits a line drive into left field. Killebrew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Morehead
Mincher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Morehead covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Morehead
Hall hits a line drive into right field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Morehead
Battey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Morehead
Green hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Geiger chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Schilling. Schilling fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Schilling. Battey goes all the way around to score. Green moves all the way to home. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Morehead
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Perry
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Perry
Bressoud hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tillman vs. Perry
Tillman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Morehead
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morehead fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rollins vs. Morehead
Rollins hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Morehead
Power hits a fly ball into center field. Mantilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Morehead
Killebrew is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Perry
Roman Mejias pinch hits for Dave Morehead.
Mejias hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Perry
Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Perry
Schilling hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mincher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mincher vs. Earley
Arnold Earley now pitching.
Mincher hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Earley
Hall hits a popup towards third. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Earley
Battey strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Perry
Vic Power now playing first base. Bernie Allen now playing second base.
Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Perry
Stuart hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Perry
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Perry
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Hall 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 8/9/1963 -- Boston at Minnesota (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Mantilla F, cf 4 0 0 0 Rollins R, 3b 2 1 1 1
Schilling C, 2b 4 0 0 0 Power V, 2b-1b 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski C, lf 3 2 2 1 Killebrew H, lf 4 0 0 0
Stuart D, 1b 4 1 1 2 Mincher D, 1b 4 1 1 1
Geiger G, rf 3 0 0 0 Allen B, 2b 0 0 0 0
Williams D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Hall J, rf 4 0 0 0
Bressoud E, ss 3 0 0 0 Battey E, c 2 1 0 0
Tillman B, c 3 0 1 0 Green L, cf 3 1 1 1
Morehead D, p 2 0 0 0 Versalles Z, ss 3 1 1 1
Mejias R, ph 1 0 0 0 Perry J, p 3 0 1 0
Earley A, p 0 0 0 0
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31 3 4 3 29 5 6 4
Boston 000 200 001 -- 3
Minnesota 010 012 10x -- 5
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Morehead D (L) 7.0 6 5 4 3 6
Earley A 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Perry J (W) 9.0 4 3 3 2 3
E -- Power V, Schilling C
LOB -- Boston 3, Minnesota 4
3B -- Green L
HR -- Mincher D, Stuart D, Versalles Z, Rollins R, Yastrzemski C
SH -- Rollins R
T -- 2:18
A -- 31594
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