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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
July 8, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, played on July 8, 1961 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 8, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 8, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ike Delock |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Whitey Ford |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 23,381 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Runge 1B: Sam Carrigan 2B: Cal Drummond 3B: Joe Paparella |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
| Gary Geiger | Center Fielder |
| Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
| Jim Pagliaroni | Catcher |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Pete Runnels | First Baseman |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Don Buddin | Shortstop |
| Ike Delock | Pitcher |
| Pinky Higgins | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Richardson | Second Baseman |
| Tony Kubek | Shortstop |
| Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Yogi Berra | Left Fielder |
| Bill Skowron | First Baseman |
| Johnny Blanchard | Catcher |
| Clete Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Whitey Ford | Pitcher |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
July 8, 1961
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Ford
Schilling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Ford
Geiger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schilling moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jensen vs. Ford
Jensen hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagliaroni vs. Ford
Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Ford
Malzone strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Ford
Runnels bunts towards the mound. Ford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Ford
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Delock
Richardson 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, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Delock
Kubek hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Delock
Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Ford
Buddin hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delock vs. Ford
Delock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Ford
Schilling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Ford
Geiger strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Delock
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first, with Delock covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Delock
Berra hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Delock
Skowron 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
Top 3
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Ford
Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Pagliaroni vs. Ford
Pagliaroni is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Malzone vs. Ford
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Delock
Blanchard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Delock
Boyer hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Delock
Ford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richardson vs. Delock
Richardson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ford moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kubek vs. Delock
Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ford scores. Richardson moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maris vs. Wood
Wilbur Wood now pitching.
Maris hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Jensen fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Jensen. Richardson scores. Kubek goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Mantle vs. Wood
Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maris scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Wood
Berra takes first base on ball four. Mantle moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Skowron vs. Stallard
Tracy Stallard now pitching.
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Skowron vs. Stallard
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to home to get Mantle. Berra moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Blanchard vs. Stallard
Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blanchard for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Ford
Runnels hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra. Runnels reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yastrzemski vs. Ford
Yastrzemski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richardson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Buddin vs. Ford
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stallard vs. Ford
Stallard hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Stallard
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Stallard
Ford bunts towards the mound. Stallard fields it and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Richardson vs. Stallard
Richardson hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kubek vs. Stallard
Kubek hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Ford
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Ford
Geiger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Ford
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pagliaroni vs. Ford
Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Stallard
Maris hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Stallard
Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Stallard
Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skowron vs. Stallard
Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Ford
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Ford
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Ford
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Stallard
Blanchard hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Stallard
Boyer hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Pagliaroni fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Stallard
Ford 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
Top 7
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Ford
Buddin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Ford
Pumpsie Green pinch hits for Tracy Stallard.
Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Buddin moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schilling vs. Arroyo
Luis Arroyo now pitching.
Schilling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berra. Schilling reaches second base with a double. Buddin scores. Green moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Geiger vs. Arroyo
Geiger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jensen vs. Arroyo
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson fields it and throws to second for the out. Green scores. Schilling moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pagliaroni vs. Arroyo
Pagliaroni strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Malzone vs. Arroyo
Malzone hits a fly ball into left field. Berra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Fornieles
Mike Fornieles now pitching. Russ Nixon now catching.
Richardson 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, 5 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Fornieles
Kubek hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Fornieles
Maris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Fornieles
Mantle is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Fornieles
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berra for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Arroyo
Runnels strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Arroyo
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Arroyo
Buddin is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skowron vs. Fornieles
Skowron hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanchard vs. Fornieles
Blanchard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Fornieles
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Arroyo vs. Fornieles
Arroyo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blanchard moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Richardson vs. Fornieles
Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it and throws to second for the out. Blanchard moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kubek vs. Fornieles
Kubek strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Arroyo
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Arroyo
Schilling strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Arroyo
Geiger is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/8/1961 -- Boston at New York (D)
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Schilling C, 2b 5 1 3 1 Richardson B, 2b 5 1 1 0
Geiger G, cf 4 1 2 0 Kubek T, ss 5 2 2 2
Jensen J, rf 4 1 2 4 Maris R, rf 3 1 1 1
Pagliaroni J, c 4 0 0 0 Mantle M, cf 4 1 2 2
Fornieles M, p 0 0 0 0 Berra Y, lf 3 0 1 0
Malzone F, 3b 4 0 0 0 Skowron B, 1b 4 1 1 1
Runnels P, 1b 4 0 2 0 Blanchard J, c 4 1 2 1
Yastrzemski C, lf 4 0 0 0 Boyer C, 3b 4 0 1 0
Buddin D, ss 4 1 1 0 Ford W, p 2 1 1 0
Delock I, p 1 0 0 0 Arroyo L, p 1 0 1 0
Wood W, p 0 0 0 0
Stallard T, p 1 0 0 0
Green P, ph 1 1 1 0
Nixon R, c 1 0 0 0
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37 5 11 5 35 8 13 7
Boston 300 000 200 -- 5
New York 005 010 11x -- 8
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Delock I (L) 2.1 4 4 4 0 0
Wood W* 0.0 2 1 1 1 0
Stallard T 3.2 3 1 1 0 0
Fornieles M 2.0 4 2 2 1 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Ford W (W)+ 6.0 10 5 5 0 3
Arroyo L (S) 3.0 1 0 0 1 6
* Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Jensen J
DP -- Boston 1, New York 1
LOB -- Boston 6, New York 6
2B -- Maris R, Runnels P, Schilling C
HR -- Jensen J, Blanchard J, Mantle M, Kubek T, Skowron B
SB -- Berra Y, Mantle M
SH -- Ford W
T -- 2:27
A -- 23381
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