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July 5, 1961

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Tigers 3 5 1
Red Sox 6 11 0
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Tigers 3 5 1
Red Sox 8 12 0

Gary Geiger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .229
OBP .250 .345
At Bats 3 245
Hits 0 56
• Singles 0 35
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 1 41
RBI’s 0 28

Bill Fischer Season Stats

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2 1 3
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Fenway Park - July 5, 1961
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Home Run
Bill Fischer
Mike Roarke
Norm Cash
Jake Wood
Steve Boros
Dick McAuliffe
Charlie Maxwell
Al Kaline
Rocky Colavito
Gary Geiger
Chuck Schilling
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Geiger hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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Bottom 8 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Fornieles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Buddin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Boros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cash hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Colavito is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jensen hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Malzone hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Pagliaroni hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Maxwell strikes out.
Top 7 Kaline hits a popup, foul, towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fornieles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Schilling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fornieles moves to second.
Bottom 6 Fornieles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bill Fischer now pitching. Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bill Bruton pinch hits for Fred Gladding. Mike Fornieles now pitching. Bruton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Roarke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash moves to third.
Top 6 Wood hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Boros hits a popup towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Colavito hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Malzone hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pagliaroni takes first base on ball four. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Fred Gladding now pitching. Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kaline takes first base on ball four. McAuliffe moves to second.
Top 5 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels fields it and throws to second for the out. Roarke scores.
Top 5 Bobo Osborne pinch hits for Bob Bruce. Osborne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Roarke moves to third.
Top 5 Roarke hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Roarke reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Wood hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schilling reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Monbouquette bunts towards the mound. Bruce fields it and throws to first for the out. Runnels scores. Buddin moves to second.
Bottom 4 Buddin is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Runnels hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito who is chasing the ball. Runnels reaches third base with a triple. Jensen scores.
Bottom 4 There goes Jensen. The throw from Roarke and he is safe. Jensen steals second.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Malzone hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boros strikes out.
Top 4 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Colavito takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Maxwell hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 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.
Bottom 3 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Geiger for the out.
Bottom 3 Schilling hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Monbouquette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruce hits a line drive towards first. Runnels reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Monbouquette strikes out.
Bottom 2 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Runnels hits a fly ball towards right. Colavito catches it and throws to second to double up Jensen.
Bottom 2 Jensen hits a fly ball towards left. Maxwell settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Maxwell. Jensen moves to second.
Top 2 Roarke strikes out.
Top 2 Wood takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Boros is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Malzone hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schilling scores.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Schilling moves to third.
Bottom 1 Geiger takes first base on ball four. Schilling moves to second.
Bottom 1 Schilling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Maxwell hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McAuliffe hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.