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Red Sox 3 @ Indians 4
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 17, 1961

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 17, 1961 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians beat the visiting Red Sox with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 17, 1961 
Visiting Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 3 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 3
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 4 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherBobby Locke  
Losing PitcherMike Fornieles  
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Game Winning RBIKen Aspromonte 

Game Info

DateAugust 17, 1961 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Red Sox 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherIke Delock  
Home Starting PitcherWynn Hawkins  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance4,456 
Time of Game3 hours 36 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Kinnamon
1B: Eddie Hurley
2B: Red Flaherty
3B: Jim Honochick

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 
Jackie Jensen  Right Fielder 
Don Buddin  Shortstop 
Ike Delock  Pitcher 
Pinky Higgins  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ken Aspromonte  Second Baseman 
Jim Piersall  Center Fielder 
Tito Francona  Left Fielder 
Willie Kirkland  Right Fielder 
Bubba Phillips  Third Baseman 
John Romano  Catcher 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Woodie Held  Shortstop 
Wynn Hawkins  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

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Red Sox 3 @ Indians 4
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 17, 1961

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         Game of 8/17/1961 -- Boston at Cleveland (N)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Schilling C, 2b       5  1  2  0   Aspromonte K, 2b      6  0  0  1   
Geiger G, cf          6  1  1  1   Piersall J, cf        5  0  0  0   
Yastrzemski C, lf     6  1  1  1   Francona T, lf        6  0  1  0   
Wertz V, 1b           3  0  0  0   Kirkland W, rf        5  1  1  0   
Runnels P, 1b         2  0  0  0   Phillips B, 3b        6  1  3  0   
Malzone F, 3b         6  0  0  0   Romano J, c           6  1  2  2   
Nixon R, c            6  0  3  1   Power V, 1b           5  0  3  0   
Jensen J, rf          5  0  3  0   Held W, ss            4  1  2  1   
Buddin D, ss          4  0  1  0   Hawkins W, p          1  0  0  0   
Green P, ph-ss        2  0  0  0   Allen B, p            0  0  0  0   
Delock I, p           4  0  0  0   Bond W, ph            1  0  0  0   
Fornieles M, p        2  0  0  0   Dailey B, p           1  0  0  0   
                                   Dillard D, ph         0  0  0  0   
                                   Locke B, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Essegian C, ph        1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     51  3 11  3                        47  4 12  4

Boston           000 000 030 000 00 --  3
Cleveland        000 000 012 000 01 --  4
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Delock I              8.2  7  3  3  2  1
Fornieles M (L)       5.0  5  1  1  3  3

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hawkins W*            7.0  7  3  3  4  4
Allen B               1.0  2  0  0  0  0
Dailey B              4.0  1  0  0  1  3
Locke B (W)           2.0  1  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 8th

DP -- Boston 4, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Boston 11, Cleveland 10
2B -- Kirkland W, Power V, Phillips B
3B -- Geiger G
HR -- Held W, Romano J
SB -- Jensen J, Buddin D
CS -- Schilling C
SH -- Hawkins W, Held W, Power V
T -- 3:36
A -- 4456

    

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