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May 15, 1961

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Top 2	R	H	E
Indians	4	6	0
Red Sox	0	0	1

Top 2	R	H	E
Indians	5	7	0
Red Sox	0	0	1

Tito Francona Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	1.000	.304
OBP	1.000	.368
At Bats	1	102
Hits	1	31
• Singles	1	20
• Doubles	0	9
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	0	11
RBI’s	0	15

Ted Wills Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	1	0

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Fenway Park - May 15, 1961

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Single

Ted Wills

Russ Nixon

Vic Wertz

Chuck Schilling

Frank Malzone

Don Buddin

Carl Yastrzemski

Gary Geiger

Jackie Jensen

Tito Francona

Jim Piersall

Johnny Temple

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 1 Out

Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple scores. Piersall moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 2 Piersall hits a popup beyond first. Wertz can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit.

Top 2 Temple hits a line drive into center field. Geiger picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Geiger. Held scores. Phillips scores. Grant goes all the way around to score. Temple moves to third.

Top 2 Grant hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Held moves to third. Phillips moves to second.

Top 2 Phillips takes first base on ball four. Held moves to second.

Top 2 Held hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Romano scores.

Top 2 Romano hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Romano reaches second base with a double.

Top 2 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Bottom 1 Geiger takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Schilling strikes out.

Top 1 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 1 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Ted Wills now pitching. Temple hits a line drive towards third. Malzone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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