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Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 30, 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 April 30, 1961 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 30, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 30, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gene Conley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Wynn Hawkins |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 11,308 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Eddie Hurley 1B: Bill Kinnamon 2B: Jim Honochick 3B: Red Flaherty |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
| Gary Geiger | Center Fielder |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Vic Wertz | First Baseman |
| Pete Runnels | Third Baseman |
| Lou Clinton | Right Fielder |
| Jim Pagliaroni | Catcher |
| Pumpsie Green | Shortstop |
| Gene Conley | Pitcher |
| Pinky Higgins | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Tito Francona | Left Fielder |
| Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
| Willie Kirkland | Right Fielder |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Bubba Phillips | Third Baseman |
| John Romano | Catcher |
| Wynn Hawkins | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 30, 1961
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Hawkins
Schilling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Hawkins
Geiger hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Schilling moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yastrzemski vs. Hawkins
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wertz vs. Hawkins
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Conley
Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Clinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Conley
Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Conley
Piersall strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Hawkins
Runnels hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Runnels reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clinton vs. Hawkins
Clinton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pagliaroni vs. Hawkins
Pagliaroni hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Green vs. Hawkins
Green strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Conley
Kirkland hits a fly ball into right field. Clinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Conley
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Runnels fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Conley
Held hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Conley
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Power moves to third. Held moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Romano vs. Conley
Romano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green fields it and throws to second for the out. Power scores. Held moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hawkins vs. Conley
Hawkins hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Hawkins
Conley strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Hawkins
Schilling strikes out. Romano drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Schilling out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Hawkins
Geiger hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland. Geiger reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yastrzemski vs. Hawkins
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Conley
Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Clinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Conley
Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Conley
Francona is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Francona moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piersall vs. Conley
Piersall bunts towards third. Runnels fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Francona moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kirkland vs. Conley
Kirkland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Francona scores. Piersall moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Conley
Power hits a line drive to left field. Yastrzemski throws towards the plate. Pagliaroni fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Pagliaroni. Piersall scores. Kirkland moves to third. Power moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Held vs. Conley
Held strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Phillips vs. Conley
Phillips hits a popup towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Hawkins
Wertz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Hawkins
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clinton vs. Hawkins
Clinton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pagliaroni vs. Hawkins
Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Conley
Romano hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hawkins vs. Conley
Hawkins strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Conley
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Runnels fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Conley
Francona hits a popup towards short. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Hawkins
Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Hawkins
Russ Nixon pinch hits for Gene Conley.
Nixon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schilling vs. Hawkins
Schilling hits a line drive into right field. Kirkland picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kirkland. Green goes all the way around to score. Schilling moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Geiger vs. Hawkins
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Geiger for the out. Schilling moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Yastrzemski vs. Hawkins
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Stallard
Tracy Stallard now pitching.
Piersall hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Clinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Stallard
Kirkland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Stallard
Power hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Stallard
Held is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Hawkins
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Hawkins covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Hawkins
Runnels hits a popup towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clinton vs. Hawkins
Clinton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Stallard
Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Stallard
Romano strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hawkins vs. Stallard
Hawkins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Temple vs. Stallard
Temple takes first base on ball four. Hawkins moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Francona vs. Stallard
Francona hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Stallard
Piersall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkland vs. Stallard
Kirkland 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, 1 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagliaroni vs. Hawkins
Pagliaroni hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Hawkins
Green takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrell vs. Hawkins
Billy Harrell pinch hits for Tracy Stallard.
Harrell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schilling vs. Hawkins
Schilling is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Nichols
Chet Nichols now pitching.
Power hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Nichols
Held takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Nichols
Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Romano vs. Nichols
Romano hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Romano reaches second base with a double. Held goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hawkins vs. Nichols
Hawkins hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Hawkins
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Hawkins covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Hawkins
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Hawkins
Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Nichols
Temple hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Temple reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Francona vs. Nichols
Francona hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Temple moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Piersall vs. Nichols
Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple scores. Francona moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirkland vs. Nichols
Kirkland bunts towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out. Francona moves to third. Piersall moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Power vs. Nichols
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. Francona scores. Piersall moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Held vs. Nichols
Held hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Hawkins
Walt Bond now playing right field.
Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clinton vs. Hawkins
Clinton bunts and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pagliaroni vs. Hawkins
Pagliaroni hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Hawkins
Green hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall 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 4/30/1961, game 2 -- Boston at Cleveland (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Schilling C, 2b 4 0 2 0 Temple J, 2b 4 2 1 0
Geiger G, cf 4 0 1 0 Francona T, lf 5 3 3 3
Yastrzemski C, lf 4 0 0 0 Piersall J, cf 4 1 2 1
Wertz V, 1b 4 0 0 0 Kirkland W, rf 4 0 2 1
Runnels P, 3b 4 0 1 0 Bond W, rf 0 0 0 0
Clinton L, rf 3 0 0 0 Power V, 1b 5 1 2 2
Pagliaroni J, c 4 0 0 0 Held W, ss 4 1 1 0
Green P, ss 3 1 1 0 Phillips B, 3b 4 0 1 0
Conley G, p 1 0 0 0 Romano J, c 4 1 2 3
Nixon R, ph 1 0 0 0 Hawkins W, p 3 1 0 0
Stallard T, p 0 0 0 0
Harrell B, ph 1 0 0 0
Nichols C, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 1 5 0 37 10 14 10
Boston 000 010 000 -- 1
Cleveland 012 103 12x -- 10
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Conley G (L) 4.0 8 4 3 0 3
Stallard T 2.0 2 3 3 3 2
Nichols C 2.0 4 3 3 1 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins W (W) 9.0 5 1 1 2 5
E -- Held W, Schilling C, Pagliaroni J, Kirkland W, Power V
DP -- Cleveland 1
LOB -- Boston 7, Cleveland 8
2B -- Runnels P, Geiger G, Romano J, Temple J
HR -- Romano J, Francona T
SH -- Kirkland W
T -- 2:29
A -- 11308
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