Top 1

• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Schilling vs. Bunning
  
  Schilling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wood settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Geiger vs. Bunning
  
  Geiger strikes out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Yastrzemski vs. Bunning
  
  Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out. Geiger moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Wertz vs. Bunning
  
  Wertz takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Jensen vs. Bunning
  
  Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play 

Bottom 1

• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Wood vs. Monbouquette
  
  Wood 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 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bruton vs. Monbouquette
  
  Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Maxwell vs. Monbouquette
  
  Maxwell hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Colavito vs. Monbouquette
  
  There goes Bruton. The throw from Nixon and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
  Colavito vs. Monbouquette
  
  Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
  Cash vs. Monbouquette
  
  Cash hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 2

• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Malzone vs. Bunning
  
  Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Osborne fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Nixon vs. Bunning
  
  Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Osborne fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Buddin vs. Bunning
  
  Buddin takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Monbouquette vs. Bunning
  
  Monbouquette is called out on strikes. View Play 

Bottom 2

• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Osborne vs. Monbouquette
  
  Osborne hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Brown vs. Monbouquette
  
  Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Fernandez vs. Monbouquette
  
  Fernandez takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Bunning vs. Monbouquette
  
  Bunning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play 

Top 3

• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Schilling vs. Bunning
  
  Schilling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Geiger vs. Bunning
  
  Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Schilling for the double play. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Yastrzemski vs. Bunning
  
  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. View Play 

Bottom 3

• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Wood vs. Monbouquette
  
  Wood hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bruton vs. Monbouquette
  
  Bruton hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Maxwell vs. Monbouquette
  
  Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out. View Play 

Top 4

• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Wertz vs. Bunning
  
  Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Jensen vs. Bunning
  
  Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Malzone vs. Bunning
  
  Malzone strikes out. View Play 

Bottom 4

• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Colavito vs. Monbouquette
  
  Colavito strikes out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Cash vs. Monbouquette
  
  Cash hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Osborne vs. Monbouquette
  
  Osborne hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 5

• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Nixon vs. Bunning
  
  Nixon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Buddin vs. Bunning
  
  Buddin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nixon moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Monbouquette vs. Bunning
  
  Monbouquette bunts towards third. Osborne juggles the ball. That's an error on Osborne. Nixon moves to third. Buddin moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Schilling vs. Bunning
  
  Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. Nixon scores. Buddin moves to third. View Play 
• Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
  Geiger vs. Bunning
  
  Geiger takes first base on ball four. Schilling moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Yastrzemski vs. Bunning
  
  Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Wertz vs. Bunning
  
  Wertz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play 
• Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Jensen vs. Bunning
  
  Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bunning fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Bottom 5

• Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Brown vs. Monbouquette
  
  Brown 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 
• Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Fernandez vs. Monbouquette
  
  Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Thomas vs. Monbouquette
  
  George Thomas pinch hits for Jim Bunning.
  
  Thomas is called out on strikes. View Play 

Top 6

• Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Malzone vs. Woodeshick
  
  Hal Woodeshick now pitching.
  
  Malzone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Nixon vs. Woodeshick
  
  Nixon strikes out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Buddin vs. Woodeshick
  
  Buddin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito who is chasing the ball. Buddin reaches third base with a triple. Malzone goes all the way around to score. View Play 
• Red Sox, 6 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
  Monbouquette vs. Woodeshick
  
  Monbouquette bunts towards first. Cash juggles the ball. That's an error on Cash. Buddin scores. Monbouquette moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Schilling vs. Woodeshick
  
  Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Monbouquette moves to third. View Play 
• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
  Geiger vs. Woodeshick
  
  Geiger takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
  Yastrzemski vs. Woodeshick
  
  Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Fernandez fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play 

Bottom 6

• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Wood vs. Monbouquette
  
  Wood hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bruton vs. Monbouquette
  
  Bruton hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Monbouquette scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Maxwell vs. Monbouquette
  
  Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out. View Play 

Top 7

• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Wertz vs. Woodeshick
  
  Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Woodeshick fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Jensen vs. Woodeshick
  
  Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wood scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Malzone vs. Woodeshick
  
  Malzone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play 
• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Nixon vs. Woodeshick
  
  There goes Malzone. The throw from Brown and he is out, Fernandez applying the tag. View Play 

Bottom 7

• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Colavito vs. Monbouquette
  
  Pete Runnels now playing first base.
  
  Colavito is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Cash vs. Monbouquette
  
  Cash strikes out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Osborne vs. Monbouquette
  
  Osborne hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first, with Monbouquette covering, for the out. View Play 

Top 8

• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Nixon vs. Woodeshick
  
  Nixon takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Buddin vs. Woodeshick
  
  Buddin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nixon moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 7 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Monbouquette vs. Woodeshick
  
  Monbouquette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Woodeshick fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Woodeshick. Nixon scores. Buddin moves to third. View Play 
• Red Sox, 8 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
  Schilling vs. Woodeshick
  
  Schilling takes first base on ball four. Monbouquette moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 8 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Geiger vs. Woodeshick
  
  Geiger takes first base on ball four. Buddin scores. Monbouquette moves to third. Schilling moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 9 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Yastrzemski vs. Fox
  
  Terry Fox now pitching. Bobo Osborne now playing first base. Ozzie Virgil now playing third base.
  
  Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Monbouquette tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Runnels vs. Fox
  
  Runnels hits a popup, foul, towards third. Virgil settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Jensen vs. Fox
  
  Jensen hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 8

• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Brown vs. Monbouquette
  
  Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin misplays the ball. That's an error on Buddin. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Fernandez vs. Monbouquette
  
  Fernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown moves to second. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Virgil vs. Monbouquette
  
  Virgil hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Wood vs. Monbouquette
  
  Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out. Brown moves to third. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
  Bruton vs. Monbouquette
  
  Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Monbouquette fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Top 9

• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Malzone vs. Fox
  
  Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez misplays the ball. That's an error on Fernandez. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Nixon vs. Fox
  
  Nixon is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Buddin vs. Fox
  
  Buddin hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Monbouquette vs. Fox
  
  Monbouquette is called out on strikes. View Play 

Bottom 9

• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Maxwell vs. Monbouquette
  
  Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Colavito vs. Monbouquette
  
  Colavito hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Morton vs. Monbouquette
  
  Bubba Morton pinch hits for Terry Fox.
  
  Morton strikes out. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Osborne vs. Monbouquette
  
  Osborne hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen. Osborne reaches second base with a double. Colavito goes all the way around to score. View Play 
• Red Sox, 10 - Tigers, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Brown vs. Monbouquette
  
  Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 

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         Game of 6/15/1961 -- Boston at Detroit (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Schilling C, 2b       4  1  1  1   Wood J, 2b            4  0  0  0   
Geiger G, cf          2  1  0  1   Bruton B, cf          4  0  1  0   
Yastrzemski C, lf     4  0  0  1   Maxwell C, lf         4  0  0  0   
Wertz V, 1b           3  1  1  4   Colavito R, rf        3  1  1  0   
Runnels P, 1b         1  0  0  0   Cash N, 1b            3  0  0  0   
Jensen J, rf          5  0  0  0   Fox T, p              0  0  0  0   
Malzone F, 3b         5  1  2  0   Morton B, ph          1  0  0  0   
Nixon R, c            4  2  1  0   Osborne B, 3b-1b      4  0  1  1   
Buddin D, ss          4  3  3  1   Brown D, c            4  0  0  0   
Monbouquette B, p     3  1  0  1   Fernandez C, ss       2  0  1  0   
                                   Bunning J, p          1  0  0  0   
                                   Thomas G, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Woodeshick H, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   Virgil O, 3b          1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35 10  8  9                        32  1  4  1

Boston           000 052 030 -- 10
Detroit          000 000 001 --  1

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Monbouquette B (W)    9.0  4  1  1  2  5

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bunning J (L)         5.0  4  5  1  3  3
Woodeshick H*         2.0  4  5  4  4  1
Fox T                 2.0  0  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 5 batters in 8th

E -- Nixon R, Osborne B, Cash N, Woodeshick H, Buddin D, Fernandez C
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Boston 8, Detroit 6
2B -- Osborne B
3B -- Buddin D
HR -- Wertz V
SB -- Bruton B
CS -- Malzone F
SH -- Monbouquette B 2
SF -- Yastrzemski C
PB -- Brown D
T -- 2:34
A -- 4706

    

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