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Red Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
June 27, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Boston Red Sox, played on June 27, 1961 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 27, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 27, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gene Conley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Pedro Ramos |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 19,385 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: John Rice 1B: Harry Schwarts 2B: Larry Napp 3B: Johnny Stevens |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
| Gary Geiger | Center Fielder |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Pete Runnels | First Baseman |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| Don Buddin | Shortstop |
| Gene Conley | Pitcher |
| Pinky Higgins | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
| Lenny Green | Center Fielder |
| Harmon Killebrew | First Baseman |
| Jim Lemon | Left Fielder |
| Bob Allison | Right Fielder |
| Hal Naragon | Catcher |
| Bill Tuttle | Third Baseman |
| Jose Valdivielso | Second Baseman |
| Pedro Ramos | Pitcher |
| Sam Mele | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
June 27, 1961
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Ramos
Schilling hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Ramos
Geiger hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Ramos
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Conley
Versalles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Conley
Green takes first base on ball four. Versalles moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Killebrew vs. Conley
Killebrew hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Conley
Lemon strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allison vs. Conley
Allison hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Ramos
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tuttle juggles the ball. That's an error on Tuttle. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Malzone vs. Ramos
There goes Jensen. The throw from Naragon and he is out, Valdivielso applying the tag. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Ramos
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Ramos
Runnels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Ramos
Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Naragon vs. Conley
Naragon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Conley
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tuttle for the out. Naragon moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Valdivielso vs. Conley
Valdivielso strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ramos vs. Conley
Ramos is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Ramos
Buddin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Ramos
Conley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Ramos
Schilling strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Conley
Versalles hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Conley
Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Conley
Killebrew strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Conley
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Ramos
Geiger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Ramos
There goes Geiger. The throw from Naragon and he is safe. Geiger steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yastrzemski vs. Ramos
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jensen vs. Ramos
Jensen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Malzone vs. Ramos
Malzone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Runnels vs. Ramos
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Valdivielso fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Conley
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Naragon vs. Conley
Naragon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Conley
Tuttle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Ramos
Nixon strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Ramos
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Ramos
Conley strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valdivielso vs. Conley
Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ramos vs. Conley
Ramos strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Conley
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Ramos
Schilling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Ramos
Geiger hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Ramos
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Ramos
Jensen strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Conley
Green takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Conley
Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Green moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Conley
Lemon bunts towards the mound. Conley fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Conley. Green moves to third. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Allison vs. Conley
Allison hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Naragon vs. Conley
Naragon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first, with Conley covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Conley
Tuttle 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 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valdivielso vs. Conley
Valdivielso hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ramos vs. Conley
Ramos strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Ramos
Malzone hits a popup, foul, towards first. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Ramos
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Ramos
Nixon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buddin vs. Ramos
Buddin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nixon moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wertz vs. Ramos
Vic Wertz pinch hits for Gene Conley.
Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Stallard
Tracy Stallard now pitching.
Versalles hits a line drive towards short. Buddin reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Stallard
Green takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Stallard
Killebrew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Green moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lemon vs. Stallard
Lemon hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Green tags and scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Stallard
Allison is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Ramos
Dan Dobbek now playing left field.
Schilling hits a fly ball into right field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Ramos
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Ramos
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Naragon vs. Stallard
Naragon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Stallard
Tuttle takes first base on ball four. Naragon moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Valdivielso vs. Stallard
Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it and throws to second for the out. Naragon moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ramos vs. Stallard
Ramos hits a fly ball towards center field. Geiger makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Geiger. Naragon tags and scores. Valdivielso tags and moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Versalles vs. Stallard
Versalles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Green vs. Stallard
Green hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Buddin fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Ramos
Jensen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Malzone vs. Ramos
Malzone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jensen moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Runnels vs. Ramos
Runnels hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Allison. Runnels reaches second base with a double. Jensen scores. Malzone goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nixon vs. Ramos
Nixon hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Buddin vs. Ramos
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Green vs. Ramos
Pumpsie Green pinch hits for Tracy Stallard.
Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Runnels scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Twins, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ginsberg vs. Lee
Don Lee now pitching. Joe Ginsberg pinch hits for Chuck Schilling.
Ginsberg is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/27/1961, game 2 -- Boston at Minnesota (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Schilling C, 2b 4 0 1 0 Versalles Z, ss 4 0 1 0
Ginsberg J, ph 1 0 0 0 Green L, cf 2 2 1 0
Geiger G, cf 4 0 1 0 Killebrew H, 1b 3 1 1 0
Yastrzemski C, lf 4 0 0 0 Lemon J, lf 2 1 0 1
Jensen J, rf 3 1 0 0 Dobbek D, lf 0 0 0 0
Malzone F, 3b 3 1 1 0 Allison B, rf 4 1 1 4
Runnels P, 1b 4 1 2 2 Naragon H, c 4 1 2 0
Nixon R, c 4 0 1 0 Tuttle B, 3b 3 0 0 0
Buddin D, ss 4 0 1 0 Valdivielso J, 2b 4 0 1 0
Conley G, p 2 0 0 0 Ramos P, p 3 0 0 1
Wertz V, ph 1 0 0 0 Lee D, p 0 0 0 0
Stallard T, p 0 0 0 0
Green P, ph 1 0 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 3 8 3 29 6 7 6
Boston 000 000 003 -- 3
Minnesota 000 004 11x -- 6
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Conley G (L) 6.0 5 4 3 3 6
Stallard T 2.0 2 2 2 3 1
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Ramos P (W) 8.2 8 3 3 2 4
Lee D (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Tuttle B, Conley G, Geiger G
LOB -- Boston 7, Minnesota 8
2B -- Runnels P
HR -- Allison B
SB -- Geiger G
CS -- Jensen J
SH -- Lemon J
SF -- Lemon J, Ramos P
T -- 2:29
A -- 19385
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