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Red Sox 11 @ Indians 12
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 20, 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 July 20, 1961 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians beat the visiting Red Sox with a score of 12 to 11.

Game Summary

DateJuly 20, 1961 
Visiting Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 11 H: 17 E: 2 LOB: 12
Runs: 11
Hits: 17
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 12 H: 20 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 12
Hits: 20
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherBobby Locke  
Losing PitcherBilly Muffett  
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Game Winning RBIJim Piersall 

Game Info

DateJuly 20, 1961 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Red Sox 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherIke Delock  
Home Starting PitcherGary Bell  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance6,179 
Time of Game3 hours 15 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Charlie Berry
1B: Joe Linsalata
2B: Frank Umont
3B: Bob Stewart

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Runnels  Second Baseman 
Gary Geiger  Center Fielder 
Carl Yastrzemski  Left Fielder 
Vic Wertz  First Baseman 
Frank Malzone  Third Baseman 
Jim Pagliaroni  Catcher 
Carroll Hardy  Right Fielder 
Don Buddin  Shortstop 
Ike Delock  Pitcher 
Pinky Higgins  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Temple  Second Baseman 
Jim Piersall  Center Fielder 
Tito Francona  First Baseman 
Bubba Phillips  Third Baseman 
Willie Kirkland  Right Fielder 
Chuck Essegian  Left Fielder 
John Romano  Catcher 
Woodie Held  Shortstop 
Gary Bell  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

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Red Sox 11 @ Indians 12
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 20, 1961

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         Game of 7/20/1961 -- Boston at Cleveland (N)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Runnels P, 2b         5  0  1  2   Temple J, 2b          5  2  2  0   
Geiger G, cf          6  0  2  1   Piersall J, cf        5  2  3  4   
Yastrzemski C, lf     6  2  3  1   Francona T, 1b        4  2  4  3   
Wertz V, 1b           4  3  2  1   Phillips B, 3b        5  0  1  0   
Malzone F, 3b         6  1  1  1   Kirkland W, rf        5  1  2  0   
Pagliaroni J, c       4  2  1  0   Essegian C, lf        5  0  3  0   
Hardy C, rf           5  2  4  2   Romano J, c           4  2  2  1   
Buddin D, ss          3  1  2  1   Thomas V, c           1  0  0  0   
Delock I, p           1  0  0  0   Held W, ss            3  2  2  1   
Nixon R, ph           1  0  1  0   Bell G, p             3  1  1  1   
Cisco G, p            0  0  0  0   Allen B, p            0  0  0  0   
Green P, ph           0  0  0  1   Funk F, p             0  0  0  0   
Muffett B, p          1  0  0  1   Dillard D, ph         1  0  0  0   
Jensen J, ph          1  0  0  0   Stigman D, p          0  0  0  0   
Earley A, p           0  0  0  0   Locke B, p            1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43 11 17 11                        42 12 20 10

Boston           000 203 510 -- 11
Cleveland        101 420 40x -- 12

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Delock I              4.0  9  6  2  0  0
Cisco G               1.0  4  2  2  1  0
Muffett B (L)         2.0  5  4  4  0  1
Earley A              1.0  2  0  0  1  1

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bell G                5.2  7  5  5  4  9
Allen B               0.2  4  4  4  0  1
Funk F                0.2  2  1  1  1  0
Stigman D             0.2  2  1  1  0  0
Locke B (W)           1.1  2  0  0  2  0

E -- Malzone F, Wertz V, Francona T
DP -- Boston 2
LOB -- Boston 12, Cleveland 9
2B -- Temple J, Essegian C, Held W, Piersall J, Romano J, Pagliaroni J, Hardy C
HR -- Yastrzemski C, Wertz V, Piersall J, Francona T
SF -- Francona T
PB -- Pagliaroni J, Romano J
T -- 3:15
A -- 6179

    

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