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Red Sox
@ Angels
Wrigley Field
August 27, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 27, 1961 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 27, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Los Angeles Angels
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 27, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Los Angeles Angels |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Schwall |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Eli Grba |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Los Angeles |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 5,797 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Hank Soar 1B: Bill McKinley 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: Al Smith |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
| Gary Geiger | Center Fielder |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| Pete Runnels | First Baseman |
| Pumpsie Green | Shortstop |
| Carroll Hardy | Right Fielder |
| Don Schwall | Pitcher |
| Pinky Higgins | Manager |
Los Angeles Angels Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Albie Pearson | Right Fielder |
| Joe Koppe | Shortstop |
| Lee Thomas | First Baseman |
| Leon Wagner | Left Fielder |
| George Thomas | Third Baseman |
| Ken Hunt | Center Fielder |
| Ed Sadowski | Catcher |
| Rocky Bridges | Second Baseman |
| Eli Grba | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Angels
Wrigley Field
August 27, 1961
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Grba
Schilling hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Grba
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Grba
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pearson. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. Pearson throws the ball in to Bridges who relays the ball to Koppe who tags Yastrzemski trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pearson vs. Schwall
Pearson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Schwall
Koppe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Schwall
Thomas takes first base on ball four. Koppe moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wagner vs. Schwall
Wagner strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Schwall
Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Koppe scores. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hunt vs. Schwall
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Grba
Malzone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Grba
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Runnels vs. Grba
Runnels hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Grba
Green hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Bridges fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sadowski vs. Schwall
Sadowski hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schilling reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Schwall
Bridges hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski who is chasing the ball. Bridges reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grba vs. Schwall
Grba bunts towards short. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bridges scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pearson vs. Schwall
Pearson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koppe vs. Schwall
There goes Pearson. The throw from Nixon and he is out, Schilling applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Grba
Hardy bunts towards the mound. Grba settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schwall vs. Grba
Schwall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Grba
Schilling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Grba
Geiger hits a line drive into right field. Pearson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Schwall
Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Schwall
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Schwall
Wagner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomas vs. Schwall
Thomas takes first base on ball four. Wagner moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hunt vs. Schwall
Hunt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Wagner scores. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sadowski vs. Schwall
Sadowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Grba
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first, with Grba covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Grba
Malzone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Grba
Nixon hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Runnels vs. Grba
Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Hunt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Schwall
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grba vs. Schwall
Grba hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pearson vs. Schwall
Pearson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schwall fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koppe vs. Schwall
Koppe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pearson moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Nichols
Chet Nichols now pitching.
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thomas for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Grba
Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hardy vs. Grba
Hardy takes first base on ball four. Green moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pagliaroni vs. Grba
Jim Pagliaroni pinch hits for Chet Nichols.
Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Green moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schilling vs. Grba
Schilling hits a popup towards first. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Cisco
Galen Cisco now pitching.
Wagner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Cisco
Thomas bunts in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Cisco
Hunt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Hunt reaches second base with a double. Wagner moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sadowski vs. Cisco
Sadowski hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wagner tags and scores. Hunt tags and moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bridges vs. Cisco
The umpire calls a balk on Cisco Hunt scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Cisco
Bridges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grba vs. Cisco
Grba takes first base on ball four. Bridges moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pearson vs. Cisco
Pearson hits a line drive towards first. Runnels reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Grba
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Grba
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Grba
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Cisco
Koppe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Cisco
Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Koppe moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wagner vs. Cisco
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Koppe scores. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Cisco
Thomas hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Yastrzemski. Thomas scores. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hunt vs. Cisco
Hunt strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sadowski vs. Cisco
Sadowski strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Grba
Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Grba
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Grba
Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Cisco
Bridges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hardy throws the ball in to Green who tags Bridges trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grba vs. Cisco
Grba hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pearson vs. Cisco
The ball gets by Nixon for a passed ball. Grba moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pearson vs. Cisco
Pearson strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Koppe vs. Cisco
Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first, with Cisco covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Grba
Hardy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ginsberg vs. Grba
Joe Ginsberg pinch hits for Galen Cisco.
Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Thomas. Koppe fumbles the ball. That's an error on Koppe. Hardy moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schilling vs. Grba
Schilling hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hunt. Schilling reaches second base with a double. Hardy scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Geiger vs. Grba
Geiger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schilling moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yastrzemski vs. Grba
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Malzone vs. Grba
Malzone is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 1 - Angels, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Earley
Arnold Earley now pitching.
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Angels, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Earley
Wagner hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Earley
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Earley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 1 - Angels, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Grba
Nixon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Angels, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Runnels vs. Grba
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Grba
Green hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Grba
Hardy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Grba
Don Buddin pinch hits for Arnold Earley.
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/27/1961 -- Boston at Los Angeles (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI
Schilling C, 2b 3 0 1 1 Pearson A, rf 4 0 0 0
Geiger G, cf 4 0 1 0 Koppe J, ss 3 2 1 0
Yastrzemski C, lf 4 0 1 0 Thomas L, 1b 3 2 1 0
Malzone F, 3b 3 0 1 0 Wagner L, lf 5 2 2 1
Nixon R, c 4 0 1 0 Thomas G, 3b 4 0 2 2
Runnels P, 1b 4 0 0 0 Hunt K, cf 4 1 2 2
Green P, ss 4 1 2 1 Sadowski E, c 3 0 0 1
Hardy C, rf 3 2 2 1 Bridges R, 2b 4 1 3 0
Schwall D, p 1 0 0 0 Grba E, p 2 0 2 1
Nichols C, p 0 0 0 0
Pagliaroni J, ph 1 0 0 0
Cisco G, p 0 0 0 0
Ginsberg J, ph 1 0 0 0
Earley A, p 0 0 0 0
Buddin D, ph 1 0 0 0
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33 3 9 3 32 8 13 7
Boston 000 000 012 -- 3
Los Angeles 112 022 00x -- 8
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Schwall D (L) 3.2 6 4 4 5 2
Nichols C 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Cisco G 3.0 7 4 4 2 3
Earley A 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
Grba E (W) 9.0 9 3 3 3 3
E -- Yastrzemski C, Thomas L, Koppe J
DP -- Boston 1, Los Angeles 2
LOB -- Boston 6, Los Angeles 9
2B -- Yastrzemski C, Hunt K, Thomas L, Schilling C
3B -- Bridges R
HR -- Green P, Hardy C
SH -- Grba E
SF -- Sadowski E
Balk -- Cisco G
PB -- Nixon R
T -- 2:46
A -- 5797
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