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May 16, 1961

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Indians 6 13 2
Red Sox 8 15 0
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Indians 6 13 2
Red Sox 8 16 0

Pete Runnels Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .317
OBP .500 .386
At Bats 4 63
Hits 2 20
• Singles 1 15
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 1 9

Russ Heman Season Stats

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Fenway Park - May 16, 1961
Russ Heman
John Romano
Vic Power
Johnny Temple
Bubba Phillips
Woodie Held
Don Dillard
Jim Piersall
Willie Kirkland
Pete Runnels
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Runnels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Pagliaroni hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Russ Heman now pitching. Don Dillard now playing left field. Jensen strikes out.
Top 8 Billy Muffett now pitching. Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Chet Nichols now pitching. Chuck Essegian pinch hits for Tito Francona. Essegian hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple moves to third. Piersall moves to second.
Top 8 Piersall takes first base on ball four. Temple moves to second.
Top 8 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dillard scores.
Top 8 Don Dillard pinch hits for Johnny Antonelli. Dillard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Dillard reaches second base with a double. Held scores.
Top 8 Tracy Stallard now pitching. Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Held moves to third.
Top 8 Held hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Held reaches second base with a double. Romano scores.
Top 8 Romano hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger who is chasing the ball. Romano reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Kirkland hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to home to get Buddin. Delock moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Schilling strikes out.
Bottom 7 Delock bunts towards the mound. Antonelli fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Antonelli. Buddin moves to third.
Bottom 7 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Francona hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pagliaroni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Malzone hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Pagliaroni hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. Geiger scores.
Bottom 6 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Geiger moves to third.
Bottom 6 Johnny Antonelli now pitching. Geiger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bob Hale pinch hits for Bob Allen. Hale hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Phillips takes first base on ball four. Romano moves to second.
Top 6 Held hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Romano hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Power scores. Kirkland moves to third.
Top 6 Kirkland takes first base on ball four. Power moves to second.
Top 6 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Schilling hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Delock takes first base on ball four. Malzone moves to third. Buddin moves to second.
Bottom 5 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Allen fields it and throws to third for the out. Malzone moves to second.
Bottom 5 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to home to get Pagliaroni. Runnels moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Runnels hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pagliaroni moves to third.
Bottom 5 Pagliaroni hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland. Pagliaroni reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Allen strikes out.
Top 5 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. Delock scores.
Bottom 4 Geiger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Schilling bunts towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schilling for the out. Delock moves to second.
Bottom 4 Delock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Held strikes out.
Top 4 Romano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Kirkland hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Buddin hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Allen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Runnels hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Runnels reaches second base with a double. Jensen scores.
Bottom 3 There goes Jensen. The throw from Romano and he is safe. Jensen steals second.
Bottom 3 Pagliaroni hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bob Allen now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Hawkins drops the ball. Schilling moves to third.
Bottom 2 Schilling hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland. Schilling reaches second base with a double. Buddin scores.
Bottom 2 Delock bunts in front of the plate. Romano fields it and throws to first for the out. Buddin moves to second.
Bottom 2 Buddin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Malzone hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Hawkins is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Runnels 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.
Bottom 1 Pagliaroni takes first base on ball four. Schilling scores. Geiger moves to third. Jensen moves to second.
Bottom 1 Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schilling moves to third. Geiger moves to second.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 1 Geiger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schilling moves to second.
Bottom 1 Schilling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Romano hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kirkland hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Power hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Power reaches second base with a double. Francona scores.
Top 1 Francona hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Francona reaches second base with a double. Temple scores.
Top 1 Piersall hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Pagliaroni fields it and throws to first for the out. Temple moves to second.
Top 1 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.