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August 6, 1961

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Athletics 2 8 2
Red Sox 4 12 1
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Athletics 2 8 2
Red Sox 4 12 1

Wayne Causey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .311
OBP .500 .369
At Bats 3 151
Hits 2 47
• Singles 2 34
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 1 25

Chet Nichols Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 3
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Fenway Park - August 6, 1961
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Out
Chet Nichols
Russ Nixon
Pete Runnels
Chuck Schilling
Frank Malzone
Don Buddin
Carl Yastrzemski
Gary Geiger
Carroll Hardy
Wayne Causey
Dick Howser

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 2 8 2 10
Boston Red Sox 4 12 1 12
Winning Pitcher Chet Nichols
Losing Pitcher Ed Rakow
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Russ Nixon
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Posada hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Howser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Pete Runnels now playing first base. Haywood Sullivan pinch hits for Joe Nuxhall. Sullivan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Wertz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schilling scores. There goes Yastrzemski trying to get to third. Del Greco throws the ball in to Causey, who tags Yastrzemski for the out.
Bottom 8 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Geiger for the out. Schilling moves to third.
Bottom 8 Schilling hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Del Greco. Schilling reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Nichols hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Pignatano hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Nichols covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Buddin hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hardy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser misplays the ball. That's an error on Howser. Malzone moves to second.
Bottom 7 Nixon hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Malzone hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Siebern hits a fly ball into right field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Causey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Posada moves to third.
Top 7 Posada takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Howser bunts towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Howser for the out.
Top 7 Nuxhall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nuxhall for the out.
Bottom 6 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Geiger strikes out.
Bottom 6 Deron Johnson now playing right field. Schilling strikes out.
Top 6 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Pignatano takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Deron Johnson pinch hits for Gene Stephens. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lumpe hits a fly ball into right field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nichols hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 5 Hardy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Nixon moves to second.
Bottom 5 Nixon bunts towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Leo Posada now playing left field. Malzone hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Causey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Posada moves to second.
Top 5 Leo Posada pinch hits for Jay Hankins. Posada hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Del Greco scores.
Top 5 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Del Greco moves to third.
Top 5 Nuxhall bunts towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out. Del Greco moves to second.
Top 5 Del Greco takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Nuxhall covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Geiger strikes out.
Top 4 Pignatano hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stephens hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Schilling hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nichols takes first base on ball four. Nixon moves to third. Hardy moves to second.
Bottom 3 Buddin hits a fly ball into right field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hardy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Nixon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Nixon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Malzone hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Siebern for the out.
Top 3 Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hankins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Wertz strikes out.
Bottom 2 Joe Nuxhall now pitching. Nuxhall fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Nuxhall. Geiger moves to third. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 2 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Geiger moves to second.
Bottom 2 Geiger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nichols scores.
Bottom 2 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Nichols moves to second.
Bottom 2 Nichols hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Buddin bunts towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buddin for the out.
Top 2 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Rakow hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin misplays the ball. That's an error on Buddin. Pignatano moves to second.
Top 2 Del Greco hits a fly ball into right field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hardy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Nixon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stephens. Nixon reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski scores. Malzone moves to third.
Bottom 1 Malzone takes first base on ball four. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Bottom 1 Wertz hits a fly ball into right field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hankins. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. Geiger scores.
Bottom 1 Geiger hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Del Greco. Geiger reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Chet Nichols now pitching. Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out. Hankins moves to third.
Top 1 Siebern takes first base on ball four. Hankins moves to second.
Top 1 Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Howser tags and scores.
Top 1 Hankins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howser moves to third.
Top 1 Howser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.