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June 23, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 5 4 0
Athletics 4 10 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 5 4 0
Athletics 4 10 2

Norm Siebern Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .296
OBP .500 .396
At Bats 4 216
Hits 2 64
• Singles 1 40
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 1 38

Chet Nichols Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 2
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Municipal Stadium - June 23, 1961
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Strikeout
Chet Nichols
Russ Nixon
Pete Runnels
Chuck Schilling
Frank Malzone
Don Buddin
Carl Yastrzemski
Gary Geiger
Jackie Jensen
Norm Siebern
Jerry Lumpe
Bobby Prescott

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 5 4 0 8
Kansas City Athletics 4 10 2 9
Winning Pitcher Gene Conley
Losing Pitcher Lew Krausse
Save Chet Nichols
Game Winning RBI Gary Geiger
Attendance 26,304
Time of Game 3 hours 18 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Chet Nichols now pitching. Siebern is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Prescott moves to third.
Bottom 9 Bertoia hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bobby Prescott pinch runs for Joe Nuxhall. Howser bunts towards the mound. Hillman fields it and throws to first for the out. Prescott moves to second.
Bottom 9 Joe Nuxhall pinch hits for Jerry Walker. Nuxhall takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Hillman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops it up and throws to first, with Walker covering, for the out.
Top 9 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into right field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Haywood Sullivan now catching. Gene Stephens now playing center field. Geiger hits a fly ball into right field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dave Hillman now pitching. Gene Stephens pinch hits for Joe Pignatano. Stephens 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 8 Ted Wills now pitching. Haywood Sullivan pinch hits for Jim Rivera. Sullivan takes first base on ball four. Posada moves to second.
Bottom 8 Posada hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Covington scores.
Bottom 8 Covington hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Howser scores. Lumpe scores. Covington moves to second.
Bottom 8 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lumpe moves to second.
Bottom 8 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Howser moves to third.
Bottom 8 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 8 Howser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Schilling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Runnels hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jerry Walker now pitching. Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lou Klimchock pinch hits for Lew Krausse. Klimchock strikes out.
Bottom 7 Pignatano hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Rivera. The throw from Nixon and he is safe. Rivera steals second.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Tracy Stallard now pitching. Pete Runnels now playing first base. Posada is called out on strikes.
Top 7 There goes Jensen. The throw from Pignatano and he is out, Lumpe applying the tag.
Top 7 Galen Cisco pinch runs for Vic Wertz. Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Wertz takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Geiger hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Pignatano fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Pignatano. Runnels moves to third. Schilling moves to second.
Top 7 Schilling bunts towards the mound. Krausse fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Krausse. Runnels moves to second.
Top 7 Pete Runnels pinch hits for Gene Conley. Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Covington hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schilling reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Siebern hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger who is chasing the ball. Siebern reaches third base with a triple. Howser scores.
Bottom 6 Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bertoia bunts between the mound and first base. Conley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bertoia for the out. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 6 Howser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Buddin is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Malzone hits a fly ball into right field. Posada settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jensen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Krausse strikes out.
Bottom 5 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rivera hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wertz strikes out.
Top 5 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Geiger strikes out.
Bottom 4 Posada hits a line drive into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Covington is hit by the pitch. Siebern moves to second.
Bottom 4 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz fields it and throws to second for the out. Howser moves to third.
Bottom 4 Lumpe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bertoia bunts towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 4 Howser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Conley strikes out.
Top 4 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Nixon 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 3 Krausse strikes out.
Bottom 3 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rivera hits a popup towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Malzone hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jensen takes first base on ball four. Yastrzemski moves to third. Wertz moves to second.
Top 3 Wertz takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Yastrzemski. The throw from Pignatano and he is safe. Yastrzemski steals second.
Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Geiger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebern scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schilling for the out.
Bottom 2 Posada hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Covington is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Siebern hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Conley strikes out.
Top 2 Buddin hits a line drive towards the mound. Krausse can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Wertz moves to third. Nixon moves to second.
Top 2 Nixon takes first base on ball four. Wertz moves to second.
Top 2 Malzone hits a popup in front of the plate. Pignatano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jensen is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Wertz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Lumpe hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bertoia strikes out.
Bottom 1 Howser strikes out.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive towards third. Bertoia reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Geiger strikes out.
Top 1 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Krausse fields it and throws to first for the out.