Red Sox @ Indians
July 20, 1961

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Top 7 R H E
Red Sox 9 12 2
Indians 8 14 1
Top 7 R H E
Red Sox 9 12 2
Indians 8 14 1

Pete Runnels Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .297
OBP .250 .371
At Bats 4 212
Hits 1 63
• Singles 1 46
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 2 27

Frank Funk Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 8 8
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - July 20, 1961
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Walk
Frank Funk
John Romano
Tito Francona
Johnny Temple
Bubba Phillips
Woodie Held
Chuck Essegian
Jim Piersall
Willie Kirkland
Pete Runnels
Don Buddin
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Runnels takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Muffett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hardy scores. Buddin moves to third.
Top 7 Frank Funk now pitching. Buddin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Malzone scores. Hardy moves to third. Buddin moves to second.
Top 7 Hardy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wertz scores. Malzone moves to third.
Top 7 The ball gets by Romano for a passed ball. Wertz moves to third. Malzone moves to second.
Top 7 Pagliaroni is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Malzone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski scores. Wertz moves to second.
Top 7 Wertz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Top 7 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Essegian hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kirkland strikes out. There goes Francona. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 6 Phillips hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Billy Muffett now pitching. Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bob Allen now pitching. Geiger hits a fly ball into left field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Runnels hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pagliaroni scores. Hardy scores. Green moves to second.
Top 6 Pumpsie Green pinch hits for Galen Cisco. Green takes first base on ball four. Wertz scores. Pagliaroni moves to third. Hardy moves to second.
Top 6 Buddin hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hardy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wertz moves to third. Pagliaroni moves to second.
Top 6 Pagliaroni takes first base on ball four. Wertz moves to second.
Top 6 Malzone hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wertz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Romano scores. Held moves to second.
Bottom 5 Held takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Romano hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hardy. Romano reaches second base with a double. Kirkland scores.
Bottom 5 Essegian hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Geiger throws the ball in to Runnels who tags Essegian trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Kirkland moves to third.
Bottom 5 Galen Cisco now pitching. Kirkland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Top 5 Geiger strikes out.
Top 5 Runnels strikes out.
Top 5 Russ Nixon pinch hits for Ike Delock. Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hardy moves to third. Buddin moves to second.
Top 5 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hardy hits a line drive to left field. Essegian throws towards first. Francona fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Francona. Hardy moves to second.
Bottom 4 Phillips hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Piersall scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Piersall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hardy. Piersall reaches second base with a double. Bell scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Held scores. Bell moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Held hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Held reaches second base with a double. Romano goes all the way around to score. Held moves to third.
Bottom 4 Romano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Essegian hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pagliaroni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pagliaroni strikes out.
Top 4 Malzone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wertz hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Geiger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Delock covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Malzone. Francona goes all the way around to score. Phillips moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz fields the ball and throws to Delock covering. Safe.
Bottom 3 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Delock strikes out.
Top 3 Buddin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hardy strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Delock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Held hits a fly ball into right field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Romano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Essegian hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Essegian reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Pagliaroni strikes out.
Top 2 Malzone hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kirkland hits a fly ball into right field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Temple tags and scores. Piersall tags and moves to second.
Bottom 1 Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple moves to third.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Temple reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Top 1 Geiger strikes out.
Top 1 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.