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August 15, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 8 11 1
Indians 0 6 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 8 11 1
Indians 0 6 0

Woodie Held Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .275
OBP .333 .366
At Bats 3 357
Hits 1 98
• Singles 1 65
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 52
RBI’s 0 52

Gene Conley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 10 1
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 15, 1961
Out
Gene Conley
Russ Nixon
Vic Wertz
Chuck Schilling
Frank Malzone
Don Buddin
Carroll Hardy
Gary Geiger
Jackie Jensen
Woodie Held

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 8 11 1 7
Cleveland Indians 0 6 0 8
Winning Pitcher Gene Conley
Losing Pitcher Gary Bell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Frank Malzone
Attendance 5,519
Time of Game 2 hours 29 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Romano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jensen strikes out.
Top 9 Nixon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Malzone moves to second.
Top 9 Malzone hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Wertz hits a popup towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Allen covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kirkland hits a popup in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Francona hits a line drive into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Piersall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Schilling hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Conley strikes out.
Top 8 Bob Allen now pitching. Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Don Dillard pinch hits for Dick Stigman. Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Held moves to third.
Bottom 7 Held hits a line drive into left field. Hardy picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hardy. Held moves to second.
Bottom 7 Power hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hardy strikes out.
Top 7 Jensen is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Nixon hits a popup towards the mound. Stigman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Malzone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Romano hits a popup towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kirkland hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dick Stigman now pitching. Wertz strikes out.
Top 6 Geiger takes first base on ball four. Jensen scores. Hardy moves to third. Schilling moves to second.
Top 6 Schilling takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Conley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Buddin bunts towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Jensen moves to third. Hardy moves to second.
Top 6 Hardy takes first base on ball four. Jensen moves to second.
Top 6 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Locke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Francona hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Piersall bunts towards the mound. Conley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Temple moves to second.
Bottom 5 Temple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Locke strikes out.
Bottom 5 Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Malzone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Geiger scores. There goes Wertz trying to get to third. Kirkland throws the ball in to Phillips, who tags Wertz for the out. Malzone moves to second.
Top 5 Wertz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schilling scores. Geiger moves to third.
Top 5 Bobby Locke now pitching. Geiger takes first base on ball four. Schilling moves to second.
Top 5 Schilling takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Conley hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hardy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Jensen hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Conley covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Romano is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Phillips hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Phillips reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Kirkland hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Malzone hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Geiger hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Francona strikes out.
Bottom 3 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schilling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Temple moves to second.
Bottom 3 Temple takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Conley strikes out.
Top 3 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Held hits a line drive towards the mound. Conley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Romano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hardy hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jensen hits a popup, foul, towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nixon strikes out.
Top 2 Malzone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Kirkland hits a fly ball into left field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Francona hits a line drive towards short. Buddin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Temple reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Geiger strikes out.
Top 1 Schilling hits a line drive towards third. Phillips reaches out and makes the catch for the out.