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August 29, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 8 10 1
Athletics 4 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 8 10 1
Athletics 4 7 1

Leo Posada Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .253
OBP .333 .318
At Bats 2 265
Hits 1 67
• Singles 1 53
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 3 43

Mike Fornieles Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 8 12
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Municipal Stadium - August 29, 1961
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Strikeout
Mike Fornieles
Jim Pagliaroni
Pete Runnels
Chuck Schilling
Frank Malzone
Pumpsie Green
Carl Yastrzemski
Carroll Hardy
Jackie Jensen
Leo Posada
Jerry Lumpe
Wayne Causey
Haywood Sullivan

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 8 10 1 8
Kansas City Athletics 4 7 1 11
Winning Pitcher Chet Nichols
Losing Pitcher Ed Rakow
Save Mike Fornieles
Game Winning RBI Frank Malzone
Attendance 5,083
Time of Game 3 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mike Fornieles now pitching. Posada strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lumpe takes first base on ball four. Sullivan moves to third. Causey moves to second.
Bottom 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 9 Causey takes first base on ball four. Sullivan moves to second.
Bottom 9 Haywood Sullivan pinch hits for Jay Hankins. Sullivan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Arnold Earley now pitching. Howser hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Green strikes out.
Top 9 Runnels hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Del Greco who is chasing the ball. Runnels reaches third base with a triple. Jensen scores.
Top 9 Jensen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Posada. Jensen reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski scores. Malzone scores.
Top 9 Bill Fischer now pitching. Malzone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schilling scores. Hardy scores. Yastrzemski moves to third. Malzone moves to second.
Top 9 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Ginsberg scores. Schilling moves to third. Hardy moves to second.
Top 9 Hardy takes first base on ball four. Ginsberg moves to third. Schilling moves to second.
Top 9 Schilling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ginsberg moves to second.
Top 9 Joe Ginsberg pinch hits for Chet Nichols. Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Pagliaroni hits a popup towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Green takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Rakow strikes out.
Bottom 8 Del Greco is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Posada bunts towards the mound. Nichols fields it 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.
Top 8 Runnels hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Jensen hits a fly ball into right field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hardy tags and scores.
Top 8 Malzone strikes out.
Top 8 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hardy moves to third.
Top 8 Hardy is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Causey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Hankins bunts towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out. Howser moves to third.
Bottom 7 There goes Howser. The throw from Pagliaroni and he is safe. Howser steals second.
Bottom 7 Chet Nichols now pitching. Howser takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Schilling hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Russ Nixon pinch hits for Billy Muffett. Nixon hits a fly ball into right field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pagliaroni takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Green hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Rakow hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Del Greco hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Del Greco reaches second base with a double. Posada goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Del Greco hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Pagliaroni settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Pagliaroni.
Bottom 6 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Billy Muffett now pitching. Posada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green fields it and throws to second for the out. Johnson scores.
Bottom 6 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Carroll Hardy now playing center field. Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Runnels hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Jensen hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Malzone strikes out.
Bottom 5 Causey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Hankins hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Howser hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Top 5 Geiger hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Schilling strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rakow hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Posada moves to third.
Bottom 4 Pignatano takes first base on ball four. Posada moves to second.
Bottom 4 Posada hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lumpe scores.
Bottom 4 Lumpe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger who is chasing the ball. Lumpe reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Delock strikes out.
Top 4 Pagliaroni takes first base on ball four. Green moves to second.
Top 4 Green hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Runnels scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Runnels hits a line drive into right field. Hankins picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hankins. Runnels moves to third.
Top 4 Jensen strikes out.
Top 4 Malzone hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Causey takes first base on ball four. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hankins hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Rakow strikes out.
Top 3 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.
Top 3 Geiger hits a fly ball into right field. Hankins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Schilling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pagliaroni moves to second.
Top 3 Delock strikes out.
Top 3 Pagliaroni hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pignatano hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Posada hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Green hits a line drive towards first. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Runnels hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Malzone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hankins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Howser hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Geiger strikes out.
Top 1 Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.