Red Sox @ Indians
July 20, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 11 17 2
Indians 12 20 1
Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 11 17 2
Indians 12 20 1

Frank Malzone Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .200 .231
OBP .200 .271
At Bats 5 324
Hits 1 75
• Singles 1 61
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 1 42

Bobby Locke Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 2
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - July 20, 1961
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Out
Bobby Locke
Valmy Thomas
Tito Francona
Johnny Temple
Bubba Phillips
Woodie Held
Chuck Essegian
Jim Piersall
Willie Kirkland
Frank Malzone
Vic Wertz
Carl Yastrzemski

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 11 17 2 12
Cleveland Indians 12 20 1 9
Winning Pitcher Bobby Locke
Losing Pitcher Billy Muffett
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Piersall
Attendance 6,179
Time of Game 3 hours 15 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wertz is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Geiger trying to get to third. Piersall throws the ball in to Phillips, who tags Geiger for the out. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 9 Geiger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Runnels 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 8 Locke strikes out.
Bottom 8 Held is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Thomas 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. Kirkland moves to third.
Bottom 8 Essegian hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kirkland moves to second.
Bottom 8 Arnold Earley now pitching. Kirkland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jackie Jensen pinch hits for Billy Muffett. Jensen hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Locke now pitching. Valmy Thomas now catching. Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Hardy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Essegian. Hardy reaches second base with a double. Pagliaroni scores.
Top 8 Pagliaroni hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Essegian. Pagliaroni reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Malzone hits a fly ball into left field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dick Stigman now pitching. Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Francona hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Piersall hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Temple bunts towards third. Malzone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Held moves to second.
Bottom 7 Don Dillard pinch hits for Frank Funk. Dillard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Held hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Romano hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Funk fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Geiger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buddin scores. Runnels moves to second.
Top 7 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
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.