Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox - May 15,1961

Visiting Team

Cleveland Indians (15-13)

Home Team

Boston Red Sox (9-17)

Game Date

May 15,1961

Year

1961

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Fenway Park

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

3,130

Time of Game

2:40

Umpires

[HP]: Jim Honochick [1B]: Bill Kinnamon [2B]: Red Flaherty [3B]: Eddie Hurley

1st inning: NP **Tom Brewer left after throwing one pitch due to a twinge in his shoulder**
9th inning: 36(1)1/GDP.3-H(NR);2-3 **Johnny Temple ejected by 1B umpire Bill Kinnamon**
9th inning: S5/BG.3-H **Mike Fornieles intentionally hit Jim Piersall on the back with**
9th inning: S5/BG.3-H **pickoff throw; Fornieles was insulted that Piersall bunted with**
9th inning: S5/BG.3-H **a 11-2 lead**

Cleveland Indians - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Johnny Temple	2b	33.280	R	6	1	1	1	0	0	.343	28	1085
2	Jim Piersall	cf	31.182	R	6	2	4	1	0	0	.327	26	1178
3	Tito Francona	lf	27.192	L	5	1	3	1	1	0	.311	26	617
4	Vic Power	1b	33.195	R	5	1	2	3	0	0	.279	28	977
5	Willie Kirkland	rf	27.087	L	6	0	1	0	0	1	.238	23	407
6	John Romano	c	26.265	R	5	3	3	2	0	0	.290	27	193
7	Woodie Held	ss	29.051	R	5	2	3	1	0	0	.257	28	476
8	Bubba Phillips	3b	33.080	R	4	2	2	1	1	1	.246	28	625
9	Mudcat Grant	p	25.275	R	4	1	2	0	1	0	.231	9	148
Totals

2B: Vic Power 2 (8), Willie Kirkland (2), John Romano (8), Bubba Phillips (6)

HR: John Romano (3)

RBI: Johnny Temple (6), Jim Piersall (11), Tito Francona (16), Vic Power 3 (19), John Romano 2 (14), Woodie Held (9), Bubba Phillips (14)

SF: Vic Power (5)

GDP: Johnny Temple (2)

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Chuck Schilling	2b	23.202	R	3	0	1	0	1	1	.248	26	26
2	Gary Geiger	cf	24.041	L	2	1	0	0	2	0	.193	24	309
3	Carl Yastrzemski	lf	21.266	L	3	1	1	2	1	0	.227	23	23
4	Vic Wertz	1b	36.095	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	.263	21	1177
5	Jackie Jensen	rf	34.067	R	4	0	0	0	0	1	.164	20	1295
6	Frank Malzone	3b	31.076	R	4	0	0	0	0	0	.122	14	649
7	Russ Nixon	c	26.085	L	3	0	1	0	1	0	.288	18	376
8	Don Buddin	ss	27.010	R	3	0	0	0	0	0	.238	7	527
	Dave Hillman	p	33.243	R	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	8	139
	Pete Runnels	ph	33.107	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.305	25	1369
Totals

Errors: Gary Geiger

HR: Carl Yastrzemski (3)

RBI: Carl Yastrzemski 2 (15)

GDP: Carl Yastrzemski (5)

Cleveland Indians - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Mudcat Grant	R	W 2-0	9.0	3	2	2	5	3	1	3.03	1.24	6	120
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mudcat Grant (0-0-0)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Ted Wills	L	L 1-2	1.1	7	6	6	1	0	0	7.04	2.35	8	32
2	Dave Hillman	R		6.2	8	2	2	1	2	1	1.21	1.04	8	137
3	Mike Fornieles	R		1.0	6	5	5	1	0	0	9.17	1.92	11	321
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ted Wills (0-0-0), Dave Hillman (0-0-0), Mike Fornieles (0-0-0)

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Cleveland Indians	CLE	15-13		0	6	0		0	0	0		2	0	5		13	21	0		4	4	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Boston Red Sox	BOS	9-17		0	0	0		2	0	0		0	0	0		2	3	1		9	9	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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