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New York Yankees 7 Boston Red Sox 6

May 31,1961

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (23-18)

Home Team

Boston Red Sox (16-24)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Fenway Park

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

17,318

Time of Game

2:52

Umpires

[HP]: Charlie Berry [1B]: Joe Linsalata [2B]: Frank Umont [3B]: Bob Stewart

New York Yankees 7 Boston Red Sox 6

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4th inning: 46(1)/FO.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);B-1 **Tony Kubek took out Don Buddin at 2B allowing Clete Boyer to score**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	23-18		1	0	1		5	0	0		0	0	0			7	11	2		4	4	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Boston Red Sox	BOS	16-24		0	1	0		0	1	0		2	1	1			6	9	1		8	8	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Clete Boyer	3b	24.111	R	5	1	1	1		0	1	.262		39	331
2	Tony Kubek	ss	25.231	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.301		41	585
3	Roger Maris	rf	26.263	L	4	2	1	3		1	0	.245		40	559
4	Mickey Mantle	cf	29.223	B	3	1	2	2		2	0	.318		39	1410
5	Yogi Berra	lf	36.019	L	5	0	1	1		0	0	.308		35	1488
6	Bill Skowron	1b	30.164	R	4	0	0	0		1	1	.285		41	834
7	Elston Howard	c	32.097	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.391		21	660
8	Bobby Richardson	2b	25.285	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.213		41	510
9	Rollie Sheldon	p	24.165	R	2	0	0	0		1	2	.000		7	7
	Luis Arroyo	p	34.102	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.333		17	149
Totals

Errors: Clete Boyer, Bobby Richardson

2B: Clete Boyer (5), Bobby Richardson (1), Luis Arroyo (1)

3B: Tony Kubek (2)

HR: Roger Maris (12), Mickey Mantle (14)

RBI: Clete Boyer (12), Roger Maris 3 (30), Mickey Mantle 2 (33), Yogi Berra (20)

HBP: Tony Kubek (1)

GDP: Clete Boyer (6)

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Chuck Schilling	2b	23.218	R	5	0	2	0		0	2	.234		40	40
2	Gary Geiger	cf	24.057	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.206		35	320
3	Carl Yastrzemski	lf	21.282	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.233		35	35
	Carroll Hardy	ph-lf	28.013	R	2	1	1	1		0	0	.250		22	183
4	Vic Wertz	1b	36.111	L	5	1	2	0		0	0	.276		29	1185
5	Jackie Jensen	rf	34.083	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.208		34	1309
6	Frank Malzone	3b	31.092	R	4	1	3	3		0	0	.172		28	663
7	Jim Pagliaroni	c	23.174	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.247		28	57
8	Don Buddin	ss	27.026	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.230		21	541
	Billy Muffett	p	30.252	R	1	0	0	0		1	0	.143		9	94
	Russ Nixon	ph	26.101	L	0	1	0	0		1	0	.263		29	387
	Rip Repulski	ph	32.239	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.417		10	813
Totals

Errors: Don Buddin

2B: Vic Wertz (7)

HR: Frank Malzone (3)

RBI: Carroll Hardy (6), Frank Malzone 3 (10)

SH: Gary Geiger (2)

GDP: Vic Wertz (8)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Rollie Sheldon	R	W 1-2	6.2	5	3	3	2	5	1		3.21	1.39		7	7
2	Luis Arroyo	L		1.2	4	2	2	2	1	0		3.42	1.25		17	150
3	Danny McDevitt	L	SV 1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.15	1.85		6	101
Totals				0.0

WP: Luis Arroyo (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rollie Sheldon (0-0-0), Luis Arroyo (0-0-0), Danny McDevitt (0-0-0)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tom Brewer	R		1.0	3	1	1	2	0	0		3.71	1.56		6	234
2	Billy Muffett	R	L 0-5	4.2	6	2	2	1	4	2		6.37	1.61		11	96
3	Ted Wills	L		1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0		6.00	2.22		9	33
4	Chet Nichols	L		2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0		3.00	1.33		10	115
Totals				0.0

HB: Billy Muffett (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tom Brewer (0-0-0), Billy Muffett (0-0-0), Ted Wills (0-0-0), Chet Nichols (0-0-0)