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Kansas City Athletics 2 Boston Red Sox 6

June 5,1961

Visiting Team

Kansas City Athletics (22-23)

Home Team

Boston Red Sox (20-26)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Fenway Park

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

0

Time of Game

2:12

Umpires

[HP]: Bill McKinley [1B]: Hank Soar [2B]: Nestor Chylak [3B]: Al Smith

Kansas City Athletics 2 Boston Red Sox 6

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1st inning: 64(1)3/GDP **DIFF: officials do not have this GDP for Yaz**
4th inning: K/C **DIFF: officials give this K to Wertz**
8th inning: 13# **missing play assumed from daily records**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	22-23		1	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			2	10	2		5	5	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Boston Red Sox	BOS	20-26		0	1	0		1	0	2		2	0	x			6	12	0		7	7	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Howser	ss	25.022	R	4	0	0	0		1	0	.279		44	44
2	Joe Pignatano	c	31.305	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.352		26	204
3	Bob Boyd	1b	41.247	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.250		22	651
	Don Larsen	ph	31.302	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.313		14	269
4	Norm Siebern	lf	27.314	L	4	1	3	0		0	0	.286		41	493
5	Leo Posada	cf	25.051	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.304		26	36
6	Hank Bauer	rf	38.309	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.254		25	1350
7	Reno Bertoia	2b	26.148	R	2	0	1	0		0	1	.235		39	547
	Al Pilarcik	ph	30.337	L	0	0	0	1		0	0	.212		30	614
	Marv Throneberry	ph-1b	27.276	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.236		39	284
8	Andy Carey	3b	29.230	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.241		35	816
9	Ray Herbert	p	31.172	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.080		11	233
	Lou Klimchock	ph-1b-2b	21.233	L	2	0	1	0		0	0	.274		28	57
Totals

Errors: Dick Howser, Hank Bauer

2B: Joe Pignatano (3)

RBI: Bob Boyd (8), Al Pilarcik (9)

SH: Ray Herbert (2)

SF: Al Pilarcik (1)

GDP: Hank Bauer (2)

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Chuck Schilling	2b	23.223	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.234		45	45
2	Gary Geiger	cf	24.062	L	3	1	2	0		1	0	.222		40	325
3	Carl Yastrzemski	lf	21.287	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.219		39	39
4	Vic Wertz	1b	36.116	L	3	3	2	2		1	0	.313		34	1190
5	Jackie Jensen	rf	34.088	R	4	2	3	0		0	0	.229		39	1314
6	Frank Malzone	3b	31.097	R	4	0	3	2		0	0	.212		33	668
7	Joe Ginsberg	c	34.237	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.300		10	619
8	Don Buddin	ss	27.031	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.205		26	546
	Pete Runnels	ph	33.128	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.295		41	1385
	Billy Harrell	ss	32.322	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.194		19	154
9	Mike Fornieles	p	29.138	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.000		15	326
Totals

2B: Gary Geiger (6), Jackie Jensen (5)

HR: Vic Wertz (5)

RBI: Vic Wertz 2 (19), Frank Malzone 2 (15), Joe Ginsberg (3)

GDP: Carl Yastrzemski (7)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ray Herbert	R	L 3-5	6.0	8	2	2	2	2	0		5.17	1.55		11	241
2	Bill Kunkel	R		2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1		3.42	1.33		14	14
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ray Herbert (0-0-0), Bill Kunkel (0-0-0)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mike Fornieles	R	W 2-2	9.0	10	2	2	3	2	0		7.39	1.71		15	325
Totals				0.0

WP: Mike Fornieles (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike Fornieles (0-0-0)