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Kansas City Athletics 2 Boston Red Sox 4

August 6,1961

Visiting Team

Kansas City Athletics (40-68)

Home Team

Boston Red Sox (52-61)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Fenway Park

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

0

Time of Game

2:45

Umpires

[HP]: John Rice [1B]: Harry Schwarts [2B]: Larry Napp [3B]: Johnny Stevens

Kansas City Athletics 2 Boston Red Sox 4

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2nd inning: WP.1-2 **DIFF: officials give this WP to Nuxhall not Rakow**

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	40-68		1	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	0			2	8	2		9	9	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Boston Red Sox	BOS	52-61		2	1	0		0	0	0		0	1	x			4	12	1		6	6	12	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	25.084	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.278		105	105
2	Jay Hankins	lf	25.272	L	2	0	1	0		0	0	.191		49	49
	Leo Posada	ph-lf	25.113	R	2	0	1	1		1	0	.249		71	81
3	Wayne Causey	3b	24.223	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.309		55	191
4	Norm Siebern	1b	28.011	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.288		104	556
5	Jerry Lumpe	2b	28.065	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.288		99	511
6	Gene Stephens	rf	28.198	L	2	0	0	0		0	0	.196		77	845
	Deron Johnson	ph-rf	23.020	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.143		46	52
7	Joe Pignatano	c	32.002	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.264		70	248
8	Bobby Del Greco	cf	28.121	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.238		64	385
9	Ed Rakow	p	26.068	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.111		28	37
	Joe Nuxhall	p	33.007	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.310		33	349
	Haywood Sullivan	ph	30.234	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.268		74	133
Totals

Errors: Dick Howser, Joe Nuxhall

RBI: Leo Posada (34), Wayne Causey (25)

SH: Joe Nuxhall (5)

SF: Wayne Causey (2)

GDP: Dick Howser (7)

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Chuck Schilling	2b	23.285	R	5	1	1	0		0	1	.248		108	108
2	Gary Geiger	cf	24.124	L	5	1	2	1		0	2	.244		101	386
3	Carl Yastrzemski	lf	21.349	L	4	1	2	1		1	0	.254		101	101
4	Vic Wertz	1b	36.178	L	5	0	1	1		0	1	.277		82	1238
5	Frank Malzone	3b	31.159	R	3	0	2	0		1	0	.242		100	735
6	Russ Nixon	c	26.168	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.275		65	423
7	Carroll Hardy	rf	28.080	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.280		56	217
8	Don Buddin	ss	27.093	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.264		93	613
	Chet Nichols	p	30.165	B	3	1	1	0		1	0	.167		19	114
Totals

Errors: Don Buddin

2B: Chuck Schilling (18), Gary Geiger (15), Carl Yastrzemski (17), Russ Nixon (12)

RBI: Gary Geiger (49), Carl Yastrzemski (56), Vic Wertz (53), Russ Nixon (15)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ed Rakow	R	L 2-5	1.2	6	3	3	1	0	0		5.35	1.51		28	37
2	Joe Nuxhall	L		6.1	6	1	1	3	4	0		5.67	1.68		25	352
Totals				0.0

WP: Ed Rakow 2 (6), Joe Nuxhall (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ed Rakow (0-0-0), Joe Nuxhall (0-0-0)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Galen Cisco	R		0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0		6.75	1.80		12	12
2	Chet Nichols	L	W 2-1	8.2	6	1	1	3	1	0		2.19	1.30		19	124
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Galen Cisco (0-0-0), Chet Nichols (0-0-0)