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Boston Red Sox @ Washington Senators

1961-07-04 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 14355 · 2:21

Washington Senators defeated Boston Red Sox 7–3. Washington Senators put up 3 in the 1st. Tom Cheney earned the win and John Gabler picked up the save. Gene Woodling went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	8
WS2	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		7	7

W: Tom Cheney L: Don Schwall SV: John Gabler

Umpires — HP: Ed Runge · 1B: Sam Carrigan · 2B: Cal Drummond · 3B: Joe Paparella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Schilling	3	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Geiger	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Yastrzemski	1	0	0	0	3	0
Frank Malzone	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jackie Jensen	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jim Pagliaroni	4	1	3	1	0	0
Pete Runnels	3	1	1	1	0	1
Don Buddin	3	0	2	1	1	0
Don Schwall	2	0	0	0	0	0
Pumpsie Green	1	0	0	0	1	0
Russ Nixon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Ginsberg	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny O'Connell	4	1	2	0	0	0
Chuck Cottier	2	1	0	0	1	1
Gene Woodling	3	1	1	3	1	0
Gene Green	4	1	1	1	0	0
Willie Tasby	3	1	1	1	1	0
Dale Long	3	0	0	0	1	0
Marty Keough	3	1	0	0	1	0
Ron Stillwell	4	1	1	1	0	1
Tom Cheney	4	0	1	1	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Schwall	6.0	5	5	1
Dave Hillman	2.0	2	0	2

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Cheney	8.1	8	5	2
John Gabler	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chuck Schilling: 53
Gary Geiger: 43
Carl Yastrzemski: W
Frank Malzone: 13

Bot 1

Danny O'Connell: S7
Chuck Cottier: E2/SH.1-2;B-1
Gene Woodling: HR/8XD.2-H;1-H(UR)
Gene Green: 6/P
Willie Tasby: W
Dale Long: 43.1-2
Marty Keough: W
Ron Stillwell: 43

Top 2

Jackie Jensen: S8
Jim Pagliaroni: 3/FL
Pete Runnels: PB.1-2
Pete Runnels: 53
Don Buddin: W
Don Schwall: 9

Bot 2

Tom Cheney: 53
Danny O'Connell: D7
Chuck Cottier: W
Gene Woodling: W.2-3;1-2
Gene Green: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Chuck Schilling: K
Gary Geiger: 43
Carl Yastrzemski: W
Frank Malzone: 43

Bot 3

Willie Tasby: 13
Dale Long: 8/8D
Marty Keough: 7

Top 4

Jackie Jensen: S1
Jim Pagliaroni: D8.1-3
Pete Runnels: 7/SF.3-H
Don Buddin: 7(B)4(2)/DP

Bot 4

Ron Stillwell: K/C
Tom Cheney: 23
Danny O'Connell: 3/L

Top 5

Don Schwall: 43
Chuck Schilling: 9
Gary Geiger: 43

Bot 5

Chuck Cottier: 53
Gene Woodling: 13
Gene Green: 8/8D

Top 6

Carl Yastrzemski: W
Frank Malzone: 4/P
Jackie Jensen: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Willie Tasby: 53
Dale Long: W
Marty Keough: 64(1)/FO
Ron Stillwell: SB2
Ron Stillwell: D8.2-H
Tom Cheney: S9.2-H;B-2(TH)
Danny O'Connell: 9

Top 7

Jim Pagliaroni: S7
Pete Runnels: K
Don Buddin: D8/89D.1-3
Pumpsie Green: W
Russ Nixon: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Chuck Cottier: K/C
Gene Woodling: 3/G
Gene Green: HR/7D
Willie Tasby: HR/8XD
Dale Long: 3/P

Top 8

Gary Geiger: 5/FL
Carl Yastrzemski: 7
Frank Malzone: 8

Bot 8

Marty Keough: 3/G
Ron Stillwell: 9
Tom Cheney: K

Top 9

Jackie Jensen: 43
Jim Pagliaroni: HR/7D
Pete Runnels: DGR/7D
Don Buddin: D7.2-H
Pumpsie Green: 7
Joe Ginsberg: 13