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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Boston Red Sox

1961-06-09 · Day game · Fenway Park · overcast, rain, wet · 2:00

Boston Red Sox defeated Los Angeles Angels 5–3. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 5th. Billy Muffett earned the win. Leon Wagner went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Billy Muffett L: Art Fowler SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Nestor Chylak · 1B: Al Smith · 2B: Bill McKinley · 3B: Hank Soar · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	3	0	0	0	1	1
Lee Thomas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Leon Wagner	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ted Kluszewski	4	1	2	0	0	1
Ken Hunt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Aspromonte	4	1	0	0	0	0
Ed Sadowski	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rocky Bridges	1	0	0	0	1	0
Art Fowler	2	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Bilko	1	0	1	2	0	0
Jim Donohue	1	0	0	0	0	0
Albie Pearson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Schilling	3	2	2	2	1	0
Gary Geiger	3	0	0	0	0	1
Carl Yastrzemski	3	0	2	1	1	0
Vic Wertz	3	0	1	2	1	0
Jackie Jensen	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Malzone	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Pagliaroni	4	1	2	0	0	1
Don Buddin	3	1	0	0	1	2
Billy Muffett	3	1	1	0	0	1

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Art Fowler	4.2	5	3	2
Jim Donohue	3.1	3	1	5

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Billy Muffett	9.0	5	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Yost: K
Lee Thomas: 8
Leon Wagner: HR/9D
Ted Kluszewski: S9
Ken Hunt: 3/G

Bot 1

Chuck Schilling: 4
Gary Geiger: 43
Carl Yastrzemski: 43

Top 2

Ken Aspromonte: 9
Ed Sadowski: 8
Rocky Bridges: 2/FL

Bot 2

Vic Wertz: 7
Jackie Jensen: 43
Frank Malzone: 4

Top 3

Art Fowler: 8
Eddie Yost: 13
Lee Thomas: 7

Bot 3

Jim Pagliaroni: K
Don Buddin: 7
Billy Muffett: 8

Top 4

Leon Wagner: 43
Ted Kluszewski: K
Ken Hunt: 53

Bot 4

Chuck Schilling: W
Gary Geiger: K/C
Carl Yastrzemski: S8.1-3
Vic Wertz: 5
Jackie Jensen: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Ken Aspromonte: 4
Ed Sadowski: 63
Rocky Bridges: W
Art Fowler: 9

Bot 5

Frank Malzone: 8
Jim Pagliaroni: S7
Don Buddin: W.1-2
Billy Muffett: S9.2-3;1-2
Chuck Schilling: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Gary Geiger: 9
Carl Yastrzemski: W.2-3;1-2
Vic Wertz: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Jackie Jensen: K

Top 6

Eddie Yost: 4
Lee Thomas: S9
Leon Wagner: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Frank Malzone: K
Jim Pagliaroni: D7
Don Buddin: PB.2-3
Don Buddin: K
Billy Muffett: K

Top 7

Ted Kluszewski: D8/8XD
Ken Hunt: 53
Ken Aspromonte: E5/G.2-2
Ed Sadowski: 7
Steve Bilko: D7/78D.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Jim Donohue: 43

Bot 7

Chuck Schilling: S/G
Gary Geiger: 54/SH.1-2
Carl Yastrzemski: D8.2-H
Vic Wertz: IW
Jackie Jensen: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Eddie Yost: W
Lee Thomas: 6
Leon Wagner: 3/G.1-2
Ted Kluszewski: 43

Bot 8

Frank Malzone: 9
Jim Pagliaroni: 8
Don Buddin: K

Top 9

Ken Hunt: 53
Ken Aspromonte: 13
Albie Pearson: 4