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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

1961-10-01 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 23154 · 70°F, cloudy, dry · 1:57

New York Yankees defeated Boston Red Sox 1–0. Bill Stafford earned the win and Luis Arroyo picked up the save. Roger Maris went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Stafford L: Tracy Stallard SV: Luis Arroyo

Umpires — HP: Bill Kinnamon · 1B: Red Flaherty · 2B: Jim Honochick · 3B: Al Salerno · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Chuck Schilling	4	1	0	1
Gary Geiger	4	0	0	1
Carl Yastrzemski	4	1	0	2
Frank Malzone	4	0	0	0
Lou Clinton	4	0	0	2
Pete Runnels	3	0	0	1
Russ Nixon	3	2	0	0
Pumpsie Green	2	0	1	1
Tracy Stallard	1	0	0	1
Jackie Jensen	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Richardson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Kubek	4	0	2	0	0	1
Roger Maris	4	1	1	1	0	1
Yogi Berra	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Blanchard	3	0	0	0	0	0
Elston Howard	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Skowron	2	0	0	0	0	2
Clete Boyer	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Stafford	2	0	0	0	0	1
Hector Lopez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Reed	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Hale	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Tresh	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tracy Stallard	7.0	5	1	5
Chet Nichols	1.0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Stafford	6.0	3	1	7
Hal Reniff	1.0	0	0	1
Luis Arroyo	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chuck Schilling: K
Gary Geiger: K/C
Carl Yastrzemski: K

Bot 1

Bobby Richardson: 13/BG1S
Tony Kubek: S8/L
Roger Maris: 7/F7D
Yogi Berra: PB.1-2
Yogi Berra: 4/P4

Top 2

Frank Malzone: 63/G6
Lou Clinton: K
Pete Runnels: 63/G6M

Bot 2

Johnny Blanchard: 9/F89D
Elston Howard: 8/F8XD
Bill Skowron: K

Top 3

Russ Nixon: S48/L4M
Pumpsie Green: 8/F8D
Tracy Stallard: 23/BG2/SH.1-2
Chuck Schilling: 5/P5

Bot 3

Clete Boyer: 9/F9DW
Bill Stafford: 63/G6
Bobby Richardson: 43/G4

Top 4

Gary Geiger: 23/G2
Carl Yastrzemski: K/C
Frank Malzone: 4/P4

Bot 4

Tony Kubek: K
Roger Maris: HR/F9D
Yogi Berra: 43/G4
Johnny Blanchard: 3/P3F/FL

Top 5

Lou Clinton: K
Pete Runnels: 7/F7S
Russ Nixon: T7/L7LD
Pumpsie Green: W
Tracy Stallard: K

Bot 5

Elston Howard: 63/G6
Bill Skowron: K
Clete Boyer: W
Bill Stafford: K

Top 6

Chuck Schilling: S7/L7
Gary Geiger: 36(1)/FO/G3
Carl Yastrzemski: 9/F89D
Frank Malzone: SB2
Frank Malzone: 8/F8D

Bot 6

Bobby Richardson: 3/P3F/FL
Tony Kubek: S5/BG25
Roger Maris: K
Hector Lopez: 9/F9D

Top 7

Lou Clinton: 63/G6
Pete Runnels: K
Russ Nixon: 9/F9

Bot 7

Johnny Blanchard: 3/G3L
Jack Reed: S5/BG56S
Bob Hale: S9/L.1-3
Clete Boyer: 4/P4
Tom Tresh: WP.1-2
Tom Tresh: 6/P6D

Top 8

Pumpsie Green: K
Jackie Jensen: 6/P56D
Chuck Schilling: 63/G6M

Bot 8

Bobby Richardson: 9/F9LD
Tony Kubek: 1/G3S
Roger Maris: 4/P34D

Top 9

Gary Geiger: 7
Carl Yastrzemski: S9/L
Frank Malzone: 8/F8S
Lou Clinton: 46(1)/FO/G4

Notes & reviews

Yaz: running 1-handed catch
Landed 10 rows deep into lower RF stands, about 10' right of the Yankee bullpen. Roger Maris' 61st home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record.
Nichols tagged Kubek

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