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Standings
BOS
@CLE		4
2
BOS
@CLE		1
10
BAL
@DET		2
8
BAL
@DET		4
2
KCA
@LAA		4
6
KCA
@LAA		3
2
CHW
@MIN		5
3		 
(11)
NYY
@WSA		4
3
NYY
@WSA		1
2
LAD
@CHC		2
1
LAD
@CHC		5
10
PIT
@CIN		6
3
PIT
@CIN		2
4
SFG
@MLN		14
4
PHI
@STL		11
7		 
(10)
Sunday, April 30, 1961,
, Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 11,308, Time of Game: 2:29
Second game of doubleheader, see First game.
Red Sox
1
7-7
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Indians
10
8-8
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
W: Wynn Hawkins (2-0)
L: Gene Conley (1-1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Red Sox         0  0  0   0  1  0   0  0  0    1  5  2
Indians         0  1  2   1  0  3   1  2  X   10 14  3

Boston Red Sox

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS WPA aLI WPA+ WPA- RE24 PO A
Chuck Schilling 2B 4 0 2 0 0 2 .232 .567 0.087 0.65 0.108 -0.022 1.2 2 2
Gary Geiger CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .269 .798 0.047 0.81 0.080 -0.033 0.3 4 0 2B
Carl Yastrzemski LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .244 .591 -0.121 1.09 0.000 -0.121 -1.4 2 1
Vic Wertz 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .861 -0.131 0.93 0.000 -0.131 -1.5 6 0 GDP
Pete Runnels 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .340 .839 0.034 0.53 0.064 -0.030 0.1 0 1 2B
Lou Clinton RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 -0.041 0.50 0.012 -0.053 -0.2 4 0
Jim Pagliaroni C 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .558 -0.062 0.56 0.000 -0.062 -1.1 5 1
Pumpsie Green SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 .159 .588 0.001 0.51 0.035 -0.034 0.1 1 1
Gene Conley P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .200 -0.026 1.03 0.000 -0.026 -0.2 0 0
   Russ Nixon PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .591 -0.027 1.19 0.000 -0.027 -0.4
   Tracy Stallard P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.0 0 0
   Billy Harrell PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278 .705 -0.006 0.24 0.000 -0.006 -0.3
   Chet Nichols P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.0 0 1
Team Totals 33 1 5 0 2 5 .152 .412 -0.245 0.71 0.299 -0.545 -3.4 24 7
2B: G Geiger (3, off W Hawkins); P Runnels (3, off W Hawkins).
TB: C Schilling 2; P Runnels 2; G Geiger 2; P Green.
GIDP: V Wertz (4).
Team LOB: 7.
With RISP: 0 for 8.
Fielding
E: J Pagliaroni (2); C Schilling (2).
Outfield Assists: C Yastrzemski (W Kirkland at 3rd base).

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS WPA aLI WPA+ WPA- RE24 PO A
Johnny Temple 2B 4 2 1 0 1 0 .429 1.005 -0.041 0.43 0.007 -0.047 0.2 3 3 2B
Tito Francona LF 5 3 3 3 0 0 .318 .840 0.092 0.49 0.111 -0.019 3.5 4 0 HR
Jim Piersall CF 4 1 2 1 1 1 .299 .771 0.025 0.38 0.045 -0.019 0.9 4 0
Willie Kirkland RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .264 .660 0.046 0.59 0.071 -0.025 0.4 1 0 SH
   Walt Bond RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .283 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.0 0 0
Vic Power 1B 5 1 2 2 0 0 .328 .786 0.106 0.50 0.118 -0.012 1.2 6 3
Woodie Held SS 4 1 1 0 1 2 .213 .568 -0.010 0.47 0.038 -0.048 -0.7 1 2
Bubba Phillips 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .231 .654 0.025 0.83 0.062 -0.037 -0.5 2 2
John Romano C 4 1 2 3 0 1 .314 .834 0.056 0.82 0.062 -0.005 1.9 4 1 HR,2B
Wynn Hawkins P 3 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 -0.047 0.49 0.004 -0.051 -0.9 2 0
Team Totals 37 10 14 10 4 5 .378 1.034 0.252 0.54 0.518 -0.263 6.1 27 11
2B: J Temple (3, off C Nichols); J Romano (5, off C Nichols).
HR: J Romano (1, off G Conley; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF); T Francona (2, off T Stallard; 6th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep CF-RF).
SH: W Kirkland (1, off C Nichols).
TB: J Romano 6; T Francona 6; W Kirkland 2; J Piersall 2; J Temple 2; V Power 2; W Held; B Phillips.
RBI: T Francona 3 (15); J Romano 3 (7); V Power 2 (8); W Kirkland (7); J Piersall (8).
2-out RBI: T Francona 3; J Romano.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 7 for 14.
Fielding
DP: 1. J Temple-W Held-V Power.
E: W Held (2); W Kirkland (1); V Power (1).

Boston Red Sox

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Gene Conley, L (1-1) 4 8 4 3 0 3 1 3.00 20 35 -0.202 0.96 -2.0
Tracy Stallard 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 7.50 11 0 0 -0.049 0.27 -2.0
Chet Nichols 2 4 3 3 1 0 0 6.75 11 0 0 -0.003 0.01 -2.0
Team Totals 8 14 10 9 4 5 2 10.12 42 35 0 0 -0.254 0.71 -6.1

Cleveland Indians

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Wynn Hawkins, W (2-0) 9 5 1 1 2 5 0 0.64 35 76 0.246 0.71 3.4
Team Totals 9 5 1 1 2 5 0 1.00 35 76 0.246 0.54 3.4
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Eddie Hurley, 1B - Bill Kinnamon, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Red Flaherty.
Time of Game: 2:29.
Attendance: 11,308.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Boston Red Sox         Cleveland Indians
1 Chuck Schilling 2B 1 Johnny Temple 2B
2 Gary Geiger CF 2 Tito Francona LF
3 Carl Yastrzemski LF 3 Jim Piersall CF
4 Vic Wertz 1B 4 Willie Kirkland RF
5 Pete Runnels 3B 5 Vic Power 1B
6 Lou Clinton RF 6 Woodie Held SS
7 Jim Pagliaroni C 7 Bubba Phillips 3B
8 Pumpsie Green SS 8 John Romano C
9 Gene Conley P 9 Wynn Hawkins P

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Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description
b3 2-0 1 12- R CLE V. Power G. Conley 9% 89% Single to LF; Piersall Scores; Kirkland to 3B/Safe on E2 (catch); Power to 2B
t1 0-0 1 12- OO BOS V. Wertz W. Hawkins 9% 55% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
t5 0-4 1 1-- R BOS C. Schilling W. Hawkins -7% 83% Single to RF; Green Scores/Adv on E9/No RBI; Schilling to 2B
b6 4-1 2 12- RRR CLE T. Francona T. Stallard 7% 99% Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Hawkins Scores; Temple Scores
t2 0-0 0 --- BOS P. Runnels W. Hawkins -6% 44% Double to LF

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Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description
Top of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Indians' Wynn Hawkins facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 --- BOS C. Schilling W. Hawkins -4% 46% Single to CF
t1 0-0 0 1-- BOS G. Geiger W. Hawkins -5% 41% Reached on E6 (catch) (Ground Ball to 1B); Schilling to 2B; Geiger to 1B
t1 0-0 0 12- O BOS C. Yastrzemski W. Hawkins 5% 46% Flyball: LF
t1 0-0 1 12- OO BOS V. Wertz W. Hawkins 9% 55% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Red Sox' Gene Conley facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 --- O CLE J. Temple G. Conley -2% 53% Flyball: RF
b1 0-0 1 --- O CLE T. Francona G. Conley -2% 51% Flyball: CF
b1 0-0 2 --- O CLE J. Piersall G. Conley -1% 50% Strikeout
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.
Top of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Indians' Wynn Hawkins facing 5-6-7
t2 0-0 0 --- BOS P. Runnels W. Hawkins -6% 44% Double to LF
t2 0-0 0 -2- O BOS L. Clinton W. Hawkins 4% 48% Popfly: 2B
t2 0-0 1 -2- O BOS J. Pagliaroni W. Hawkins 4% 52% Flyball: LF
t2 0-0 2 -2- O BOS P. Green W. Hawkins 3% 55% Strikeout
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Red Sox' Gene Conley facing 4-5-6
b2 0-0 0 --- O CLE W. Kirkland G. Conley -2% 53% Flyball: RF
b2 0-0 1 --- CLE V. Power G. Conley 3% 55% Single to 3B
b2 0-0 1 1-- CLE W. Held G. Conley 4% 59% Single to CF; Power to 2B
b2 0-0 1 12- CLE B. Phillips G. Conley 6% 65% Single to SS; Power to 3B; Held to 2B
b2 0-0 1 123 RO CLE J. Romano G. Conley 1% 66% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Power Scores; Held to 3B
b2 1-0 2 1-3 O CLE W. Hawkins G. Conley -4% 62% Popfly: 2B
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 1.
Top of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-1, Indians' Wynn Hawkins facing 9-1-2
t3 0-1 0 --- O BOS G. Conley W. Hawkins 3% 64% Strikeout
t3 0-1 1 --- O BOS C. Schilling W. Hawkins 2% 66% Strikeout (C-1B)
t3 0-1 2 --- BOS G. Geiger W. Hawkins -3% 63% Double to RF
t3 0-1 2 -2- O BOS C. Yastrzemski W. Hawkins 4% 67% Flyball: LF
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 1.
Bottom of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Ahead 1-0, Red Sox' Gene Conley facing 1-2-3
b3 1-0 0 --- O CLE J. Temple G. Conley -2% 65% Flyball: RF
b3 1-0 1 --- CLE T. Francona G. Conley 2% 67% Single to CF
b3 1-0 1 1-- CLE J. Piersall G. Conley 2% 69% Baserunner Advance; Francona to 2B/Safe on E4 (catch)
b3 1-0 1 -2- CLE J. Piersall G. Conley 4% 73% Single to 3B/Bunt; Francona to 3B
b3 1-0 1 1-3 R CLE W. Kirkland G. Conley 6% 79% Single to LF; Francona Scores/unER; Piersall to 2B
b3 2-0 1 12- R CLE V. Power G. Conley 9% 89% Single to LF; Piersall Scores; Kirkland to 3B/Safe on E2 (catch); Power to 2B
b3 3-0 1 -23 O CLE W. Held G. Conley -4% 85% Strikeout
b3 3-0 2 -23 O CLE B. Phillips G. Conley -3% 82% Popfly: 1B
2 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 3.
Top of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Indians' Wynn Hawkins facing 4-5-6
t4 0-3 0 --- O BOS V. Wertz W. Hawkins 2% 84% Popfly: 2B
t4 0-3 1 --- O BOS P. Runnels W. Hawkins 1% 86% Groundout: 2B-1B
t4 0-3 2 --- BOS L. Clinton W. Hawkins -1% 84% Walk
t4 0-3 2 1-- O BOS J. Pagliaroni W. Hawkins 2% 87% Groundout: 3B-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 3.
Bottom of the 4th, Indians Batting, Ahead 3-0, Red Sox' Gene Conley facing 8-9-1
b4 3-0 0 --- R CLE J. Romano G. Conley 5% 92% Home Run (Deep LF)
b4 4-0 0 --- O CLE W. Hawkins G. Conley -1% 91% Strikeout
b4 4-0 1 --- O CLE J. Temple G. Conley -0% 90% Groundout: 3B-1B
b4 4-0 2 --- O CLE T. Francona G. Conley -0% 90% Popfly: SS
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 4.
Top of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-4, Indians' Wynn Hawkins facing 8-9-1
t5 0-4 0 --- BOS P. Green W. Hawkins -3% 87% Single to CF
Russ Nixon pinch hits for Gene Conley (P) batting 9th
t5 0-4 0 1-- O BOS R. Nixon W. Hawkins 3% 90% Foul Flyball: 3B
t5 0-4 1 1-- R BOS C. Schilling W. Hawkins -7% 83% Single to RF; Green Scores/Adv on E9/No RBI; Schilling to 2B
t5 1-4 1 -2- O BOS G. Geiger W. Hawkins 3% 86% Groundout: 1B unassisted; Schilling to 3B
t5 1-4 2 --3 O BOS C. Yastrzemski W. Hawkins 3% 89% Groundout: 2B-1B
1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Indians 4.
Bottom of the 5th, Indians Batting, Ahead 4-1, Red Sox' Tracy Stallard facing 3-4-5
Tracy Stallard replaces Russ Nixon (PH) pitching and batting 9th
b5 4-1 0 --- O CLE J. Piersall T. Stallard -1% 88% Foul Flyball: RF
b5 4-1 1 --- CLE W. Kirkland T. Stallard 1% 89% Single to RF
b5 4-1 1 1-- O CLE V. Power T. Stallard -1% 88% Foul Flyball: 1B
b5 4-1 2 1-- O CLE W. Held T. Stallard -1% 87% Strikeout Looking
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Indians 4.
Top of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-4, Indians' Wynn Hawkins facing 4-5-6
t6 1-4 0 --- O BOS V. Wertz W. Hawkins 2% 89% Groundout: 1B-P
t6 1-4 1 --- O BOS P. Runnels W. Hawkins 1% 91% Popfly: 3B
t6 1-4 2 --- O BOS L. Clinton W. Hawkins 1% 92% Strikeout
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Indians 4.
Bottom of the 6th, Indians Batting, Ahead 4-1, Red Sox' Tracy Stallard facing 7-8-9
b6 4-1 0 --- O CLE B. Phillips T. Stallard -1% 91% Flyball: CF
b6 4-1 1 --- O CLE J. Romano T. Stallard -1% 90% Strikeout
b6 4-1 2 --- CLE W. Hawkins T. Stallard 0% 91% Walk
b6 4-1 2 1-- CLE J. Temple T. Stallard 1% 91% Walk; Hawkins to 2B
b6 4-1 2 12- RRR CLE T. Francona T. Stallard 7% 99% Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Hawkins Scores; Temple Scores
b6 7-1 2 --- CLE J. Piersall T. Stallard 0% 99% Walk
b6 7-1 2 1-- O CLE W. Kirkland T. Stallard -0% 98% Groundout: 2B-1B
3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Indians 7.
Top of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-7, Indians' Wynn Hawkins facing 7-8-9
t7 1-7 0 --- O BOS J. Pagliaroni W. Hawkins 0% 99% Flyball: CF
t7 1-7 1 --- BOS P. Green W. Hawkins -1% 98% Walk
Billy Harrell pinch hits for Tracy Stallard (P) batting 9th
t7 1-7 1 1-- O BOS B. Harrell W. Hawkins 1% 99% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
t7 1-7 2 1-- O BOS C. Schilling W. Hawkins 0% 99% Strikeout Looking
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Indians 7.
Bottom of the 7th, Indians Batting, Ahead 7-1, Red Sox' Chet Nichols facing 5-6-7
Chet Nichols replaces Billy Harrell (PH) pitching and batting 9th
b7 7-1 0 --- O CLE V. Power C. Nichols -0% 99% Flyball: LF
b7 7-1 1 --- CLE W. Held C. Nichols 0% 99% Walk
b7 7-1 1 1-- O CLE B. Phillips C. Nichols -0% 99% Flyball: CF
b7 7-1 2 1-- R CLE J. Romano C. Nichols 0% 100% Double to CF; Held Scores
b7 8-1 2 -2- O CLE W. Hawkins C. Nichols -0% 100% Flyball: CF
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Indians 8.
Top of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-8, Indians' Wynn Hawkins facing 2-3-4
t8 1-8 0 --- O BOS G. Geiger W. Hawkins 0% 100% Groundout: 1B-P
t8 1-8 1 --- O BOS C. Yastrzemski W. Hawkins 0% 100% Flyball: RF
t8 1-8 2 --- O BOS V. Wertz W. Hawkins 0% 100% Flyball: CF
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Indians 8.
Bottom of the 8th, Indians Batting, Ahead 8-1, Red Sox' Chet Nichols facing 1-2-3
b8 8-1 0 --- CLE J. Temple C. Nichols 0% 100% Double to LF
b8 8-1 0 -2- CLE T. Francona C. Nichols 0% 100% Single to LF; Temple to 3B
b8 8-1 0 1-3 R CLE J. Piersall C. Nichols 0% 100% Single to CF; Temple Scores; Francona to 2B
b8 9-1 0 12- O CLE W. Kirkland C. Nichols 0% 100% Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Francona to 3B; Piersall to 2B
b8 9-1 1 -23 RO CLE V. Power C. Nichols 0% 100% Groundout: 2B-1B; Francona Scores; Piersall to 3B
b8 10-1 2 --3 O CLE W. Held C. Nichols -0% 100% Flyball: LF
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Indians 10.
Top of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-10, Indians' Wynn Hawkins facing 5-6-7
Walt Bond replaces Willie Kirkland playing RF batting 4th
t9 1-10 0 --- O BOS P. Runnels W. Hawkins 0% 100% Flyball: LF
t9 1-10 1 --- BOS L. Clinton W. Hawkins -0% 100% Reached on E3 (catch)/Bunt (Bunt to 3B); Clinton to 1B
t9 1-10 1 1-- O BOS J. Pagliaroni W. Hawkins 0% 100% Flyball: CF
t9 1-10 2 1-- O BOS P. Green W. Hawkins 0% 100% Flyball: CF
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Indians 10.

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