Long Term Memories

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Remembering a 1961 Baseball Game

While I was on travel May 14 I got email from Irwin. He wanted to know if I remembered a game in which the Senators were leading by 12-5 going into the bottom of the ninth (game played in Boston) but lost 13-12.

I spoke to Stanley Cohen on May 18. He immediately recalled that the game was played on June 18, 1961. He told me about a website called http://retrosheet.org/ which had game by game information. The website confirmed Stan's recollection and provided all kinds of other information. For example, I had not remembered that the game, which was played in well under 3 hours. Stan noted that the game was played on father's day and he was visiting his grandparents that day. Then I recalled that we were also visiting grandparents that day. I also remembered how painful it was to listen to the Senators blow the game. Here is the retrosheet information on the game.

Boston Red Sox 13, Washington Senators 12 (1)
DayGame Played on Sunday, June 18, 1961 (D) at Fenway Park
WAS A 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 5 - 12 13 1
BOS A 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 8 - 13 11 1
BATTINGWashington Senators AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Veal ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Klaus 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 4
Woodling lf 4 2 2 2 1 0 4 0
Hinton pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Long 1b 4 2 2 2 1 0 9 1
Tasby cf 5 1 2 5 0 1 3 0
King rf 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0
Cottier 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Daley c 5 2 3 2 0 0 5 1
Mathias p 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1
Sisler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kutyna p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 12 13 11 4 3 26 8
FIELDING -
E: Veal (4).
BATTING -
2B: Tasby (7,off Delock); Daley (3,off Delock); King (7,off Muffett);
Klaus
(4,off Muffett).
HR: Long (9,5th inning off Delock 1 on 2 out); Daley (2,6th inning off
Muffett
1 on 1 out); Tasby (10,9th inning off Wills 3 on 1 out).
SH: Veal (4,off Delock).
IBB: King (2,by Delock).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Hinton (10,2nd base off Wills/Pagliaroni).
Boston Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Schilling 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
Hardy lf 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0
Geiger cf 3 1 0 1 1 2 4 0
Jensen rf 4 2 1 1 1 0 3 0
Malzone 3b 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 2
Pagliaroni c 5 1 1 4 0 1 4 1
Wertz 1b 4 0 1 1 1 0 10 3
Runnels pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddin ss 4 3 3 1 1 0 2 3
Delock p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Repulski ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Muffett p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Wills p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harrell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nixon ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 13 11 11 6 5 27 12
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Delock-Pagliaroni-Wertz.
E: Delock (3).
BATTING -
2B: Jensen (9,off Mathias).
3B: Malzone (2,off Mathias).
HR: Buddin (3,6th inning off Mathias 0 on 2 out); Pagliaroni (6,9th
inning
off Sisler 3 on 2 out).
HBP: Geiger (3,by Mathias).
Team LOB: 6.
PITCHINGWashington Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mathias 8.2 8 9 7 3 5 1
Sisler L(1-2) 0 1 4 4 3 0 1
Kutyna 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.2 11 13 11 6 5 2
HBP: Mathias (1,Geiger).
Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR
Delock 5 6 5 1 2 2 1
Muffett 3.1 5 4 4 0 1 1
Wills W(3-2) 0.2 2 3 3 2 0 1
Totals 9 13 12 8 4 3 3
IBB: Delock (2,King).
Umpires: Red Flaherty, Bill Kinnamon, Eddie Hurley, Jim Honochick
Time of Game: 2:47
Starting Lineups:

Washington Senators Boston Red Sox
1. Veal ss Schilling 2b
2. Klaus 3b Hardy lf
3. Woodling lf Geiger cf
4. Long 1b Jensen rf
5. Tasby cf Malzone 3b
6. King rf Pagliaroni c
7. Cottier 2b Wertz 1b
8. Daley c Buddin ss
9. Mathias p Delock p

SENATORS 1ST: Veal grounded out (third to first); Klaus flied
out to center; Woodling flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Senators 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Schilling flied out to left; Hardy popped to first
in foul territory; Geiger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Red Sox 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Long grounded out (first unassisted); Tasby
grounded out (shortstop to first); King struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Jensen lined to left; Malzone flied out to center;
Pagliaroni struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Red
Sox 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Cottier grounded out (pitcher to first); Daley
singled to left; Mathias flied out to center; Veal grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Wertz flied out to left; Buddin lined to shortstop;
Delock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 0, Red Sox 0.

SENATORS 4TH: Klaus grounded out (first to pitcher); Woodling
walked; Long singled to left [Woodling to second]; Tasby doubled
to left [Woodling scored, Long to third]; King was walked
intentionally; Cottier grounded into a double play (pitcher to
catcher to first) [Long out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Senators 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Schilling grounded out (pitcher to first); Hardy
singled to center; Geiger struck out; Jensen doubled to left
[Hardy to third]; Malzone reached on an error by Veal [Hardy
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Jensen scored (unearned) (no RBI)];
Pagliaroni forced Malzone (third to second); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Senators 1, Red Sox 2.

SENATORS 5TH: Daley doubled to center; On a bunt Mathias reached
on an error by Delock [Daley scored (unearned) (no RBI), Mathias
to first]; Veal out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Mathias to second]; Klaus made an out to shortstop; Woodling
singled to center [Mathias scored (unearned)]; Long homered
(unearned) [Woodling scored (unearned)]; Tasby struck out; 4 R
(0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Senators 5, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Wertz singled to second; Buddin walked [Wertz to
second]; REPULSKI BATTED FOR DELOCK; Repulski forced Wertz
(third unassisted) [Buddin to second, Repulski to first];
Schilling flied out to center; Hardy walked [Buddin to third,
Repulski to second]; Geiger was hit by a pitch [Buddin scored
(RBI), Repulski to third, Hardy to second]; Jensen grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Senators 5, Red Sox 3.

SENATORS 6TH: MUFFETT REPLACED REPULSKI (PITCHING); King doubled
to right; Cottier grounded out (second to first) [King to
third]; Daley homered [King scored]; Mathias grounded out
(shortstop to first); Veal flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Senators 7, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Malzone tripled to center; Pagliaroni grounded out
(third to first); Wertz grounded out (first unassisted) [Malzone
scored]; Buddin homered; Muffett struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Senators 7, Red Sox 5.

SENATORS 7TH: Klaus grounded out (first to pitcher); Woodling
popped to first in foul territory; Long grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 7, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 7TH: Schilling grounded out (third to first); Hardy
grounded out (catcher to first); Geiger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Senators 7, Red Sox 5.

SENATORS 8TH: Tasby flied out to left; King flied out to right;
Cottier singled to center; Daley made an out to shortstop; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 7, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: Jensen flied out to left; Malzone lined to third;
Pagliaroni lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 7,
Red Sox 5.

SENATORS 9TH: Mathias singled to center; Veal struck out; Klaus
doubled to right [Mathias to third]; WILLS REPLACED MUFFETT
(PITCHING); Woodling singled to right [Mathias scored, Klaus to
third]; HINTON RAN FOR WOODLING; Hinton stole second; Long
walked; Tasby homered [Klaus scored, Hinton scored, Long
scored]; King walked; Cottier lined to center; Daley flied out
to right; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 12, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 9TH: HINTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Wertz grounded
out (first to pitcher); Buddin singled to right; HARRELL BATTED
FOR WILLS; Harrell struck out; Schilling singled to center
[Buddin to second]; Hardy singled to center [Buddin scored,
Schilling to third]; Geiger walked [Hardy to second]; SISLER
REPLACED MATHIAS (PITCHING); Jensen walked [Schilling scored,
Hardy to third, Geiger to second]; Malzone walked [Hardy scored,
Geiger to third, Jensen to second]; Pagliaroni homered [Geiger
scored, Jensen scored, Malzone scored]; Wertz walked; KUTYNA
REPLACED SISLER (PITCHING); Buddin singled to left [Wertz to
second]; RUNNELS RAN FOR WERTZ; NIXON BATTED FOR HARRELL; Nixon
singled to right [Runnels scored, Buddin to second]; 8 R, 6 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Senators 12, Red Sox 13.

Final Totals R H E LOB
Senators 12 13 1 5
Red Sox 13 11 1 6

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