BoSox Hang On For Meaningless Win Over Washington

 GAME 1:

Game MVP:Frank Malzone

Griffith Stadium    (02-05-2026 06:02:40)       Time 2:41, 71ø, Wind: 10 MPH Left to Right  Night Game

Sep 11, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Boston 59-88             3 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 0      5  6  0
1961 Washington 58-87         0 0 1   0 0 1   0 1 1      4 10  0

Recap

Bos  1st: Scored 3 runs on a hit and 2 walks.

Bos      Frank Malzone tripled scoring 2 to take the lead.  Bos  2 Was 0.

Bos      Jackie Jensen hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Bos  3 Was 0.

Was  3rd: Scored 1 run on 3 hits and on one walk.

Was      Jim King singled scoring Veal.  Bos  3 Was 1.

Was      Bud Zipfel DP with bases loaded, end 3rd.

Bos  5th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Bos      Gary Geiger hit a grounder scoring 1.  Bos  4 Was 1.

Bos  6th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Bos      Jim Pagliaroni doubled scoring Runnels.  Bos  5 Was 1.

Was  6th: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk.

Was      Ken Retzer singled scoring Zipfel.  Bos  5 Was 2.

Was  8th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 1 run on 2 hits and 2 walks.

Was      Chuck Cottier singled scoring King.  Bos  5 Was 3.

Was  9th: Scored 1 run on a hit and 3 walks.

Was      Marty Keough walked scoring O'Connell.  Bos  5 Was 4.

Bos  Chuck Schilling: 1 for 2, 2 W, 2 SB.

Bos  Don Schwall threw a complete game for the win: 4 earned runs, 10 hits, 8 BB, 3 K. He's 11-7 on the season.

Was  Tom Cheney pitched 5 innings and took the loss: 4 earned runs, 4 hits, 3 BB, 3 K. He goes to 1-4 on the season.

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Boston                         IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Schwall W(11-7)               9.0 10  4  4  0  8  3  147  80  67   4.22  44 140(141)   -   46

                              9.0 10  4  4  0  8  3  147  80  67   4.98  44

Washington                     IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Cheney L(1-4)                 5.0  4  4  4  0  3  3   90  59  31   5.06  22   90(83)       43

 Kutyna                       3.0  2  1  1  0  2  1   51  31  20   4.50  13   80(75)

 Sisler                       1.0  0  0  0  0  0  1   12   9   3   3.94   3   70(75)

                              9.0  6  5  5  0  5  5  153  99  54   4.26  38

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 2B-Pagliaroni(25), Schwall(3), Retzer(2)

 3B-Malzone(5)

 SB-Bos Schilling(8) off Cheney(3) + Retzer(2), 3rd

    Bos Runnels(5) off Cheney(4) + Retzer(3), 4th

    Bos Geiger(17) off Cheney(5) + Retzer(4), 5th

    Bos Schilling(9) off Kutyna(4) + Retzer(5), 7th

RBI-Bos  - Pagliaroni(69), Malzone 2(82), Geiger(63), Jensen(65)

    Was  - Keough(37), Cottier(28), King(41), Retzer(4)

HBP-Schilling(Bos) by Cheney(Was)

 SF-Jensen(8)

 WP-Cheney 2(5)

Great-Schilling(20), Malzone(23), Keough(8)

Poor-Jensen(8)

LOB-Boston 6 Washington 12

 DP-Boston 2 Washington 1

GWRBI-Malzone