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1961 Red Sox v. 1961 Dodgers

Starting Lineups:
Red Sox                    Dodgers
2b Schiiling               SS Wills   
CF Geiger                 CF W. Davis
1b Wertz                   3b T. Davis
RF Jensen                RF Snider
LF Yastrzemski         LF Moon
3B Runnels               1b Larker   
C  Nixon                    2b Neal
SS Green                  C  Roseboro
SP Monbouquette     SP Drysdale

Top of 1st
Schilling grounded to pitcher, Geiger lined to 2nd, Wertz safe on error by Neal, Jensen singled, Wertz to 2nd, Yaz fouled to catcher. 0-1-1, 2 left
Bottom of 1st
Wills flied to center, W. Davis flied to right, T. Davis grounded to short. 0-0-0

Top of 2nd
Runnels singled, stole 2nd, Nixon flied to right, Green struck out, M'quette walked, Schilling popped to 3rd. 0-1-0, 2 left
Bottom of 2nd
Snider walked, Moon grounded into 4-6-3 double play, Larker singled, Neal grounded to 3rd. 0-1-0, 1 left

Top of 3rd
Geiger flied to center, Wertz struck out, Jensen singled, Yaz lined to 3rd. 0-1-0, 1 left
Bottom of 3rd
Roseboro flied to left, Drysdale grounded to short, Wills grounded to short. 0-0-0
Game scoreless after 3

Top of 4th
Runnels struck out, Nixon doubled, Green struck out, Harrell(for M'quette) flied to center. 0-1-0, 1 left
Bottom of 4th(Conley now pitching for Boston)
W. Davis grounded to 2nd, T. Davis grounded to 2nd, Snider flied to center. 0-0-0

Top of 5th
Schilling singled, Geiger grounded into FC to pitcher(Schilling out), Wertz grounded to 2nd(Geiger to 2nd), Jensen grounded to 2nd. 0-1-0, 1 left
Bottom of 5th
Moon walked, Larker doubled(Moon scores from 1st), Neal grounds to 3rd, Roseboro flied to left, Drysdale grounded to short. 1-1-0, 1 left.

Top of 6th
Yaz grounded to 2nd, Runnels grounded to 2nd, Nixon grounded to 2nd. 0-0-0
Bottom of 6th
Wills singled, W. Davis grounded to 1st(Wills to 2nd), Wills stole 3rd, T. Davis grounded to 3rd, Snider flied to right. 0-1-0, 1 left
Dodgers 1, Red Sox 0 after 6.

Top of 7th(Koufax pitching for Drysdale, Fairly in right for Snider and batting in Drysdale's spot in the order)
Buddin(hitting for Green) popped to 3rd, Clinton(hitting for Conley) struck out, Schilling singled, Geiger grounded to 1st. 0-1-0, 1 left
Bottom of 7th(after a stirring rendition of God Bless America by Anita Bryant) (Fornieles pitching for Conley)
Moon singled, Larker grounded to 2nd(Moon to 2nd), Neal struck out, Roseboro grounded to 3rd. 0-1-0, one left

Top of 8th
Wertz grounded to short, Jensen walked, Yaz forced to short(Jensen out), Malzone(hitting for Runnels) grounded to short. 0-0-0, 1 left.
Bottom of 8th(Malzone at 3rd)
Fairly homered, Wills flied to right, W. Davis struck out, T. Davis lined to 3rd. 1-1-0

Top of 9th
Pagliaroni(hitting for Nixon) struck out, Buddin grounded to 2nd, Hardy(hitting for F'nieles) grounded to 2nd. 0-0-0
Final, Dodgers 2-5-1, Red Sox 0-6-0

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