Chicago White Sox 9 – 8 Cleveland Guardians
9 July 1961 · CLE07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game · 3 | Willie Kirkland | 1 in 321 games |
| 29 | final score 9–8 | 1 in 159 games | |
| 5 | 6 total bases | Al Smith | 1 in 43 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
Box score
Chicago White Sox batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Robinson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nellie Fox | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnie Minoso | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sherm Lollar | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Al Smith | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR, 2B |
| J.C. Martin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Al Pilarcik | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Luis Aparicio | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cal McLish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 40 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Chicago White Sox pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal McLish | 6.1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Baumann | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Turk Lown | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Cleveland Guardians batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Aspromonte | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Piersall | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tito Francona | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bubba Phillips | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Willie Kirkland | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 HR |
| John Romano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vic Power | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B, 2B |
| Mike de la Hoz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Jim Perry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Dillard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Nieman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
Cleveland Guardians pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Perry | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Allen | 2.0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Schaffernoth | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Stigman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |