Kansas City Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
April 15, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1959 at Comiskey Park I. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 10, Chicago White Sox 8

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
DeMaestri ss 2 0 1 2
  Terwilliger pr,ss,2b 2 0 0 0
Herzog cf 4 1 3 0
  Tuttle cf 1 0 0 0
Lopez 2b 4 1 0 1
  Carroll ss 0 0 0 0
Cerv lf 2 2 1 0
Maris rf 4 0 0 0
Smith 3b 5 1 0 0
Hadley 1b 5 3 3 3
House c 4 1 0 0
Grim p 4 1 1 4
  Tomanek p 0 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 9 10
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 0 2 3
Fox 2b 4 0 3 0
  Esposito pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Landis cf 4 1 1 1
Lollar c 4 1 0 0
Cash 1b 4 1 1 1
Smith rf 5 1 1 1
Callison lf 2 0 0 0
  Boone ph 1 0 1 0
  Rivera pr,lf 1 1 1 0
Phillips 3b 5 2 1 1
Latman p 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 0 0
  Arias p 0 0 0 0
  Skizas ph 0 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Battey ph 0 1 0 1
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 11 8
Kansas City 125 200 0001092
Chicago 001 000 0708112
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Grim  W (1-1) 7.1 7 5 4 3 0
  Tomanek   0.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Meyer   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Gorman  SV (1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
5
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Latman  L (0-1) 2.2 5 8 6 4 1
  Shaw   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Raymond   2.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Arias   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Staley   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Lown   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
10
8
6
7

  E–Herzog (1), Lopez (3), Smith (1), Phillips (1).  DP–Kansas City 1. Tuttle-House.  2B–Kansas City Hadley (1,off Latman); Herzog (1,off Shaw), Chicago Aparicio 2 (3,off Grim,off Tomanek); Fox (2,off Grim).  3B–Kansas City Herzog (1,off Latman); DeMaestri (1,off Latman); Cerv (2,off Lown), Chicago Rivera (1,off Gorman).  HR–Kansas City Grim (1,3rd inning off Latman 3 on 2 out); Hadley (1,4th inning off Raymond 1 on 2 out).  HBP–DeMaestri (2,by Latman); Cash (1,by Grim); Fox (1,by Meyer)..  IBB–House (1,by Latman).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  SB–Cerv (1,2nd base off Raymond/Lollar).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:49.  A–4,713.
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