Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
April 17, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1959 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Chicago White Sox 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 1 2 2
Kuenn cf 4 1 3 0
Doby lf 4 0 0 0
  Groth ph 1 0 1 0
Harris 1b 4 1 0 1
  Osborne pr 0 0 0 0
Kaline rf 5 1 3 1
Bridges ss 5 0 1 1
Bolling 2b 4 0 1 0
Berberet c 3 1 2 0
  Alvarez pr 0 0 0 0
  Wilson c 0 0 0 0
Lary p 3 0 1 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 1 0 0 0
  Narleski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 14 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 2 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 0 0
  Esposito ss 0 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0
Landis cf 3 3 2 0
Lollar c 3 1 0 0
Cash 1b 2 2 1 3
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
Callison lf 2 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 1 1
  Rivera pr,lf 1 0 1 2
Phillips 3b 4 0 0 0
Donovan p 2 0 1 0
  Arias p 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
Detroit 010 021 0015140
Chicago 000 301 02x670
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary   5.2 6 4 4 2 2
  Morgan   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Narleski  L (0-3) 1.0 1 2 2 2 3
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
4
6
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan   5.2 9 4 4 3 3
  Arias  W (1-0) 2.2 5 1 1 0 1
  Lown  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1. Berberet-Bridges, Chicago 1. Donovan-Fox-Cash.  2B–Detroit Kuenn (2,off Arias), Chicago Donovan (1,off Lary); Landis (1,off Lary); Rivera (1,off Narleski)..  HR–Detroit Yost (2,5th inning off Donovan 1 on 1 out); Kaline (2,6th inning off Donovan 0 on 0 out), Chicago Cash (2,4th inning off Lary 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Cash (2,by Lary).  IBB–Cash (1,by Narleski).  Team–5.  SB–Aparicio (1,2nd base off Lary/Berberet); Landis (2,2nd base off Narleski/Wilson).  CS–Fox (1,2nd base by Lary/Berberet).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:24.  A–2,656.
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