Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 22, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 10, Detroit Tigers 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 5 1 2 4
Power 1b 5 1 2 0
Minoso lf 5 1 2 0
Colavito rf 5 1 2 3
Naragon c 5 2 2 0
Strickland ss 4 0 0 1
Leek 3b 4 2 2 2
Martin 2b 5 1 1 0
Bell p 4 1 2 0
Totals 42 10 15 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 3 0 1 0
Kuenn cf 4 0 1 0
Doby lf 3 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 0 1 0
Harris 1b 4 1 2 1
Bridges ss 3 0 1 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 1 0
Wilson c 2 0 0 0
  Lau ph,c 2 0 0 0
Lary p 2 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 0 0 0 0
  Susce p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Cleveland 002 020 40210150
Detroit 010 000 000171
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  W (2-0) 9.0 7 1 1 4 6
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  L (0-2) 6.0 10 7 7 1 4
  Morgan   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Susce   2.0 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
1
6

  E–Bolling (2).  DP–Cleveland 3. Power, Strickland-Power, Strickland-Martin-Power.  2B–Cleveland Naragon (2,off Susce).  3B–Cleveland Naragon (1,off Morgan).  HR–Cleveland Piersall (1,5th inning off Lary 1 on 1 out); Colavito (2,7th inning off Lary 2 on 0 out); Leek (1,9th inning off Susce 1 on 1 out), Detroit Harris (2,2nd inning off Bell 0 on 1 out).  SH–Bell (4,off Lary).  SF–Strickland (2,off Morgan).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Osborne (1,2nd base off Bell/Naragon).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:27.  A–3,253.
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