Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
April 29, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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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Baltimore Orioles 1, Detroit Tigers 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Green rf 2 0 1 0
Boyd 1b 3 0 0 0
Tasby cf 2 0 0 0
Woodling lf 2 0 1 0
Triandos c 2 0 1 0
Klaus 3b,ss 2 0 1 0
Gardner 2b 2 1 2 0
Miranda ss 0 0 0 0
  Pilarcik ph 1 0 1 1
  Finigan 3b 1 0 0 0
Portocarrero p 0 0 0 0
  Stock p 1 0 0 0
  Lockman ph 1 0 0 0
  Pappas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 19 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 2 1 0 0
Osborne 1b 3 3 3 2
Kuenn cf 3 2 2 2
Kaline rf 3 1 2 2
Doby lf 2 0 1 0
Bridges ss 3 0 1 0
Bolling 2b 3 0 1 0
Berberet c 3 0 0 0
Lary p 3 0 0 0
Totals 25 7 10 6
Baltimore 001 00171
Detroit 302 207100
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Portocarrero  L (0-3) 0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Stock   3.2 6 4 3 1 3
  Pappas   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
5.0
10
7
6
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  W (1-2) 5.0 7 1 1 0 2
Totals
5.0
7
1
1
0
2

  E–Finigan (1).  DP–Detroit 2. Osborne-Bridges-Osborne, Osborne-Bridges-Osborne.  PB–Berberet (1).  2B–Baltimore Gardner (2,off Lary), Detroit Kuenn (4,off Stock); Kaline (2,off Stock); Doby (3,off Pappas); Bridges (2,off Pappas).  3B–Detroit Kuenn (1,off Stock).  HR–Detroit Osborne (1,1st inning off Portocarrero 1 on 0 out); Kaline (3,1st inning off Portocarrero 0 on 1 out)..  HBP–Green (1,by Lary).  Team LOB–4.  Team–5.  CS–Pilarcik (1,2nd base by Lary/Berberet); Kaline (2,3rd base by Stock/Triandos).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Frank Tabacchi, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–1:36.  A–3,005.
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