Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
May 2, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1959 at Comiskey Park I. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Chicago White Sox 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Buddin ss 5 1 2 1
Keough cf 5 0 1 0
Runnels 2b 5 1 2 2
Jensen rf 4 1 3 1
Malzone 3b 4 1 2 0
Gernert 1b 5 0 1 1
Renna lf 4 0 0 0
  Geiger lf 0 0 0 0
White c 4 1 3 0
Delock p 2 0 0 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 14 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 1 2
Fox 2b 4 1 1 0
Landis cf 3 0 0 1
  Lollar ph 0 0 0 0
  Esposito pr 0 0 0 0
Ennis lf 5 1 1 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 0 1 1
Romano c 4 0 1 0
Phillips 3b 2 1 2 0
Latman p 0 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 1 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 0 0
  Arias p 0 0 0 0
  Callison ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Boston 102 001 0015140
Chicago 000 000 022480
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Delock  W (3-0) 7.2 6 2 2 4 3
  Wall  SV (2) 1.1 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Latman  L (0-2) 3.0 6 3 3 1 3
  Shaw   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Staley   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Arias   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1. Shaw-Fox-Cash.  2B–Boston Keough (1,off Latman); Malzone (5,off Shaw), Chicago Ennis (1,off Delock); Phillips (5,off Wall).  3B–Boston Gernert (1,off Latman), Chicago Fox (1,off Delock).  HR–Boston Jensen (4,3rd inning off Latman 0 on 2 out); Runnels (1,9th inning off Arias 0 on 2 out), Chicago Aparicio (3,9th inning off Wall 1 on 1 out).  SH–Delock 2 (3,off Shaw,off Staley).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Landis (1,off Delock).  Team–9.  U–Hank Soar, Nestor Chylak, Bill McKinley.  T–2:48.  A–7,718.
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