Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
May 10, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1959 at Memorial Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 3, Baltimore Orioles 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Keough cf 2 0 0 0
  Busby ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Runnels 2b 4 0 2 0
Jensen rf 3 1 1 0
Malzone 3b 2 0 1 0
Gernert 1b 4 0 0 0
Geiger lf 3 0 0 0
  Renna ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Daley c 2 0 1 0
  Hoeft pr 0 1 0 0
  Kiely p 1 0 0 0
Buddin ss 4 1 2 1
Brewer p 2 0 0 0
  White ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Tasby cf 3 1 0 0
Lockman 1b 5 0 1 0
Pilarcik rf 4 0 0 0
Woodling lf 4 0 1 1
Klaus 3b 3 0 0 0
  Finigan ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Ginsberg c 3 0 1 0
  Triandos ph,c 1 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 3 1 2 0
Miranda ss 1 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 1 0
  Avila pr 0 0 0 0
  Carrasquel ss 1 0 0 0
Portocarrero p 1 0 0 0
  Boyd ph 1 0 0 1
  Harshman p 1 0 0 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Boston 000 100 010 1370
Baltimore 100 010 000 0260
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer   7.0 5 2 2 3 3
  Kiely  W (2-1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
6
2
2
3
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Portocarrero   5.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Harshman  L (0-5) 5.0 4 2 2 2 2
Totals
10.0
7
3
3
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1. Runnels-Buddin-Gernert, Baltimore 3. Miranda-Gardner-Lockman, Harshman-Gardner-Lockman, Carrasquel-Gardner-Lockman.  2B–Boston Daley (2,off Harshman), Baltimore Hale (1,off Brewer).  3B–Boston Runnels (2,off Portocarrero).  HR–Boston Buddin (1,10th inning off Harshman 0 on 1 out).  SH–Jensen (1,off Harshman); Carrasquel (2,off Brewer).  IBB–Malzone (1,by Harshman).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:31.
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