Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
May 12, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1959 at Fenway Park. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 0 0
Landis cf 5 0 3 0
Lollar c 5 0 2 0
Ennis lf 4 0 3 0
  Callison lf 1 0 0 0
Torgeson 1b 3 2 0 0
Smith rf 5 1 1 2
Phillips 3b 6 0 2 0
Donovan p 3 1 1 2
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 1 0 0 0
  Arias p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 4 12 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Keough cf 5 0 2 0
Runnels 2b 4 1 2 0
Williams lf 5 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 5 0 2 0
Jensen rf 4 1 1 2
Gernert 1b 6 1 1 0
White c 6 0 0 0
Buddin ss 5 0 1 1
Delock p 1 0 0 0
  Monbouquette p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 0 0 0 0
  Wall p 2 0 0 0
Totals 43 3 9 3
Chicago 020 000 000 0024121
Boston 010 000 100 001390
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan   6.2 6 2 2 5 1
  Staley   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Lown   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Arias  W (2-0) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
12.0
9
3
3
7
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Delock   4.1 5 2 2 7 3
  Monbouquette   2.2 3 0 0 1 2
  Wall  L (1-1) 5.0 4 2 2 2 1
Totals
12.0
12
4
4
10
6

  E–Phillips (3).  DP–Chicago 1. Lollar-Aparicio, Boston 3. Buddin-Runnels-Gernert, Buddin-Runnels-Gernert, Buddin-Runnels-Gernert.  2B–Chicago Landis (2,off Delock); Phillips (7,off Delock); Lollar (6,off Wall)., Boston Gernert (7,off Donovan); Runnels (7,off Donovan); Malzone (6,off Lown)..  HR–Chicago Donovan (1,2nd inning off Delock 1 on 2 out); Smith (1,12th inning off Wall 1 on 1 out), Boston Jensen (8,12th inning off Arias 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–14.  SH–Keough (1,off Donovan).  HBP–Malzone (1,by Donovan).  IBB–Williams (1,by Donovan).  Team–13.  CS–Runnels (2,2nd base by Lown/Lollar).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–4:23.  A–22,012.
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