Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
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 Yankee Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 7, New York Yankees 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Held 3b 5 1 1 2
Piersall cf 5 0 1 0
Power 1b 5 1 1 0
Colavito rf 5 2 4 2
Minoso lf 3 2 1 0
Strickland ss 3 0 0 1
Nixon c 4 0 2 2
Martin 2b 4 0 0 0
McLish p 2 1 1 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 4 0 0 0
  Coates p 0 0 0 0
  Carey ph 1 0 0 0
  Duren p 0 0 0 0
Kubek ss 5 0 1 0
Mantle cf 4 2 3 1
Berra c 5 2 2 2
Howard 1b 5 2 2 2
Siebern lf 4 0 1 0
McDougald 2b 3 0 1 0
Lumpe 3b 3 0 0 0
Ditmar p 1 0 1 1
  Maas p 0 0 0 0
  Blanchard ph 1 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Cleveland 015 010 0007110
New York 013 000 2006113
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McLish  W (5-0) 7.0 10 6 6 4 3
  Perry  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
4
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ditmar  L (1-2) 2.1 5 5 3 0 0
  Maas   0.2 1 1 0 1 1
  Shantz   3.0 1 1 0 2 2
  Coates   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Duren   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
3
3
5

  E–Kubek 2 (3), Berra (1).  DP–New York 1. Lumpe-McDougald-Howard.  2B–Cleveland Minoso (3,off Ditmar); Colavito 2 (7,off Ditmar,off Shantz)., New York McDougald (5,off McLish); Kubek (4,off Perry)..  HR–Cleveland Colavito (8,2nd inning off Ditmar 0 on 0 out); Held (6,3rd inning off Ditmar 1 on 0 out)., New York Mantle (5,3rd inning off McLish 0 on 0 out); Howard (2,3rd inning off McLish 1 on 0 out); Berra (2,7th inning off McLish 1 on 0 out).  SF–Strickland (3,off Shantz).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Lumpe (4,by McLish).  Team–8.  U-HP–Frank Tabacchi, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–3:07.  A–36,130.
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