Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
May 16, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1959 at Fenway Park. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Cleveland Indians 12, Boston Red Sox 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Held 3b 6 2 2 0
Piersall cf 4 1 1 1
Power 1b 5 2 2 1
Colavito rf 5 3 3 4
Minoso lf 5 0 1 0
Strickland ss 5 2 3 2
Nixon c 3 1 2 1
Martin 2b 5 0 2 2
Score p 5 1 0 0
Totals 43 12 16 11
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Busby cf 5 1 1 0
Runnels 2b 3 1 1 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 2 1
Jensen rf 2 2 0 0
Gernert 1b 2 1 1 3
Daley c 3 0 0 0
Buddin ss 4 0 1 2
Baumann p 0 0 0 0
  Casale p 2 0 0 0
  Fornieles p 0 0 0 0
  Renna ph 1 0 0 0
  Kiely p 0 0 0 0
  Consolo ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 6 6
Cleveland 400 014 00312160
Boston 000 024 000662
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Score  W (3-2) 9.0 6 6 6 7 9
Totals
9.0
6
6
6
7
9
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumann  L (2-1) 0.1 5 4 4 1 0
  Casale   5.0 6 5 5 1 3
  Fornieles   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Kiely   3.0 5 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
12
12
2
5

  E–Williams (1), Buddin (7).  DP–Cleveland 1. Strickland-Martin-Power.  2B–Cleveland Held (1,off Baumann); Piersall (5,off Baumann); Nixon (1,off Casale); Martin (4,off Casale); Minoso (4,off Kiely), Boston Malzone (8,off Score); Runnels (8,off Score).  3B–Cleveland Strickland (1,off Kiely).  HR–Cleveland Colavito 2 (11,1st inning off Baumann 2 on 0 out,5th inning off Casale 0 on 2 out), Boston Gernert (3,5th inning off Score 1 on 0 out).  SH–Nixon (2,off Kiely).  Team LOB–7.  SF–Gernert (1,off Score).  Team–6.  CS–Minoso (2,2nd base by Casale/Daley).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–3:04.  A–16,057.
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