Kansas City Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
May 21, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1959 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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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Kansas City Athletics 0, Boston Red Sox 5

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 3 0 0 0
Williams 3b 4 0 1 0
Boone 1b 3 0 1 0
Maris rf 4 0 0 0
Cerv lf 4 0 0 0
Lopez 2b 4 0 2 0
House c 3 0 2 0
  Chiti ph 1 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 2 0 1 0
  Ward ph 1 0 1 0
  Carroll ss 1 0 0 0
Garver p 2 0 1 0
  Herzog ph 0 0 0 0
  Tomanek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 9 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Busby cf 4 1 1 1
Runnels 2b 3 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
  Geiger lf 0 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 3 1 0 0
Jensen rf 3 2 2 1
Gernert 1b 4 1 2 3
Daley c 4 0 0 0
Buddin ss 4 0 3 0
Brewer p 2 0 0 0
  Kiely p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Kansas City 000 000 000091
Boston 100 001 03x590
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Garver  L (3-2) 6.0 6 2 2 1 3
  Tomanek   2.0 3 3 3 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  W (2-3) 7.1 8 0 0 3 3
  Kiely  SV (1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
0
0
3
4

  E–Williams (4).  DP–Kansas City 1. Williams-Lopez-Boone, Boston 3. Buddin-Runnels-Gernert, Buddin-Runnels-Gernert, Buddin-Runnels-Gernert.  PB–House (3).  2B–Kansas City Williams (11,off Brewer), Boston Buddin (8,off Tomanek).  HR–Boston Busby (1,1st inning off Garver 0 on 0 out); Jensen (10,6th inning off Garver 0 on 2 out); Gernert (5,8th inning off Tomanek 2 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Brewer (1,off Garver).  Team–7.  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Frank Tabacchi, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–3:05.  A–2,572.
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