Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Athletics
May 24, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City Athletics 8

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 2 0
Fox 2b 4 2 2 1
Landis cf 5 1 2 0
Lollar c 5 1 2 3
Doby 1b 5 0 0 1
Ennis lf 5 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 1 1 0
Phillips 3b 4 0 2 0
Pierce p 1 0 1 1
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Latman p 1 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Callison ph 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 12 6
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 1 2 0
Herzog rf 3 3 2 0
Boone 1b 4 1 2 0
  Hadley 1b 0 0 0 0
Cerv lf 5 2 2 3
  Smith 3b 0 0 0 0
Lopez 2b 4 1 2 4
  Terwilliger 2b 0 0 0 0
Williams 3b,lf 4 0 2 1
House c 4 0 1 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 0 0
Herbert p 3 0 2 0
Totals 35 8 15 8
Chicago 011 000 2026120
Kansas City 340 001 00x8152
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce  L (5-4) 1.2 7 7 7 2 1
  Moore   1.0 2 0 0 2 0
  Latman   2.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Staley   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Lown   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
8
8
4
3
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert  W (4-3) 9.0 12 6 5 1 3
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
1
3

  E–Lopez 2 (10).  DP–Chicago 1. Aparicio-Fox-Doby.  2B–Chicago Landis (3,off Herbert); Phillips (10,off Herbert); Aparicio (6,off Herbert), Kansas City Williams (15,off Pierce); Lopez (10,off Moore); Boone (2,off Latman).  3B–Kansas City Lopez (3,off Pierce).  HR–Chicago Lollar (6,9th inning off Herbert 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Boone (1,off Staley).  Team–8.  CS–Tuttle (1,2nd base by Pierce/Lollar); House (2,2nd base by Moore/Lollar).  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:37.  A–14,985.
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