Washington Senators vs Baltimore Orioles
May 26, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1959 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 5, Baltimore Orioles 6

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Bertoia 2b 5 0 1 1
Allison cf 5 0 2 1
Killebrew 3b 4 0 0 0
Lemon lf 4 0 0 0
Becquer 1b 4 2 3 0
Naragon c 4 1 1 0
Throneberry rf 4 1 3 3
Samford ss 4 0 1 0
Kemmerer p 2 0 0 0
  Pearson ph 1 0 0 0
  Clevenger p 0 0 0 0
  Plews ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Tasby cf 5 2 2 1
Lockman 1b,2b 4 1 2 1
Woodling rf,lf 5 1 2 3
  O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
  Loes p 0 0 0 0
Nieman lf 3 0 2 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 1 1
  Green pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Triandos c 4 0 0 0
Klaus 3b 2 0 0 0
  Miranda 3b 0 0 0 0
Carrasquel ss 3 1 2 0
Gardner 2b 2 0 0 0
  Boyd ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Brown p 2 0 0 0
  Pilarcik ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Totals 35 6 13 6
Washington 000 102 0025110
Baltimore 000 014 01x6130
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Kemmerer  L (4-4) 6.0 9 5 5 5 3
  Clevenger   2.0 4 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
5
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (2-1) 6.0 7 3 3 1 8
  Johnson   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  O'Dell   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Loes  SV (6) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Washington 1. Bertoia-Samford-Becquer, Baltimore 1. Miranda-Lockman-Boyd.  2B–Washington Becquer 2 (4,off Brown 2); Allison (5,off Brown); Naragon (5,off O'Dell), Baltimore Tasby (5,off Clevenger).  HR–Washington Throneberry (1,6th inning off Brown 1 on 2 out), Baltimore Tasby (6,5th inning off Kemmerer 0 on 0 out); Woodling (2,6th inning off Kemmerer 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Carrasquel (3,off Kemmerer).  Team–11.  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:20.  A–9,866.
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