Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
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 Yankee Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 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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Boston Red Sox 12, New York Yankees 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Buddin ss 3 1 0 0
Runnels 2b 3 3 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 1 2 1
  Busby pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Gernert lf,1b 5 0 2 2
Jensen rf 5 2 2 2
Malzone 3b 3 3 1 0
Geiger cf,lf 5 1 3 2
Daley c 4 0 2 4
Brewer p 5 0 0 0
Totals 38 12 12 11
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald 2b 3 1 2 0
Kubek ss 3 1 2 0
Mantle cf 3 0 2 1
Skowron 1b 4 0 0 0
Berra c 3 0 0 0
  Blanchard c 1 0 0 0
Siebern lf 4 0 0 0
Howard rf 3 0 0 0
Carey 3b 3 0 1 0
Turley p 2 0 0 0
  Coates p 0 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Ditmar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 1
Boston 021 000 54012120
New York 200 000 000271
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  W (3-3) 9.0 7 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Turley  L (3-6) 6.2 5 7 7 8 4
  Coates   0.1 2 1 0 0 0
  Shantz   0.1 4 4 4 1 0
  Ditmar   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
12
11
10
4

  E–Kubek (5).  DP–Boston 3. Malzone-Runnels-Wertz, Buddin-Runnels-Wertz, Runnels-Buddin-Gernert.  2B–Boston Jensen 2 (8,off Turley,off Shantz).  SF–Daley (1,off Turley); Jensen (4,off Turley).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Kubek (5,off Brewer).  Team–4.  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:52.  A–33,173.
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