Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
May 30, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1959 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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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Baltimore Orioles 3, Boston Red Sox 8

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 5 1 1 0
Woodling rf 4 1 4 1
Nieman lf 3 0 0 1
Triandos c 3 0 1 0
Tasby cf 4 0 1 0
Finigan 3b 4 1 1 0
Lockman 1b 4 0 1 0
Gardner 2b 4 0 2 0
Walker p 2 0 0 0
  Harshman p 0 0 0 0
  Pearson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Buddin ss 4 0 0 0
Runnels 2b 5 1 2 1
Williams lf 4 2 2 2
  Busby cf 0 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 3 0 1 0
Jensen cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 2 0
Gernert rf,lf 2 2 1 1
White c 4 1 1 3
Wills p 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 8 11 7
Baltimore 110 010 0003110
Boston 000 011 24x8110
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Walker  L (4-1) 7.0 9 6 6 3 3
  Harshman   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
4
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wills  W (1-0) 9.0 11 3 3 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1. Gardner-Carrasquel-Lockman, Boston 2. White-Malzone, Buddin-Runnels-Wertz.  2B–Baltimore Triandos (4,off Wills); Carrasquel (5,off Wills), Boston Wills (1,off Walker); Malzone (10,off Walker); Runnels (14,off Walker); Jensen (10,off Walker); White (4,off Harshman).  3B–Baltimore Woodling (1,off Wills).  HR–Boston Gernert (7,5th inning off Walker 0 on 0 out); Williams (1,7th inning off Walker 1 on 2 out).  SH–Walker (1,off Wills); Wills (1,off Harshman).  SF–Nieman (1,off Wills).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Wertz (1,by Walker).  IBB–Gernert (2,by Walker).  Team–7.  CS–Woodling (1,3rd base by Wills/White).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:27.  A–19,403.
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