Kansas City Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
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 Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 1

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 5 1 1 0
Herzog rf 5 0 1 0
Williams lf 5 1 2 1
Boone 1b 3 1 1 1
  Hadley 1b 0 0 0 0
Lumpe 2b 4 0 2 1
Smith 3b 2 0 1 0
House c 4 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 3 0 0 0
Coleman p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
Power 1b 4 0 1 0
Minoso lf 4 0 1 0
Colavito rf 4 0 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 1 2 0
Baxes 3b 4 0 1 0
Held ss 3 0 1 1
Martin 2b 2 0 0 0
McLish p 2 0 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
  Bolger ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Kansas City 000 002 100380
Cleveland 010 000 000162
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  W (1-3) 9.0 6 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McLish  L (5-2) 7.0 7 3 3 3 4
  Grant   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Perry   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
6

  E–Power (2), McLish (1), Power (2), McLish (1).  DP–Kansas City 1. Martin-Held-Power, Cleveland 1. Martin-Held-Power.  2B–Kansas City Williams (17,off McLish); Boone (3,off McLish); Lumpe (2,off McLish); Tuttle (8,off McLish), Cleveland Fitz Gerald (7,off Coleman); Held (4,off Coleman).  IBB–DeMaestri (2,by McLish).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Martin (3,off Coleman).  Team–5.  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Frank Tabacchi.  T–2:14.  A–20,338.
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