Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
June 5, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1959 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 2, Chicago White Sox 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Buddin ss 5 0 1 0
Runnels 2b 5 0 1 0
Williams lf 2 0 1 0
  Busby pr,cf 1 0 1 0
Gernert 1b 3 0 0 0
Jensen rf 3 1 1 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 1 1
Geiger cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Daley c 3 0 0 0
  Wertz ph 1 0 0 0
  Brewer pr 0 0 0 0
  White c 0 0 0 0
Baumann p 1 0 1 0
  Monbouquette p 1 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
  Kiely p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 3 1 2 0
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0
Phillips 3b 5 0 1 1
Lollar 1b,c 4 0 0 0
Ennis lf 4 0 0 0
  Rivera lf 0 0 0 0
Romano c 2 1 1 0
  Torgeson 1b 1 1 1 0
Smith rf 3 1 2 1
Landis cf 3 1 1 0
Wynn p 2 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Simpson ph 1 0 1 3
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Arias p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Boston 010 000 010270
Chicago 000 100 13x5101
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumann   4.0 4 1 1 4 1
  Monbouquette   3.0 4 1 1 0 2
  Wall  L (1-4) 0.0 1 3 3 1 0
  Kiely   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
5
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn   7.0 6 2 1 6 5
  Staley  W (2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lown   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Arias  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
8
5

  E–Torgeson (2).  DP–Boston 1. Malzone-Daley-Buddin, Chicago 1. Fox-Aparicio-Lollar.  2B–Boston Runnels (16,off Wynn), Chicago Aparicio 2 (10,off Baumann,off Monbouquette); Simpson (1,off Kiely).  3B–Chicago Smith (2,off Baumann).  HR–Boston Malzone (7,2nd inning off Wynn 0 on 1 out).  IBB–Williams (2,by Wynn); Landis (2,by Wall).  Team LOB–13.  SH–Smith (3,off Wall); Aparicio (4,off Kiely).  Team–10.  SB–Malzone (2,2nd base off Wynn/Romano).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–3:01.  A–32,321.
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