Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
June 10, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 10, 1959 at Memorial Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 11, Baltimore Orioles 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Held ss 5 1 1 0
Power 1b 4 1 0 0
Francona cf 5 2 2 1
Colavito rf 4 5 4 6
Minoso lf 5 1 3 3
Jones 3b 3 0 0 0
  Strickland 3b 2 0 1 0
Brown c 4 0 1 0
Martin 2b 3 1 1 1
  Webster ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Bell p 3 0 0 0
  Garcia p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 13 11
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Pearson cf 3 1 2 0
Pilarcik rf 5 1 1 2
Woodling lf 5 1 3 1
Triandos c 2 0 1 1
  Ginsberg c 1 1 0 0
Hale 1b 3 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
  Boyd ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Nieman ph 1 1 1 0
Klaus 3b 5 0 2 4
Carrasquel ss 5 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 4 1 1 0
Walker p 1 1 1 0
  Portocarrero p 1 0 0 0
  Lockman 1b 1 1 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
Cleveland 312 013 00111130
Baltimore 120 000 4018120
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  W (5-5) 6.1 8 7 7 4 3
  Garcia  SV (1) 2.2 4 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
4
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Walker  L (4-3) 2.1 4 6 6 2 1
  Portocarrero   3.1 7 4 4 1 3
  Zuverink   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Johnson   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
11
11
3
4

  E–None.  2B–Cleveland Brown (1,off Portocarrero); Held (7,off Portocarrero); Francona (2,off Portocarrero), Baltimore Klaus (4,off Garcia); Nieman (6,off Garcia).  HR–Cleveland Minoso (7,1st inning off Walker 2 on 2 out); Martin (7,2nd inning off Walker 0 on 1 out); Colavito 4 (18,3rd inning off Walker 1 on 1 out,5th inning off Portocarrero 0 on 1 out,6th inning off Portocarrero 1 on 2 out,9th inning off Johnson 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Triandos (3,off Bell).  Team–8.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:54.  A–15,883.
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