Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 15, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1959 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 6, Baltimore Orioles 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 1 1 0
Kuenn rf 4 2 3 2
Maxwell lf 3 0 0 1
Kaline cf 5 2 2 1
Osborne 1b 5 0 2 1
Berberet c 5 0 0 0
Bridges ss 3 0 0 0
  Veal ss 0 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 3 1 3 0
Narleski p 2 0 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Pearson cf 5 2 2 1
Pilarcik rf 4 1 1 0
Klaus 3b 3 0 1 3
Woodling lf 4 0 1 0
Boyd 1b 5 0 3 0
Carrasquel ss 5 0 1 0
Ginsberg c 4 1 3 0
Gardner 2b 2 0 0 0
  Lockman ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Wilhelm p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
  Loes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
Detroit 000 003 2016111
Baltimore 000 010 0304121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Narleski  W (4-6) 7.2 11 4 4 3 2
  Sisler  SV (5) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
4
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wilhelm  L (9-1) 6.2 8 5 5 1 3
  Johnson   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Zuverink   0.0 0 1 0 1 0
  Loes   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
3
3

  E–Bridges (10), Lockman (2).  PB–Ginsberg (4).  2B–Detroit Kuenn (14,off Wilhelm); Bolling (5,off Wilhelm), Baltimore Pearson (2,off Narleski); Pilarcik (6,off Narleski).  HR–Detroit Kuenn (2,7th inning off Wilhelm 1 on 2 out).  SH–Narleski 2 (2,off Wilhelm 2); Pilarcik (4,off Narleski); Wilhelm (3,off Narleski).  SF–Maxwell (2,off Wilhelm); Klaus (2,off Narleski).  HBP–Maxwell (2,by Wilhelm).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–Gardner (4,by Narleski).  Team–13.  U-HP–Frank Tabacchi, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:45.  A–17,308.
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