Kansas City Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
June 19, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1959 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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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Kansas City Athletics 2, Baltimore Orioles 8

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 1 1 0
Lumpe 2b 4 1 1 1
Williams 3b,rf 3 0 0 1
Boone 1b 4 0 1 0
Cerv lf 4 0 0 0
Bella rf 1 0 0 0
  Smith 3b 1 0 0 0
Chiti c 3 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 3 0 1 0
Kucks p 1 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0
  Terwilliger ph 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Klaus 3b 3 2 0 0
Pearson cf 5 1 2 0
Pilarcik rf 4 1 1 0
Woodling lf 3 1 1 3
Boyd 1b 4 0 2 1
Ginsberg c 3 1 1 1
Carrasquel ss 2 0 1 0
  Miranda ss 2 1 1 0
Gardner 2b 4 1 1 3
O'Dell p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 10 8
Kansas City 101 000 000241
Baltimore 002 030 30x8100
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kucks  L (1-4) 4.0 6 5 5 3 0
  Sturdivant   3.0 4 3 0 0 2
  Gorman   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
5
3
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell  W (3-6) 9.0 4 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
1
1

  E–Boone (4).  2B–Baltimore Pilarcik (7,off Kucks); Miranda (3,off Sturdivant).  3B–Kansas City Tuttle (2,off O'Dell).  HR–Kansas City Lumpe (1,3rd inning off O'Dell 0 on 2 out), Baltimore Woodling (9,3rd inning off Kucks 1 on 2 out); Gardner (3,7th inning off Sturdivant 2 on 2 out).  SH–Kucks (1,off O'Dell); Pilarcik (5,off Kucks).  SF–Williams (1,off O'Dell); Ginsberg (1,off Sturdivant).  Team LOB–3.  Team–7.  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Frank Tabacchi, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–1:57.
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