Kansas City Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
June 20, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1959 at Memorial Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 6, Baltimore Orioles 2

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 5 2 2 0
Lumpe 2b 5 1 1 1
Hadley 1b 5 1 3 2
Cerv lf 4 2 2 2
Williams rf 5 0 3 1
House c 4 0 1 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 2 0
Smith 3b 3 0 1 0
Daley p 2 0 1 0
  Grim p 1 0 1 0
Totals 38 6 17 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Tasby cf 4 1 2 1
Boyd 1b 3 0 1 0
Nieman lf 4 0 1 1
  Loes p 0 0 0 0
Triandos c 3 0 0 0
Taylor rf 4 0 0 0
Finigan 3b 4 0 1 0
Gardner 2b 3 1 1 0
  Pearson ph 0 0 0 0
Miranda ss 2 0 0 0
  Woodling ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Wilhelm p 2 0 0 0
  Pilarcik ph 0 0 0 0
  Klaus ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Kansas City 011 000 1126170
Baltimore 000 000 020270
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Daley  W (6-5) 7.2 6 2 2 2 4
  Grim  SV (1) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Wilhelm  L (9-2) 8.0 13 4 4 2 2
  Loes   1.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
6
6
2
2

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1. DeMaestri-Lumpe-Hadley, Baltimore 2. Wilhelm-Miranda-Boyd, Miranda-Gardner-Boyd.  2B–Kansas City Williams (22,off Wilhelm); DeMaestri (13,off Wilhelm).  3B–Kansas City Lumpe (2,off Wilhelm).  HR–Kansas City Cerv 2 (7,2nd inning off Wilhelm 0 on 0 out,8th inning off Wilhelm 0 on 0 out); Hadley (5,3rd inning off Wilhelm 0 on 1 out).  SH–Daley (3,off Wilhelm); Pilarcik (6,off Daley).  HBP–House (2,by Wilhelm).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  CS–Cerv (2,2nd base by Wilhelm/Triandos); House (4,2nd base by Wilhelm/Triandos).  SB–Pearson (3,2nd base off Grim/House).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Frank Tabacchi.  T–2:20.  A–25,970.
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