Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
June 23, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1959 at Cleveland Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Baltimore Orioles 5, Cleveland Indians 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Tasby cf 4 1 2 1
Boyd 1b 3 0 1 0
Woodling rf,lf 3 1 1 0
Nieman lf 3 0 1 1
  Pilarcik ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Triandos c 5 0 1 1
Klaus 3b 3 1 0 0
Gardner 2b 4 1 1 0
Miranda ss 4 1 1 1
Pappas p 4 0 1 1
Totals 34 5 10 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Held ss 4 1 1 1
Power 1b 4 0 1 0
Francona cf 4 0 1 0
Colavito rf 4 0 1 0
Minoso lf 3 0 0 0
Strickland 3b 3 0 0 0
Brown c 3 0 0 0
Martin 2b 2 0 0 0
  Webster ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Bell p 1 0 1 0
  Brodowski p 0 0 0 0
  Piersall ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Baltimore 002 003 0005100
Cleveland 000 000 010150
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Pappas  W (7-3) 9.0 5 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (6-7) 5.1 7 5 5 4 2
  Brodowski   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Garcia   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Perry   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1. Pappas-Miranda-Boyd, Cleveland 1. Brown-Strickland.  2B–Baltimore Gardner (8,off Bell).  HR–Cleveland Held (12,8th inning off Pappas 0 on 2 out).  SH–Boyd (9,off Bell); Pilarcik (7,off Garcia).  Team LOB–9.  Team–4.  CS–Pappas (1,3rd base by Brodowski/Brown).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Eddie Rommel, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:35.  A–19,979.
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