Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
June 27, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1959 at Briggs 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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Baltimore Orioles 2, Detroit Tigers 12

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Tasby cf 5 0 0 0
Klaus 3b 4 1 3 0
Woodling rf 4 0 2 0
  Pearson rf 0 0 0 0
Nieman lf 5 0 0 0
Triandos c 2 1 1 0
  Ginsberg c 1 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 2 1
Gardner 2b 4 0 0 0
Miranda ss 3 0 2 1
Hoeft p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Portocarrero p 1 0 0 0
  Pilarcik ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 2 1 1
Kuenn rf 5 1 1 0
Maxwell lf 5 1 1 1
Kaline cf 3 4 2 2
Zernial 1b 4 2 2 5
Wilson c 3 1 3 3
Bridges ss 4 0 1 0
Lepcio 2b 4 1 1 0
Foytack p 3 0 1 0
Totals 35 12 13 12
Baltimore 011 000 0002110
Detroit 022 413 00x12130
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  L (1-5) 2.1 4 4 4 2 2
  Johnson   1.2 6 5 5 0 1
  Portocarrero   4.0 3 3 3 2 2
Totals
8.0
13
12
12
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack  W (6-7) 9.0 11 2 2 4 4
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
4
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1. Miranda-Dropo, Detroit 2. Bridges-Lepcio-Zernial, Yost-Lepcio-Wilson.  2B–Baltimore Woodling (11,off Foytack); Miranda (4,off Foytack), Detroit Kuenn (20,off Hoeft).  HR–Detroit Zernial 2 (3,2nd inning off Hoeft 1 on 0 out,6th inning off Portocarrero 2 on 2 out); Kaline (15,4th inning off Johnson 1 on 2 out); Wilson (1,5th inning off Johnson 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Foytack (1,off Johnson).  Team–4.  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:16.  A–10,856.
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