Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 1, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1959 at Cleveland Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland Indians 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Landis cf 3 0 0 1
Fox 2b 3 1 0 0
Goodman 3b 4 0 0 0
  Phillips 3b 1 0 0 0
Lollar c 4 0 1 1
Torgeson 1b 2 2 1 1
Rivera rf 4 0 0 0
Smith lf 4 1 1 0
Aparicio ss 2 2 2 2
Latman p 1 0 0 0
  Staley p 2 0 1 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 6 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Held ss 5 1 1 2
Power 1b 5 1 2 0
Francona cf 5 1 2 1
Colavito rf 4 1 1 0
Minoso lf 3 0 1 0
Strickland 3b 4 0 2 2
Baxes 2b 1 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Martin 2b 1 0 0 0
Brown c 4 0 0 0
Grant p 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Hamner ph 1 0 0 0
  Locke p 0 0 0 0
  Piersall ph 1 0 1 0
  Brodowski p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Chicago 031 100 001661
Cleveland 200 001 0025112
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Latman  W (2-2) 5.0 6 3 3 3 0
  Staley   3.0 5 2 2 0 2
  Lown  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Grant  L (5-4) 2.0 2 4 3 3 0
  Perry   3.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Locke   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Brodowski   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
6
5
7
1

  E–Lollar (4), Power (4), Baxes (4).  DP–Chicago 1. Fox-Aparicio-Torgeson, Cleveland 1. Brown-Strickland.  PB–Lollar (3).  3B–Chicago Aparicio (1,off Grant).  HR–Chicago Torgeson (7,4th inning off Perry 0 on 0 out), Cleveland Francona (8,6th inning off Latman 0 on 0 out); Held (15,9th inning off Staley 1 on 0 out).  SH–Torgeson (1,off Brodowski).  SF–Landis (6,off Brodowski).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  SB–Aparicio 2 (23,2nd base off Locke/Brown,2nd base off Brodowski/Brown); Power (7,2nd base off Latman/Lollar).  CS–Landis (2,3rd base by Perry/Brown); Lollar (2,2nd base by Perry/Brown).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:51.  A–16,700.
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