Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
July 5, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1959 at Memorial Stadium. The Boston Red Sox 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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Boston Red Sox 9, Baltimore Orioles 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Buddin ss 4 1 2 1
Runnels 2b 5 0 0 0
Keough cf 5 1 1 0
Wertz 1b 3 1 1 1
  Gernert 1b 2 0 0 0
Jensen rf 4 2 2 2
Williams lf 3 1 2 0
  Stephens pr,lf 1 1 1 0
Malzone 3b 3 2 1 0
White c 4 0 2 5
Brewer p 3 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 3 0 0 0
Pilarcik rf 2 0 0 0
  Taylor rf 1 0 0 0
Woodling lf 4 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 0 0
Tasby cf 2 0 0 0
  Portocarrero p 1 0 0 0
  Boyd ph 1 0 1 0
Ginsberg c 4 0 0 0
Klaus 3b 2 0 1 0
Gardner 2b 3 0 1 0
Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Pearson cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Boston 000 350 010–9121
Baltimore 000 000 000–031
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  W (6-5) 9.0 3 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
3
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  L (5-4) 4.1 7 6 6 1 3
  Portocarrero   4.2 5 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
2
5
  E–Buddin (17), Carrasquel (10).  DP–Boston 1. Malzone-Runnels-Gernert.  PB–Ginsberg (5).  2B–Boston White (5,off Portocarrero).  HR–Boston Jensen (18,4th inning off Brown 0 on 2 out).  SH–Brewer (3,off Portocarrero); Brown (5,off Brewer).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:18.
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