Cleveland Indians vs Chicago White Sox
July 9, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1959 at Comiskey Park I. 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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Cleveland Indians 3, Chicago White Sox 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Strickland 3b 4 0 0 0
Power 1b 4 0 2 0
Minoso lf 4 0 0 0
Francona cf 3 1 1 0
Colavito rf 3 1 0 0
Held ss 4 0 0 0
Baxes 2b 4 1 1 1
Brown c 3 0 1 1
Score p 2 0 0 0
  Piersall ph 1 0 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 3 2 1 0
Fox 2b 2 0 1 0
Landis cf 2 0 1 3
Lollar 1b 4 0 0 0
Smith lf 3 0 0 0
Battey c 3 0 0 0
Phillips 3b 3 2 2 1
McAnany rf 4 0 0 0
Pierce p 2 0 0 0
Totals 26 4 5 4
Cleveland 020 000 100350
Chicago 100 021 00x452
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Score  L (9-6) 6.0 4 4 4 6 2
  Grant   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
8
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce  W (9-10) 9.0 5 3 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
5
3
1
2
5

  E–Phillips (9), Pierce (2).  DP–Cleveland 1. Held-Baxes-Power, Chicago 2. Pierce-Aparicio, Aparicio-Fox-Lollar.  2B–Cleveland Power (19,off Pierce).  HR–Cleveland Baxes (6,7th inning off Pierce 0 on 1 out), Chicago Phillips (4,6th inning off Score 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Landis (7,off Score).  Team–7.  SB–Aparicio (26,2nd base off Score/Brown).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:31.  A–36,742.
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