Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
July 11, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 1959 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 7, Cleveland Indians 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 2 2 1 0
Kuenn rf 4 1 3 0
Maxwell lf 5 1 2 4
Kaline cf 4 1 3 1
Wilson c 5 0 0 0
Zernial 1b 4 1 1 1
  Osborne 1b 1 0 0 0
Bridges ss 3 1 0 0
  Berberet ph 0 0 0 0
  Veal pr 0 0 0 0
Lepcio 2b 4 0 0 0
Mossi p 1 0 0 0
  Chrisley ph 1 0 0 0
  Burnside p 1 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 1 1
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Strickland 3b 5 1 1 0
Power 1b 5 0 2 1
Minoso lf 5 1 2 0
Francona cf 4 1 1 0
Colavito rf 4 2 3 3
Held ss 4 0 1 0
Baxes 2b 4 1 1 0
Brown c 3 1 1 1
  Nixon ph 0 0 0 0
  Martin pr 0 1 0 0
  Fitz Gerald c 0 0 0 0
Garcia p 1 0 1 2
  Grant p 2 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Valo ph 0 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 7
Detroit 011 130 0107115
Cleveland 032 010 02x8131
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mossi   3.0 8 5 5 0 3
  Burnside   4.0 4 1 1 0 2
  Sisler  L (1-3) 1.0 1 2 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
13
8
7
2
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   2.2 5 2 2 0 1
  Grant   4.2 5 5 5 6 4
  Perry  W (3-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bell  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
7
6

  E–Wilson (2), Osborne (6), Bridges (15), Lepcio 2 (3), Baxes (7).  HR–Detroit Kaline (16,2nd inning off Garcia 0 on 0 out); Zernial (5,4th inning off Grant 0 on 0 out); Maxwell (20,5th inning off Grant 2 on 0 out), Cleveland Colavito 2 (26,3rd inning off Mossi 1 on 2 out,5th inning off Burnside 0 on 2 out).  SH–Lepcio (1,off Grant).  Team LOB–10.  Team–7.  CS–Kuenn (2,2nd base by Garcia/Brown).  SB–Power (9,2nd base off Sisler/Wilson).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Bob Stewart.  T–3:10.  A–29,895.
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