Kansas City Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
July 14, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1959 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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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Kansas City Athletics 1, Baltimore Orioles 3

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 0 1 0
Lumpe ss,2b 3 0 1 0
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Cerv lf 4 0 1 0
Maris rf 4 1 1 1
Boone 1b 4 0 0 0
House c 3 0 0 0
Terwilliger 2b 2 0 0 0
  Snyder ph 0 0 0 0
  DeMaestri ss 0 0 0 0
Kucks p 2 0 1 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Dickson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Tasby cf 3 1 2 1
Boyd 1b 4 0 1 0
  Dropo 1b 0 0 0 0
Pearson lf 4 0 0 0
Triandos c 3 0 0 0
Pilarcik rf 3 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 2 1 0
Klaus ss 2 0 2 0
Gardner 2b 4 0 1 1
Pappas p 3 0 1 1
Totals 29 3 8 3
Kansas City 010 000 000150
Baltimore 110 100 00x380
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kucks  L (3-5) 7.0 8 3 3 4 2
  Dickson   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
6
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Pappas  W (10-4) 9.0 5 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1. Klaus-Gardner-Boyd, Baltimore 1. Klaus-Gardner-Boyd.  2B–Kansas City Tuttle (11,off Pappas), Baltimore Robinson (3,off Kucks).  HR–Kansas City Maris (12,2nd inning off Pappas 0 on 0 out), Baltimore Tasby (8,1st inning off Kucks 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–8.  CS–Robinson (1,2nd base by Dickson/House); Robinson (1,2nd base by Dickson/House).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–1:56.  A–8,088.
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