Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
July 17, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1959 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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 2, Baltimore Orioles 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lepcio 3b 4 0 0 0
Kuenn rf 4 0 1 0
Maxwell lf 4 0 0 0
Groth cf 4 0 0 0
Berberet c 4 0 0 0
Harris 1b 3 1 1 0
Bridges ss 2 0 0 0
  Chrisley ph 1 0 0 0
  Veal ss 0 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 3 1 2 1
Mossi p 2 0 0 0
  Yost ph 1 0 1 1
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Tasby cf 3 0 0 0
Woodling lf 4 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 0 0
Triandos c 3 0 0 0
Taylor rf 3 0 1 0
  Pilarcik rf 0 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 1 1 1
Gardner 2b 2 1 0 0
Miranda ss 3 1 1 0
Brown p 2 0 0 0
  Pappas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 3 1
Detroit 001 000 010251
Baltimore 030 000 00x330
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mossi  L (7-4) 7.0 3 3 1 3 2
  Morgan   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
3
3
1
3
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (6-5) 7.1 5 2 2 0 3
  Pappas  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
0
3

  E–Bridges (18).  DP–Detroit 1. Bridges-Bolling-Harris.  2B–Detroit Kuenn (26,off Brown).  HR–Detroit Bolling (6,3rd inning off Brown 0 on 1 out), Baltimore Robinson (1,2nd inning off Mossi 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–3.  Team–3.  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–1:56.  A–26,808.
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