Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
July 18, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 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 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Lepcio 3b 4 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
Kuenn rf 4 0 1 0
Groth cf 4 0 0 0
Maxwell lf 3 1 1 0
Berberet c 4 1 1 1
Harris 1b 3 0 2 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 1 1
Bridges ss 2 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 1 0 0 0
  Veal ss 1 0 0 0
Foytack p 0 0 0 0
  Chrisley ph 1 0 0 0
  Burnside p 0 0 0 0
  Yost ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Tasby cf 4 0 1 2
Boyd 1b 2 1 1 0
  Dropo 1b 2 0 2 0
Woodling lf 3 1 3 1
Triandos c 4 0 0 0
Pearson rf 4 1 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 2 2
Klaus ss 2 1 1 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 0 0
  Miranda ss 0 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 4 1 1 0
Portocarrero p 2 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 12 5
Detroit 000 101 000261
Baltimore 121 000 01x5120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack  L (8-8) 3.0 7 4 3 0 1
  Burnside   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Schultz   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
12
5
4
1
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Portocarrero  W (1-5) 5.0 5 2 2 3 2
  Hoeft   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Walker  SV (2) 3.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
3

  E–Groth (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Bolling-Bridges-Harris, Baltimore 1. Gardner-Klaus-Boyd.  PB–Berberet (4).  2B–Baltimore Woodling (16,off Foytack); Dropo (3,off Schultz); Robinson (4,off Schultz).  3B–Baltimore Tasby (4,off Foytack); Pearson (2,off Schultz).  HR–Detroit Berberet (8,4th inning off Portocarrero 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Miranda (1,off Schultz).  Team–7.  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:24.
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