Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 27, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1959 at Cleveland Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Boston Red Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 0

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Buddin ss 5 0 1 0
Runnels 2b 3 1 0 0
Busby cf 5 0 1 1
Gernert 1b 4 1 2 0
Jensen rf 3 1 2 1
Williams lf 1 0 0 0
  Stephens lf 1 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 1 2
White c 3 0 0 0
Casale p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Held ss,cf 3 0 0 0
Power 1b 4 0 0 0
Minoso lf 3 0 1 0
Colavito rf 3 0 0 0
Strickland 3b,ss 2 0 1 0
Baxes 2b 4 0 1 0
Fitz Gerald c 2 0 0 0
  Cicotte p 0 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Martin 3b 1 0 0 0
Piersall cf 2 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
Score p 1 0 0 0
  Nixon ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Boston 011 101 000470
Cleveland 000 000 000030
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Casale  W (7-6) 9.0 3 0 0 5 3
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
5
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Score  L (9-9) 5.0 4 3 3 5 5
  Cicotte   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Garcia   2.0 2 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
7
10

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1. Buddin-Runnels-Gernert, Cleveland 1. Strickland-Baxes-Power.  2B–Boston Busby (5,off Score).  HR–Boston Jensen (22,4th inning off Score 0 on 0 out); Malzone (12,6th inning off Cicotte 0 on 1 out).  IBB–White (5,by Garcia).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  SB–Jensen (12,2nd base off Garcia/Nixon); Runnels 2 (4,2nd base off Garcia/Nixon,3rd base off Garcia/Nixon).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:46.  A–12,716.
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