Chicago White Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
August 4, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1959 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 2, Baltimore Orioles 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith lf 4 0 0 0
Lollar c 4 0 2 0
  Rivera pr 0 0 0 0
Landis cf 4 0 1 0
Phillips 3b 3 1 1 0
Torgeson 1b 2 0 0 0
  Romano ph 1 1 1 2
  Cash 1b 0 0 0 0
McAnany rf 3 0 1 0
McBride p 3 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Klaus ss 3 0 1 1
Boyd 1b 5 1 1 0
Pilarcik rf 4 0 2 1
Woodling lf 2 1 0 0
Shetrone cf 3 0 0 0
Ginsberg c 4 1 1 0
Robinson 3b,2b 2 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 2 0 0 0
  Pearson ph 1 0 0 0
  Miranda 2b 0 0 0 0
  Tasby ph 1 0 0 0
  Dropo 3b 0 0 0 0
Hoeft p 3 0 1 0
  Nieman ph 0 0 0 1
  O'Dell pr 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Chicago 000 000 200262
Baltimore 001 000 02x361
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McBride  L (0-1) 7.1 5 3 1 7 3
  Lown   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Staley   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
1
8
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  W (2-5) 8.0 5 2 2 0 5
  Brown  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
0
5

  E–Phillips (13), Cash (3), Pilarcik (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Fox-Aparicio-Torgeson, Baltimore 1. Pilarcik-Boyd.  2B–Chicago McAnany (6,off Hoeft); Phillips (21,off Hoeft), Baltimore Boyd (12,off McBride); Hoeft (1,off McBride).  HR–Chicago Romano (4,7th inning off Hoeft 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–3.  Team–11.  CS–Aparicio (9,2nd base by Hoeft/Ginsberg); Pilarcik (3,2nd base by McBride/Lollar).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:24.  A–11,746.
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