Kansas City Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 5, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1959 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 17

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 5 2 2 1
Snyder lf 4 0 0 0
  Bella ph 1 0 1 0
Williams 3b 5 1 3 0
Maris rf 3 1 0 1
Lumpe ss 4 0 2 1
Ward 1b 4 0 1 2
Chiti c 4 0 1 0
Terwilliger 2b 3 1 3 0
Kucks p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 1 1 0 0
  Garver p 0 0 0 0
  Cerv ph 1 0 1 0
  Grim p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 14 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Green 2b 4 3 2 0
Runnels 1b 5 3 3 1
  Mahoney pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Geiger cf,lf 5 3 3 6
Williams lf 3 0 1 1
  Keough pr,cf 2 0 0 0
Jensen rf 5 2 1 1
  Busby rf 0 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 5 3 4 5
Buddin ss 4 1 2 1
  Kiely p 0 0 0 0
White c 4 1 1 1
Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Delock p 4 0 1 0
  Wertz ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 17 18 16
Kansas City 230 000 0016142
Boston 402 151 31x17181
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kucks   0.1 3 4 3 1 1
  Reed  L (0-3) 4.1 5 6 4 3 4
  Garver   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Grim   3.0 7 5 5 1 2
Totals
8.0
18
17
14
5
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   1.0 5 5 5 2 1
  Delock  W (8-6) 7.0 7 0 0 2 2
  Kiely  SV (3) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
4
3

  E–Tuttle (4), Terwilliger (5), Jensen (5).  DP–Boston 4. Malzone-Green-Runnels, Delock-Green-Runnels, Runnels-Buddin-Runnels, Malzone-Green-Wertz.  2B–Boston Geiger (8,off Kucks); Malzone (23,off Kucks); Jensen (24,off Grim); Buddin (19,off Grim).  3B–Boston Geiger (3,off Grim).  HR–Boston Malzone 2 (17,3rd inning off Reed 1 on 2 out,6th inning off Grim 0 on 0 out); Geiger (7,5th inning off Garver 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Geiger (3,off Reed).  SF–Williams (5,off Reed).  Team–8.  CS–Terwilliger (2,2nd base by Delock/White).  SB–Buddin (5,2nd base off Reed/Chiti); White (3,2nd base off Reed/Chiti).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:58.  A–15,980.
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