Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 12, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 11, Detroit Tigers 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Landis cf 1 2 1 0
Fox 2b 4 3 2 3
Goodman 3b 3 1 2 2
  Phillips pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Torgeson 1b 4 1 1 2
Lollar c 4 1 2 3
Simpson rf 5 0 0 1
  McAnany rf 0 0 0 0
Rivera lf 5 0 0 0
Esposito ss 3 1 0 0
Latman p 2 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 1 0 0
  Romano ph 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 11 8 11
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 1 2 0
Bolling 2b 5 2 2 2
Kuenn rf 5 1 3 2
Kaline cf 5 1 2 1
Maxwell lf 5 0 0 0
Harris 1b 4 1 2 0
Wilson c 1 0 1 0
  Berberet pr,c 3 0 1 1
Veal ss 3 0 0 0
  Lepcio ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Foytack p 0 0 0 0
  Chrisley ph 1 0 0 0
  Burnside p 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Sisler p 1 0 0 0
  Demeter ph 1 0 0 0
  Narleski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 14 6
Chicago 003 044 0001181
Detroit 000 400 2006140
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Latman   3.0 5 3 3 0 2
  Staley  W (5-3) 3.0 5 1 1 0 3
  Lown  SV (9) 3.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
0
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack   3.0 4 3 3 1 3
  Burnside  L (0-2) 2.0 1 4 4 3 1
  Schultz   0.1 2 4 4 4 0
  Sisler   2.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Narleski   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
11
11
8
7

  E–Esposito (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Lollar-Esposito.  2B–Chicago Fox (28,off Foytack); Goodman 2 (7,off Foytack,off Schultz), Detroit Berberet (7,off Staley).  HR–Chicago Lollar (14,5th inning off Burnside 2 on 1 out), Detroit Kuenn (6,4th inning off Latman 1 on 0 out); Kaline (21,4th inning off Latman 0 on 0 out); Bolling (8,7th inning off Lown 1 on 0 out).  SH–Goodman (1,off Burnside); Landis (13,off Schultz).  HBP–Landis (7,by Sisler).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Eddie Rommel, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:55.  A–12,820.
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