Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Athletics
August 13, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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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Cleveland Indians 7, Kansas City Athletics 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 5 0 1 0
Power 3b 5 0 1 0
Minoso lf 5 0 1 0
Francona 1b 5 1 1 0
Colavito rf 2 1 0 0
Baxes 2b 3 2 2 2
Nixon c 3 2 2 1
Held ss 4 1 2 4
Harshman p 3 0 1 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 0 0 0
Lumpe ss 4 0 1 0
Williams 3b 3 2 1 1
Cerv lf 4 1 3 2
Boone 1b 4 0 0 0
Smith c 4 1 1 0
Bella rf 3 1 1 2
Terwilliger 2b 3 0 0 0
Tsitouris p 2 0 0 0
  Grim p 0 0 0 0
  Chiti ph 1 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
Cleveland 030 000 0407110
Kansas City 000 200 201570
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Harshman  W (3-9) 9.0 7 5 5 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
1
1
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Tsitouris  L (1-2) 7.1 9 7 7 5 3
  Grim   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Sturdivant   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
5
3

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 2. Held-Baxes-Francona, Baxes-Held-Francona, Kansas City 2. Terwilliger-Boone, Lumpe-Terwilliger-Boone.  PB–Smith (1).  2B–Cleveland Baxes 2 (8,off Tsitouris 2); Francona (15,off Tsitouris); Held (13,off Grim).  HR–Cleveland Held (21,2nd inning off Tsitouris 2 on 1 out), Kansas City Cerv (12,4th inning off Harshman 1 on 1 out); Bella (1,7th inning off Harshman 1 on 2 out); Williams (12,9th inning off Harshman 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–1.  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:21.  A–12,510.
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