Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 14, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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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Cleveland Indians 1, Detroit Tigers 11

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 3 0 0 0
  Harshman ph 1 0 0 0
  Moran ss 0 0 0 0
Power 3b 4 0 1 0
Minoso lf 4 0 1 0
Francona 1b 4 1 1 1
Colavito rf 4 0 1 0
Baxes 2b 4 0 0 0
Nixon c 3 0 1 0
Held ss,cf 3 0 2 0
McLish p 1 0 0 0
  Locke p 1 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 2 5 2
Bolling 2b 5 1 1 1
Kuenn rf 5 2 3 2
Kaline cf 4 1 1 1
Harris 1b 5 1 1 0
Maxwell lf 3 2 1 1
Berberet c 4 1 1 0
Bridges ss 3 0 1 1
  Veal ss 1 0 0 0
Lary p 3 1 0 0
Totals 38 11 14 8
Cleveland 000 000 001172
Detroit 214 000 04x11141
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McLish  L (14-6) 2.1 7 7 6 1 2
  Locke   4.2 3 0 0 1 3
  Smith   1.0 4 4 3 1 2
Totals
8.0
14
11
9
3
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  W (15-7) 9.0 7 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
1

  E–Power (7), Baxes (13), Bridges (19).  DP–Detroit 1. Bolling-Harris.  2B–Cleveland Power (25,off Lary), Detroit Kuenn (28,off McLish).  HR–Cleveland Francona (13,9th inning off Lary 0 on 1 out), Detroit Kuenn (7,1st inning off McLish 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Lary (6,off McLish).  Team–7.  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:24.  A–28,198.
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