Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 17, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 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."

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Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 4 0 1 1
Minoso lf 4 0 1 0
Francona cf 4 0 0 0
Colavito rf 4 1 1 1
Baxes 2b 4 1 1 0
Strickland 3b 4 1 2 1
Nixon c 2 0 1 0
  Brown pr,c 1 0 0 0
  Harshman ph 1 0 0 0
Held ss 4 1 1 0
Bell p 2 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Locke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 3 1 1 1
Bolling 2b 3 0 0 0
Kuenn rf 3 0 1 2
Kaline cf 4 0 0 0
Maxwell lf 4 2 2 1
Harris 1b 4 0 1 0
Berberet c 3 0 1 1
Bridges ss 4 1 2 0
  Veal ss 0 0 0 0
Foytack p 3 1 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
Cleveland 030 001 000480
Detroit 010 031 00x581
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (13-10) 6.0 6 5 5 3 2
  Locke   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
4
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack  W (11-10) 9.0 8 4 2 0 7
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
0
7

  E–Harris (3).  DP–Detroit 1. Bolling-Bridges-Harris.  2B–Cleveland Nixon (4,off Foytack); Baxes (9,off Foytack), Detroit Bridges (14,off Bell).  HR–Cleveland Colavito (35,2nd inning off Foytack 0 on 0 out), Detroit Maxwell (26,2nd inning off Bell 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Berberet (5,off Bell).  Team–7.  SB–Bolling (1,2nd base off Bell/Nixon).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Eddie Rommel, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:15.  A–4,788.
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