Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Athletics
August 18, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 5, Kansas City Athletics 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Geiger cf 5 0 1 1
Runnels 2b 4 1 3 0
Williams lf 3 1 0 0
  Mahoney ss 0 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 0 0 0
Jensen rf 2 0 0 1
Malzone 3b 3 1 1 0
White c 3 1 1 0
Buddin ss 2 1 1 0
  Stephens ph,lf 0 0 0 1
Brewer p 2 0 1 1
  Fornieles p 2 0 1 0
  Kiely p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 4
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 5 0 1 0
Lumpe ss,2b 4 0 0 0
Williams 3b 1 1 0 0
Cerv lf 4 1 1 0
Maris rf 4 0 0 0
Ward 1b 4 1 1 1
House c 4 1 1 1
Terwilliger 2b 2 0 1 0
  Boone ph 1 0 1 0
  DeMaestri ss 1 0 0 0
Kucks p 0 0 0 0
  Grim p 2 0 0 0
  Snyder ph 1 0 1 1
  Herbert p 0 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
Boston 220 000 001591
Kansas City 000 004 000472
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer   5.2 5 4 4 4 1
  Fornieles  W (3-2) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Kiely  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
3
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kucks   1.0 5 4 2 1 0
  Grim   5.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Herbert  L (10-9) 2.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Sturdivant   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
4
5

  E–Geiger (2), Ward (4), Terwilliger (8).  DP–Kansas City 3. House-Lumpe, Williams-Lumpe-Ward, Lumpe-Terwilliger-Ward.  2B–Boston Malzone (26,off Herbert); Fornieles (1,off Herbert), Kansas City Terwilliger (8,off Brewer); Snyder (6,off Fornieles); Tuttle (17,off Fornieles).  3B–Kansas City Ward (1,off Brewer).  SH–White (1,off Herbert).  SF–Jensen (9,off Kucks); Stephens (2,off Herbert).  Team LOB–5.  Team–7.  CS–Jensen (5,2nd base by Grim/House).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:55.  A–11,240.
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