Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
August 26, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1959 at Comiskey Park I. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Chicago White Sox 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Green 2b 3 3 1 0
Geiger cf 5 1 2 2
Williams lf 3 0 1 1
  Chittum p 0 0 0 1
  Fornieles p 0 0 0 0
Jensen rf 3 0 0 0
Runnels 1b 4 0 1 1
Malzone 3b 3 0 0 1
White c 5 0 1 0
Buddin ss 2 0 0 0
  Stephens ph,lf 3 1 1 0
Monbouquette p 2 0 0 0
  Wertz ph 1 0 0 0
  Mahoney pr,ss 1 2 0 0
Totals 35 7 7 6
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 0 2 1
Fox 2b 5 0 0 0
Landis cf 4 1 1 0
Lollar c 4 1 0 0
Goodman 3b 3 1 2 1
  Esposito pr,3b 1 1 1 0
Smith lf 4 0 1 0
Cash 1b 3 2 1 1
McAnany rf 2 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
  Rivera rf 1 0 1 3
Wynn p 2 0 1 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Romano ph 1 0 0 0
  Arias p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Boston 000 010 420772
Chicago 000 200 1306102
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette  W (5-5) 6.0 6 2 2 1 2
  Chittum   1.2 4 4 1 1 0
  Fornieles  SV (8) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
3
3
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  L (16-9) 6.0 3 4 3 6 3
  Staley   1.0 2 1 0 1 0
  Lown   1.0 1 2 0 1 1
  Arias   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
7
3
8
4

  E–Buddin (30), Mahoney (3), Smith (5), Lown (1).  DP–Boston 1. Runnels-Green.  2B–Boston Stephens (8,off Wynn), Chicago Wynn (6,off Monbouquette); Landis (21,off Monbouquette); Rivera (8,off Chittum).  SH–Chittum (1,off Lown).  SF–Malzone (9,off Staley).  IBB–Malzone (5,by Wynn); Jensen (2,by Staley).  Team LOB–11.  Team–7.  SB–Jensen (15,2nd base off Wynn/Lollar); Geiger (6,2nd base off Lown/Lollar).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–3:06.  A–22,497.
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