Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
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 Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 2, Detroit Tigers 3

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Green rf 4 0 0 0
Allison cf 3 0 0 0
Becquer 1b 4 0 1 2
Courtney c 3 0 0 0
  Sievers ph 0 0 0 0
  Clevenger p 0 0 0 0
Throneberry lf 3 0 0 0
  Bertoia ph 1 0 0 0
  Versalles ss 0 0 0 0
Killebrew 3b 2 0 0 0
Aspromonte 2b 3 1 1 0
Consolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Naragon ph,c 2 0 1 0
  Ramos pr 0 0 0 0
Kemmerer p 2 0 0 0
  Lemon ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 1 1 1
Harris 1b 1 0 0 0
  Osborne 1b 3 0 1 0
Kuenn rf 4 1 1 0
Kaline cf 4 0 1 1
Maxwell lf 3 0 1 0
Bolling 2b 3 0 0 1
Berberet c 3 0 0 0
Bridges ss 3 0 0 0
  Lepcio ss 0 0 0 0
Bunning p 2 1 1 0
  Burnside p 0 0 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Washington 000 000 020240
Detroit 100 002 00x361
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Kemmerer  L (7-14) 7.0 5 3 3 3 1
  Clevenger   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (13-10) 7.2 3 2 2 5 11
  Burnside   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Sisler   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Morgan  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
7
12

  E–Kuenn (3).  2B–Detroit Kaline (19,off Kemmerer).  HR–Detroit Yost (16,1st inning off Kemmerer 0 on 0 out).  IBB–Sievers (6,by Burnside); Maxwell (4,by Kemmerer).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:20.  A–5,781.
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