Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 3, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1959 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Boston Red Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Green 2b 4 0 0 0
Geiger cf 4 0 0 0
Runnels 1b 4 0 1 0
Stephens lf 4 0 0 0
Jensen rf 2 2 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 2 0
White c 4 0 2 2
Buddin ss 3 0 0 0
  Wertz ph 0 0 0 0
  Mahoney pr 0 1 0 0
Baumann p 3 0 1 0
  Chittum p 0 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 1 2
Totals 33 4 7 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 4 1 2 0
  Woodling ph 1 0 1 1
  Klaus ss 0 0 0 0
Pilarcik rf 3 0 0 0
Nieman lf 4 2 2 3
  Pearson lf 0 0 0 0
Triandos c 3 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 3 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 3 0 1 0
Tasby cf 4 1 2 0
Gardner 2b 2 1 0 0
Brown p 4 0 1 1
  Loes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
Boston 000 101 002471
Baltimore 002 000 12x5102
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumann  L (5-4) 7.1 9 5 5 6 3
  Chittum   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
6
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (9-7) 8.2 7 4 4 3 2
  Loes  SV (14) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
2

  E–Malzone (21), Triandos (11), Gardner (17).  DP–Boston 2. Malzone-Runnels, Green-Buddin-Runnels.  2B–Boston Malzone (30,off Brown), Baltimore Carrasquel (13,off Baumann).  3B–Boston Keough (5,off Brown), Baltimore Tasby (5,off Baumann).  HR–Baltimore Nieman 2 (17,3rd inning off Baumann 1 on 2 out,7th inning off Baumann 0 on 2 out).  SH–Green (4,off Brown); Pilarcik (12,off Baumann).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Gardner 2 (8,by Baumann 2).  Team–9.  SB–Jensen (16,2nd base off Brown/Triandos).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:26.  A–8,754.
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