Cleveland Indians vs Chicago White Sox
September 5, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1959 at Comiskey Park I. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 6, Chicago White Sox 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
Minoso lf 4 1 0 0
Francona 1b 4 1 3 3
  Moran 2b 0 0 0 0
Colavito rf 3 0 0 0
Held ss 4 2 2 1
Power 2b,1b 4 0 1 0
Strickland 3b 4 0 0 0
Brown c 4 1 1 1
McLish p 2 0 0 0
  Bell p 2 1 1 0
Totals 35 6 8 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 1 1 0
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0
Landis cf 4 0 1 2
Kluszewski 1b 3 0 1 0
  Torgeson pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Lollar c 3 0 0 0
Goodman 3b 4 1 3 0
Smith lf 4 1 1 2
McAnany rf 3 1 1 0
Shaw p 2 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Cash ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanka p 0 0 0 0
  Romano ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 34 5 10 5
Cleveland 000 120 210680
Chicago 002 000 0035101
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McLish  W (17-7) 5.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Bell  SV (4) 4.0 3 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw  L (14-6) 6.0 6 5 4 1 2
  Lown   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Stanka   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
1
3

  E–Goodman (8).  DP–Cleveland 3. Francona-Held-McLish, Minoso-Brown, Held-Power-Francona.  2B–Cleveland Held (15,off Shaw).  HR–Cleveland Francona (18,5th inning off Shaw 1 on 2 out); Brown (5,7th inning off Shaw 0 on 0 out); Held (27,8th inning off Stanka 0 on 0 out)., Chicago Smith (14,9th inning off Bell 1 on 1 out); Romano (5,9th inning off Bell 0 on 2 out)..  SH–Piersall (7,off Lown).  HBP–Minoso (14,by Shaw); Lollar (7,by McLish).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–McAnany (4,by McLish).  Team–5.  SB–Goodman (3,2nd base off McLish/Brown); Aparicio 2 (48,2nd base off McLish/Brown,3rd base off McLish/Brown).  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:52.  A–26,920.
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