Boston Red Sox vs Washington Senators
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 Griffith Stadium. The Washington Senators 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 2, Washington Senators 14

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Runnels 1b 2 0 1 0
  Gernert 1b 2 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 1 1 0
Jensen rf 4 1 1 2
Stephens lf 4 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 4 0 0 0
Geiger cf 2 0 0 0
  Keough cf 2 0 0 0
White c 2 0 1 0
  Daley c 1 0 0 0
Buddin ss 1 0 0 0
  Mahoney ss 2 0 0 0
Monbouquette p 1 0 0 0
  Schroll p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 2 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Consolo ss 3 2 0 0
Green cf 3 1 0 1
Throneberry rf 4 2 1 1
Lemon lf 5 2 3 7
Killebrew 3b 4 2 0 0
Sievers 1b 5 2 1 2
Naragon c 5 2 4 0
Bertoia 2b 5 1 1 1
Pascual p 5 0 2 1
Totals 39 14 12 13
Boston 002 000 000254
Washington 1010 001 02x14120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette  L (5-6) 2.2 7 8 2 1 2
  Schroll   0.0 0 2 0 2 0
  Wilson   5.1 5 4 3 2 7
Totals
8.0
12
14
5
5
9
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Pascual  W (14-10) 9.0 5 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
3

  E–Green (4), Malzone (22), Buddin (32), Mahoney (4).  2B–Washington Lemon (17,off Monbouquette); Bertoia (10,off Monbouquette)..  HR–Boston Jensen (27,3rd inning off Pascual 1 on 2 out), Washington Lemon 2 (28,3rd inning off Monbouquette 1 on 1 out,3rd inning off Wilson 3 on 2 out); Sievers (19,8th inning off Wilson 1 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–4.  SH–Green (6,off Monbouquette).  Team–7.  SB–Runnels (6,2nd base off Pascual/Naragon); Green (4,2nd base off Pascual/Naragon).  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:21.  A–4,283.
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