Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
September 13, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1959 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 1, New York Yankees 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Power 2b 6 0 1 0
Tanner cf 5 0 1 0
  Piersall cf 0 0 0 0
Minoso lf 5 0 2 0
Francona 1b 5 1 1 0
Colavito rf 5 0 2 0
Nixon c 5 0 1 0
  Webster pr 0 0 0 0
  Fitz Gerald c 0 0 0 0
Held ss 4 0 1 1
Strickland 3b 2 0 0 0
Harshman p 4 0 0 0
Totals 41 1 9 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Richardson 2b 5 0 2 0
Kubek ss 4 1 2 0
Mantle cf 5 1 1 2
Berra c 4 0 0 0
Lopez lf 3 0 1 0
Howard 1b 4 0 0 0
Bauer rf 4 0 1 0
McDougald 3b 4 0 1 0
Turley p 3 0 0 0
  Windhorn ph 1 0 0 0
  Duren p 0 0 0 0
  Blaylock p 0 0 0 0
  Grba p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 8 2
Cleveland 000 000 000 01–190
New York 000 000 000 02–280
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Harshman  L (6-10) 10.0 8 2 2 1 6
Totals
10.0
8
2
2
1
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Turley   10.0 5 0 0 4 8
  Duren   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Blaylock   0.1 3 0 0 0 0
  Grba  W (2-4) 0.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
9
1
1
5
10
  E–None.  2B–Cleveland Minoso (28,off Turley).  HR–New York Mantle (29,11th inning off Harshman 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Kubek (12,off Harshman).  Team–7.  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–3:14.
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