Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Athletics
April 23, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1960 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 5, Kansas City Athletics 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 2 3 0
Piersall cf 4 0 3 1
Bond rf 5 1 2 3
Francona lf 3 0 1 0
Nixon c 5 1 1 0
Power 1b 5 0 1 1
Held ss 3 0 0 0
Phillips 3b 3 1 2 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Strickland 3b 0 0 0 0
Latman p 2 0 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
  Kuenn ph 0 0 0 0
  Hardy pr 0 0 0 0
  Grim p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 13 5
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 5 1 1 0
Lumpe 2b 4 0 3 0
Bauer rf 4 0 1 1
Siebern 1b 2 1 0 0
Cerv lf 4 1 1 0
Chiti c 4 1 2 2
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
Hamlin ss 3 1 1 1
Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Trowbridge p 1 0 0 0
  Herzog ph 0 1 0 0
  Brunet p 1 0 0 0
  Throneberry ph 1 0 0 0
  Kutyna p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 4
Cleveland 100 031 0005131
Kansas City 020 012 001690
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Latman   6.0 6 5 3 3 4
  Grant   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Grim  L (0-1) 1.1 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.1
9
6
4
5
6
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hall   0.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Trowbridge   5.0 6 3 3 1 3
  Brunet   3.0 3 1 1 3 0
  Kutyna  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
6
3

  E–Francona (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, Kansas City 1.  PB–Nixon (1).  2B–Cleveland Temple (1,off Hall); Power (3,off Trowbridge).  HR–Cleveland Bond (1,5th inning off Trowbridge 1 on, 1 out), Kansas City Chiti (1,6th inning off Latman 0 on, 0 out); Hamlin (1,6th inning off Latman 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Latman (1,off Trowbridge); Piersall (1,off Trowbridge); Phillips (1,off Brunet); Bauer (1,off Grant); Lumpe (1,off Grim).  IBB–Kuenn (1,by Brunet); Siebern (1,by Grant).  Team LOB–12.  Team–8.  WP–Trowbridge (1).  IBB–Grant (1,Siebern); Brunet (1,Kuenn).  U-HP–Al Smith, 1B–Joe Paparella, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:42.  A–9,659.
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