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Indians 7 @ Orioles 8
Memorial Stadium
May 17, 1959

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Indians, played on May 17, 1959 at Memorial Stadium. The home team Orioles beat the visiting Indians with a score of 8 to 7.

Game Summary

DateMay 17, 1959 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 7 H: 10 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 7
Hits: 10
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Baltimore Orioles
R: 8 H: 13 E: 4 LOB: 10
Runs: 8
Hits: 13
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherJerry Walker  
Losing PitcherJim Perry  
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Game Winning RBIBilly Klaus 

Game Info

DateMay 17, 1959 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamBaltimore Orioles 
Visiting Starting PitcherCal McLish  
Home Starting PitcherArnie Portocarrero  
BallparkMemorial Stadium 
CityBaltimore 
StateMD 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 22 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Johnny Stevens
1B: Larry Napp
2B: John Rice
3B: Eddie Rommel

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Woodie Held  Third Baseman 
Jim Piersall  Center Fielder 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Rocky Colavito  Right Fielder 
Minnie Minoso  Left Fielder 
Russ Nixon  Catcher 
George Strickland  Shortstop 
Billy Martin  Second Baseman 
Cal McLish  Pitcher 
Joe Gordon  Manager 

Baltimore Orioles Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Tasby  Center Fielder 
Bob Boyd  First Baseman 
Bob Nieman  Left Fielder 
Gus Triandos  Catcher 
Billy Klaus  Third Baseman 
Al Pilarcik  Right Fielder 
Chico Carrasquel  Shortstop 
Billy Gardner  Second Baseman 
Arnie Portocarrero  Pitcher 
Paul Richards  Manager 

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Indians 7 @ Orioles 8
Memorial Stadium
May 17, 1959

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         Game of 5/17/1959, game 1 -- Cleveland at Baltimore (D)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Baltimore          AB  R  H RBI
Held W, 3b            5  1  1  0   Tasby W, cf           6  1  1  1   
Piersall J, cf        5  1  1  1   Boyd B, 1b            5  2  1  0   
Power V, 1b           5  2  2  1   Nieman B, lf          5  2  1  0   
Colavito R, rf        5  0  0  0   Triandos G, c         5  1  3  4   
Minoso M, lf          5  1  2  1   Klaus B, 3b           5  0  1  2   
Nixon R, c            5  1  0  0   Pilarcik A, rf        5  1  1  0   
Strickland G, ss      5  0  2  1   Carrasquel C, ss      5  1  3  0   
Martin B, 2b          5  0  0  0   Gardner B, 2b         2  0  0  0   
McLish C, p           4  1  2  1   Woodling G, ph        1  0  1  1   
Francona T, ph        1  0  0  0   Avila B, 2b           2  0  0  0   
Perry J, p            0  0  0  0   Portocarrero A, p     2  0  0  0   
                                   Johnson E, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Hale B, ph            1  0  0  0   
                                   Walker J, p           1  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  7 10  5                        45  8 13  8

Cleveland        020 001 400 00 --  7
Baltimore        001 101 103 01 --  8
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
McLish C             10.0 11  7  3  3  4
Perry J (L)           0.2  2  1  1  2  0

  Baltimore            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Portocarrero A        6.1  7  5  3  1  1
Johnson E             2.2  2  2  0  0  3
Walker J (W)          2.0  1  0  0  0  1

E -- Gardner B, Triandos G, Klaus B, Carrasquel C, Martin B, Strickland G 2
DP -- Cleveland 2
LOB -- Cleveland 6, Baltimore 10
3B -- Tasby W
HR -- Triandos G
T -- 3:22
A -- 0

    

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