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Tigers 5 @ White Sox 4
Comiskey Park
September 20, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 20, 1959 at Comiskey Park. The home team White Sox were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 20, 1959 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 4
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 4 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning Pitcher—Don Mossi  
Losing Pitcher—Billy Pierce  
Save—Jim Bunning  
Game Winning RBI—Charlie Maxwell 

Game Info

DateSeptember 20, 1959 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamChicago White Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherDon Mossi  
Home Starting PitcherBilly Pierce  
BallparkComiskey Park 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance27,784 
Time of Game2 hours 43 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Nestor Chylak
1B: Bill Summers
2B: Bill McKinley
3B: Hank Soar

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Yost  Third Baseman 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Harvey Kuenn  Right Fielder 
Al Kaline  Center Fielder 
Charlie Maxwell  Left Fielder 
Gus Zernial  First Baseman 
Red Wilson  Catcher 
Ted Lepcio  Shortstop 
Don Mossi  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Luis Aparicio  Shortstop 
Nellie Fox  Second Baseman 
Al Smith  Left Fielder 
Sherm Lollar  Catcher 
Ted Kluszewski  First Baseman 
Bubba Phillips  Center Fielder 
Jim McAnany  Right Fielder 
Sammy Esposito  Third Baseman 
Billy Pierce  Pitcher 
Al Lopez  Manager 

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Tigers 5 @ White Sox 4
Comiskey Park
September 20, 1959

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         Game of 9/20/1959 -- Detroit at Chicago (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Yost E, 3b            3  1  0  0   Aparicio L, ss        4  1  1  0   
Bolling F, 2b         4  0  0  0   Fox N, 2b             5  1  2  0   
Kuenn H, rf           4  3  4  1   Smith A, lf-cf        4  0  2  2   
Kaline A, cf          3  1  1  2   Lollar S, c           3  1  1  1   
Maxwell C, lf         1  0  0  1   Hicks J, pr           0  0  0  0   
Groth J, ph-lf        3  0  0  0   Kluszewski T, 1b      5  0  0  0   
Zernial G, 1b         2  0  0  0   Callison J, pr        0  0  0  0   
Osborne B, 1b         2  0  0  0   Phillips B, cf-3b     3  1  2  0   
Wilson R, c           4  0  0  0   Torgeson E, ph        1  0  0  0   
Lepcio T, ss          4  0  3  0   McAnany J, rf-lf      2  0  1  1   
Veal C, ss            0  0  0  0   Esposito S, 3b        3  0  0  0   
Mossi D, p            2  0  0  0   Goodman B, ph         0  0  0  0   
Demeter S, ph         1  0  0  0   Rivera J, pr-rf       0  0  0  0   
Narleski R, p         0  0  0  0   Pierce B, p           1  0  0  0   
Sisler D, p           0  0  0  0   Donovan D, p          0  0  0  0   
Chrisley N, ph        1  0  0  0   Jackson R, ph         1  0  0  0   
Bunning J, p          0  0  0  0   Lown T, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Cash N, ph            0  0  0  0   
                                   Shaw B, p             0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  5  8  4                        32  4  9  4

Detroit          201 020 000 --  5
Chicago          101 011 000 --  4

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Mossi D (W)           6.0  7  4  4  2  3
Narleski R            1.1  2  0  0  2  0
Sisler D              0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Bunning J (S)         1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pierce B (L)          4.2  6  5  4  2  2
Donovan D             1.1  0  0  0  0  1
Lown T                2.0  1  0  0  0  2
Shaw B                1.0  1  0  0  0  0

E -- Aparicio L
DP -- Detroit 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- Detroit 4, Chicago 11
2B -- Kuenn H, Fox N, Phillips B
HR -- Kuenn H, Kaline A, Lollar S
SB -- Aparicio L
SH -- Lollar S, Smith A, McAnany J
HBP -- by Mossi D (Phillips B), by Narleski R (Cash N), by Bunning J (Lollar S)
T -- 2:43
A -- 27784

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