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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
July 3, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Cleveland Indians, played on July 3, 1959 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 3, 1959 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 3, 1959 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Herb Score |
Home Starting Pitcher | Howie Reed |
Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
City | Kansas City |
State | MO |
Attendance | 7,989 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 8 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry Napp 1B: John Rice 2B: Eddie Rommel 3B: Johnny Stevens |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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George Strickland | Third Baseman |
Vic Power | First Baseman |
Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
Tito Francona | Center Fielder |
Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
Jim Baxes | Second Baseman |
Dick Brown | Catcher |
Woodie Held | Shortstop |
Herb Score | Pitcher |
Joe Gordon | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
Jerry Lumpe | Second Baseman |
Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
Ray Boone | First Baseman |
Bob Cerv | Left Fielder |
Harry Chiti | Catcher |
Hal Smith | Third Baseman |
Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
Howie Reed | Pitcher |
Harry Craft | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
July 3, 1959
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Reed
Strickland is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Reed
Power hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Power reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Minoso vs. Reed
Minoso hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Minoso reaches second base with a double. Power scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Francona vs. Reed
Francona takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colavito vs. Reed
There go the runners. The throw from Chiti and he throws it away. That's a double steal and an error. Minoso scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Colavito vs. Reed
Colavito hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Francona scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baxes vs. Sturdivant
Tom Sturdivant now pitching.
Baxes hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Sturdivant
Brown hits a popup, foul, towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Sturdivant
Held strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Score
Tuttle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Score
Lumpe strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Score
Maris takes first base on ball four. Tuttle moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boone vs. Score
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tuttle moves to third. Maris moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cerv vs. Score
Cerv hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Score
Chiti hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Score
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Score
DeMaestri is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Score vs. Sturdivant
Score hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boone scoops it up and throws to first, with Sturdivant covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Sturdivant
Strickland hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Sturdivant
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Sturdivant
Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sturdivant vs. Score
Sturdivant strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Score
Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Score
Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Score
Maris hits a line drive into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Sturdivant
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Sturdivant, and towards Lumpe, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Sturdivant
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baxes vs. Sturdivant
Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Score
Boone is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Score
Cerv strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Score
Chiti hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Sturdivant
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Sturdivant
Held takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Score vs. Sturdivant
Score strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Sturdivant
Strickland takes first base on ball four. Held moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Sturdivant
Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Held scores. Strickland moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Minoso vs. Sturdivant
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Score
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Score
DeMaestri strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sturdivant vs. Score
Sturdivant is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Sturdivant
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Sturdivant
Colavito is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Sturdivant
Baxes hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Score
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Score
Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Score
Maris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Score
Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Sturdivant
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Sturdivant
Held hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Score vs. Sturdivant
Score bunts in front of the plate. Chiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Sturdivant
Strickland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Sturdivant
Power hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Score
Cerv takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chiti vs. Score
Chiti is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Score
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Score
DeMaestri strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Sturdivant
Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Sturdivant
Francona hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Sturdivant
Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baxes vs. Sturdivant
Baxes strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bella vs. Score
Zeke Bella pinch hits for Tom Sturdivant.
Bella strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Score
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Score
Lumpe hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Tsitouris
John Tsitouris now pitching.
Brown hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Chiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Tsitouris
Held strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Score vs. Tsitouris
Score strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Score
Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Score
Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerv vs. Score
There's a wild pitch. Maris moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cerv vs. Score
Cerv strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chiti vs. Score
Chiti hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Tsitouris
Strickland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Tsitouris
Power hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Maris chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards DeMaestri. DeMaestri fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on DeMaestri. Strickland goes all the way around to score. Power moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Minoso vs. Tsitouris
Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Power scores. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Tsitouris
Francona takes first base on ball four. Minoso moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colavito vs. Dickson
Murry Dickson now pitching.
Colavito hits a popup towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baxes vs. Dickson
Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Minoso moves to third. Francona moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brown vs. Dickson
Brown hits a line drive into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Score
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Score
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards second. Baxes fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Held covering. It's a double play. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Score
Dick Williams pinch hits for Murry Dickson.
Williams is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/3/1959 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (D) Cleveland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI Strickland G, 3b 4 1 2 0 Tuttle B, cf 3 1 1 0 Power V, 1b 5 2 4 1 Lumpe J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Minoso M, lf 5 1 2 2 Maris R, rf 2 1 1 0 Francona T, cf 3 1 0 0 Boone R, 1b 4 1 1 0 Colavito R, rf 4 1 2 1 Cerv B, lf 3 1 1 4 Baxes J, 2b 5 1 1 2 Chiti H, c 4 0 0 0 Brown D, c 4 0 0 0 Smith H, 3b 3 0 1 0 Held W, ss 3 1 0 0 DeMaestri J, ss 4 0 0 0 Score H, p 4 0 0 0 Reed H, p 0 0 0 0 Sturdivant T, p 2 0 0 0 Bella Z, ph 1 0 0 0 Tsitouris J, p 0 0 0 0 Dickson M, p 0 0 0 0 Williams D, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 8 11 6 31 4 5 4 Cleveland 500 100 002 -- 8 Kansas City 400 000 000 -- 4 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Score H (W) 9.0 5 4 4 5 14 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Reed H (L) 0.1 3 4 4 1 1 Sturdivant T 6.2 5 2 2 4 4 Tsitouris J* 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 Dickson M 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 4 batters in 9th E -- Chiti H, DeMaestri J DP -- Cleveland 1, Kansas City 1 LOB -- Cleveland 8, Kansas City 5 2B -- Power V 2, Minoso M HR -- Baxes J, Cerv B SB -- Francona T, Minoso M WP -- Score H T -- 3:08 A -- 7989
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