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Senators
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
July 28, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Washington Senators, played on July 28, 1959 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 28, 1959 |
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Visiting Team |
Washington Senators
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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 28, 1959 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Washington Senators |
Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Camilo Pascual |
Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Kucks |
Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
City | Kansas City |
State | MO |
Attendance | 12,236 |
Time of Game | 2 hours |
Umpires | HP: Joe Paparella 1B: Eddie Hurley 2B: Bob Stewart 3B: Ed Runge |
Washington Senators Lineup
Name | Position |
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Reno Bertoia | Second Baseman |
Faye Throneberry | Right Fielder |
Harmon Killebrew | Third Baseman |
Roy Sievers | First Baseman |
Bob Allison | Center Fielder |
Jim Lemon | Left Fielder |
Ron Samford | Shortstop |
Hal Naragon | Catcher |
Camilo Pascual | Pitcher |
Cookie Lavagetto | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
Russ Snyder | Left Fielder |
Dick Williams | Third Baseman |
Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
Jerry Lumpe | Second Baseman |
Kent Hadley | First Baseman |
Harry Chiti | Catcher |
Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
Johnny Kucks | Pitcher |
Harry Craft | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Senators
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
July 28, 1959
Top 1
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Senators, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bertoia vs. Kucks
Bertoia 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 -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Kucks
Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe misplays the ball. That's an error on Lumpe. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Kucks
Killebrew hits a popup, foul, towards third. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sievers vs. Kucks
Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Senators, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Pascual
Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Pascual
Snyder hits a ball on the ground for an out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Pascual
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Pascual
Maris takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lumpe vs. Pascual
Lumpe takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to third. Maris moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hadley vs. Pascual
Hadley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. Maris scores. Lumpe moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chiti vs. Pascual
There goes Hadley. The throw from Naragon and he is safe. Hadley steals second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Chiti vs. Pascual
Chiti hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Allison. Chiti reaches second base with a double. Lumpe scores. Hadley scores. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DeMaestri vs. Pascual
DeMaestri is walked intentionally. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kucks vs. Pascual
Kucks hits a ball on the ground for an out. View Play
Top 2
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Senators, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Kucks
Allison hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Kucks
Lemon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Samford vs. Kucks
Samford is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Naragon vs. Kucks
Naragon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Samford moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pascual vs. Kucks
Pascual hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kucks fields it and throws to first for the out. Samford moves to third. Naragon moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bertoia vs. Kucks
Bertoia 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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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Pascual
Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Pascual
Snyder bunts towards first. Sievers fields the ball and throws to Pascual covering. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Pascual
There goes Snyder. The throw from Naragon and he is safe. Snyder steals second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Pascual
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maris vs. Pascual
Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Kucks
Throneberry 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 -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Kucks
Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Kucks
Sievers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Kucks
Allison is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Pascual
Lumpe strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Pascual
Hadley hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Pascual
Chiti strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Kucks
Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Samford vs. Kucks
Samford hits a line drive into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Naragon vs. Kucks
Naragon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hadley fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Kucks covering. It's a double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Pascual
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kucks vs. Pascual
Kucks strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Pascual
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tuttle for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pascual vs. Kucks
Pascual hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bertoia vs. Kucks
Bertoia hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Kucks
Throneberry 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
Bottom 5
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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Pascual
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Samford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Pascual
Williams bunts towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out. Snyder moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maris vs. Pascual
Maris is called out on strikes. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lumpe vs. Pascual
Lumpe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Snyder scores. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hadley vs. Pascual
Hadley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lumpe moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chiti vs. Pascual
Chiti strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Kucks
Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Kucks
Sievers is called out on strikes. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Kucks
Allison takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Kucks
Lemon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Snyder. Lemon reaches second base with a double. Allison moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Samford vs. Kucks
Samford 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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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Pascual
DeMaestri hits a fly ball into center field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kucks vs. Pascual
Kucks hits a fly ball into right field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Pascual
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Naragon vs. Kucks
Naragon 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 -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Kucks
Lenny Green pinch hits for Camilo Pascual.
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hadley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Green for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bertoia vs. Kucks
Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Kemmerer
Russ Kemmerer now pitching.
Snyder hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Kemmerer
Williams bunts towards the mound. Kemmerer fields it and throws to first for the out. Snyder moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maris vs. Kemmerer
Maris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Snyder scores. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Kemmerer
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. Maris moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hadley vs. Kemmerer
Hadley strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Kucks
Throneberry hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Kucks
Killebrew is called out on strikes. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Kucks
Sievers is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Kemmerer
Chiti is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Kemmerer
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kucks vs. Kemmerer
Kucks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Senators, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Kucks
Allison hits a popup, foul, towards third. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Kucks
Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Samford vs. Kucks
Samford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kucks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/28/1959 -- Washington at Kansas City (N) Washington AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI Bertoia R, 2b 4 0 0 0 Tuttle B, cf 4 0 0 0 Throneberry F, rf 4 0 0 0 Snyder R, lf 4 2 3 0 Killebrew H, 3b 4 0 0 0 Williams D, 3b 1 1 0 0 Sievers R, 1b 3 0 0 0 Maris R, rf 3 1 1 1 Allison B, cf 3 0 0 0 Lumpe J, 2b 3 1 1 1 Lemon J, lf 4 1 4 1 Hadley K, 1b 4 1 2 2 Samford R, ss 3 0 0 0 Chiti H, c 3 0 1 2 Naragon H, c 3 0 1 0 DeMaestri J, ss 3 0 0 0 Pascual C, p 2 0 0 0 Kucks J, p 4 0 0 0 Green L, ph 1 0 0 0 Kemmerer R, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 1 5 1 29 6 8 6 Washington 010 000 000 -- 1 Kansas City 400 010 10x -- 6 Washington IP H R ER BB SO Pascual C (L) 6.0 6 5 5 4 6 Kemmerer R 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Kucks J (W) 9.0 5 1 1 2 4 E -- Lumpe J DP -- Washington 1, Kansas City 2 LOB -- Washington 6, Kansas City 6 2B -- Chiti H, Lemon J HR -- Lemon J SB -- Hadley K, Snyder R SH -- Williams D 2 HBP -- by Kucks J (Samford R), by Kemmerer R (Chiti H) T -- 2:00 A -- 12236
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