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Red Sox 11 @ Athletics 10
Municipal Stadium
August 20, 1959

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 20, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Red Sox with a score of 11 to 10.

Game Summary

DateAugust 20, 1959 
Visiting Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 11 H: 16 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 11
Hits: 16
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 10 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 10
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherEarl Wilson  
Losing PitcherTom Sturdivant  
SaveTom Brewer  
Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateAugust 20, 1959 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Red Sox 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherJerry Casale  
Home Starting PitcherJohn Tsitouris  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance6,938 
Time of Game3 hours 22 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Nestor Chylak
1B: Bill Summers
2B: Bill McKinley
3B: Hank Soar

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Marty Keough  Center Fielder 
Pete Runnels  Second Baseman 
Gene Stephens  Left Fielder 
Vic Wertz  First Baseman 
Jackie Jensen  Right Fielder 
Frank Malzone  Third Baseman 
Sammy White  Catcher 
Don Buddin  Shortstop 
Jerry Casale  Pitcher 
Billy Jurges  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Russ Snyder  Right Fielder 
Dick Williams  Third Baseman 
Bob Cerv  Left Fielder 
Jerry Lumpe  Shortstop 
Kent Hadley  First Baseman 
Frank House  Catcher 
Wayne Terwilliger  Second Baseman 
John Tsitouris  Pitcher 
Harry Craft  Manager 

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Red Sox 11 @ Athletics 10
Municipal Stadium
August 20, 1959

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/20/1959 -- Boston at Kansas City (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Keough M, cf          5  1  2  0   Tuttle B, cf          6  1  4  0   
Runnels P, 2b         5  1  2  0   Snyder R, rf          4  1  1  0   
Stephens G, lf        5  1  1  2   Williams D, 3b        3  2  0  1   
Wertz V, 1b           5  1  1  0   Cerv B, lf            5  3  3  6   
Jensen J, rf          4  2  1  0   Lumpe J, ss           3  2  0  0   
Malzone F, 3b         3  3  2  1   Hadley K, 1b          5  1  3  0   
White S, c            4  1  3  2   House F, c            4  0  2  0   
Buddin D, ss          1  0  0  0   DeMaestri J, pr       0  0  0  0   
Williams T, ph        1  0  1  1   Terwilliger W, 2b     4  0  0  0   
Mahoney J, pr-ss      3  1  0  1   Tsitouris J, p        1  0  0  0   
Casale J, p           1  0  0  0   Dickson M, p          2  0  0  0   
Chittum N, p          0  0  0  0   Sturdivant T, p       0  0  0  0   
Green P, ph           1  0  0  0   Tomanek D, p          0  0  0  0   
Wilson E, p           2  0  2  3   Coleman R, p          0  0  0  0   
Fornieles M, p        1  0  1  0   Maris R, ph           1  0  0  0   
Brewer T, p           0  0  0  0   Kucks J, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Smith H, ph           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41 11 16 10                        39 10 13  7

Boston           011 102 510 -- 11
Kansas City      015 010 030 -- 10

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Casale J              2.2  4  6  5  3  2
Chittum N             0.1  0  0  0  1  0
Wilson E (W)          3.2  4  1  1  3  0
Fornieles M*          1.1  4  3  3  0  0
Brewer T (S)          1.0  1  0  0  0  2

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Tsitouris J           3.1  6  3  3  1  2
Dickson M             2.1  3  2  2  0  0
Sturdivant T (L)      0.2  3  5  5  2  1
Tomanek D             0.1  2  0  0  0  1
Coleman R             0.1  0  0  0  1  0
Kucks J               2.0  2  1  1  1  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Wertz V, Runnels P
LOB -- Boston 10, Kansas City 10
2B -- Wertz V, Hadley K, Runnels P 2, Wilson E, House F
3B -- Tuttle B
HR -- Cerv B 3
SB -- Jensen J
SH -- Snyder R, Keough M
SF -- Stephens G
WP -- Wilson E, Sturdivant T, Tomanek D
Balk -- Chittum N
PB -- White S
T -- 3:22
A -- 6938

    

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