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Orioles 5 @ Indians 2
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 1, 1959

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Baltimore Orioles, played on August 1, 1959 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Orioles with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 1, 1959 
Visiting Team
Baltimore Orioles
R: 5 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 5
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 2 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 2
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherHal Brown  
Losing PitcherBobby Locke  
SaveJerry Walker  
Game Winning RBIBilly Gardner 

Game Info

DateAugust 1, 1959 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBaltimore Orioles 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherHal Brown  
Home Starting PitcherBobby Locke  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance12,115 
Time of Game2 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Umont
1B: Charlie Berry
2B: Jim Honochick
3B: Red Flaherty

Baltimore Orioles Lineup 

Name  Position 
Chico Carrasquel  Shortstop 
Bob Boyd  First Baseman 
Al Pilarcik  Right Fielder 
Gene Woodling  Left Fielder 
Gus Triandos  Catcher 
Willie Tasby  Center Fielder 
Brooks Robinson  Third Baseman 
Billy Gardner  Second Baseman 
Hal Brown  Pitcher 
Paul Richards  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Martin  Second Baseman 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Minnie Minoso  Left Fielder 
Tito Francona  Center Fielder 
Rocky Colavito  Right Fielder 
George Strickland  Shortstop 
Jim Baxes  Third Baseman 
Dick Brown  Catcher 
Bobby Locke  Pitcher 
Joe Gordon  Manager 

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Orioles 5 @ Indians 2
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 1, 1959

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/1/1959 -- Baltimore at Cleveland (D)

  Baltimore          AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Carrasquel C, ss      4  0  1  1   Martin B, 2b          4  1  1  0   
Boyd B, 1b            4  0  0  0   Power V, 1b           2  0  2  0   
Dropo W, 1b           0  0  0  0   Piersall J, cf        1  0  0  0   
Pilarcik A, rf        3  1  1  0   Minoso M, lf          4  0  1  0   
Woodling G, lf        4  1  1  0   Francona T, cf-1b     3  0  2  2   
Triandos G, c         3  2  1  3   Colavito R, rf        4  0  1  0   
Ginsberg J, c         0  0  0  0   Garcia M, p           0  0  0  0   
Tasby W, cf           4  0  1  0   Strickland G, ss      4  0  0  0   
Robinson B, 3b        3  1  2  0   Baxes J, 3b           4  0  0  0   
Gardner B, 2b         3  0  0  1   Brown D, c            3  0  0  0   
Brown H, p            2  0  0  0   Harshman J, ph        1  0  0  0   
Walker J, p           0  0  0  0   Locke B, p            1  0  1  0   
                                   Smith B, p            1  0  0  0   
                                   Valo E, ph-rf         1  1  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     30  5  7  5                        33  2  9  2

Baltimore        013 100 000 --  5
Cleveland        000 000 020 --  2

  Baltimore            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Brown H (W)           8.0  9  2  2  2  3
Walker J (S)          1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Locke B (L)           4.0  5  5  2  2  1
Smith B               4.0  2  0  0  0  2
Garcia M              1.0  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Locke B
DP -- Baltimore 3, Cleveland 2
LOB -- Baltimore 3, Cleveland 6
2B -- Minoso M, Francona T
HR -- Triandos G
SH -- Robinson B, Brown H
SF -- Gardner B
T -- 2:17
A -- 12115

    

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