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Orioles 3 @ Indians 6
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 2, 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 2, 1959 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians beat the visiting Orioles with a score of 6 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 2, 1959 
Visiting Team
Baltimore Orioles
R: 3 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 3
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 6 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherGary Bell  
Losing PitcherBilly O'Dell  
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Game Winning RBITito Francona 

Game Info

DateAugust 2, 1959 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBaltimore Orioles 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherMilt Pappas  
Home Starting PitcherGary Bell  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance34,682 
Time of Game2 hours 20 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jim Honochick
1B: Red Flaherty
2B: Frank Umont
3B: Charlie Berry

Baltimore Orioles Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Klaus  Shortstop 
Bob Boyd  First Baseman 
Al Pilarcik  Right Fielder 
Gene Woodling  Left Fielder 
Barry Shetrone  Center Fielder 
Joe Ginsberg  Catcher 
Brooks Robinson  Third Baseman 
Billy Gardner  Second Baseman 
Milt Pappas  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 
Russ Nixon  Catcher 
Gary Bell  Pitcher 
Joe Gordon  Manager 

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Orioles 3 @ Indians 6
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 2, 1959

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/2/1959, game 2 -- Baltimore at Cleveland (D)

  Baltimore          AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Klaus B, ss           4  0  2  1   Martin B, 2b          5  0  1  0   
Boyd B, 1b            5  0  1  0   Power V, 1b           4  1  1  0   
Pilarcik A, rf        4  1  1  0   Minoso M, lf          3  2  2  0   
Woodling G, lf        4  1  2  0   Francona T, cf        4  1  3  4   
Shetrone B, cf        2  0  0  0   Colavito R, rf        4  0  0  0   
Ginsberg J, c         4  0  1  0   Strickland G, ss      3  1  0  0   
Robinson B, 3b        4  0  1  2   Baxes J, 3b           4  0  1  0   
Gardner B, 2b         3  0  1  0   Nixon R, c            4  1  3  1   
Pearson A, ph         1  1  1  0   Bell G, p             4  0  0  0   
Miranda W, 2b         0  0  0  0                                      
Pappas M, p           3  0  2  0                                      
Tasby W, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
O'Dell B, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  3 12  3                        35  6 11  5

Baltimore        000 002 001 --  3
Cleveland        001 100 013 --  6
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Baltimore            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pappas M              8.0  8  3  2  4  5
O'Dell B (L)          0.1  3  3  3  0  0

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bell G (W)            9.0 12  3  3  1  7

E -- Robinson B, Gardner B
DP -- Cleveland 1
LOB -- Baltimore 9, Cleveland 9
2B -- Boyd B, Ginsberg J, Francona T, Nixon R, Robinson B, Klaus B
3B -- Nixon R
HR -- Francona T
CS -- Power V
SH -- Pilarcik A, Shetrone B, Klaus B
HBP -- by Pappas M (Minoso M)
PB -- Ginsberg J
T -- 2:20
A -- 34682

    

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