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Red Sox 17 @ Tigers 6
Briggs Stadium
May 6, 1959

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox, played on May 6, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Red Sox with a score of 17 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMay 6, 1959 
Visiting Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 17 H: 18 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 17
Hits: 18
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 6 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherFrank Baumann  
Losing PitcherPaul Foytack  
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Game Winning RBIDick Gernert 

Game Info

DateMay 6, 1959 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Red Sox 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherTom Brewer  
Home Starting PitcherPaul Foytack  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance4,854 
Time of Game2 hours 52 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Paparella
1B: Eddie Hurley
2B: (none)
3B: Frank Tabacchi

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Buddin  Shortstop 
Marty Keough  Center Fielder 
Pete Runnels  Second Baseman 
Jackie Jensen  Right Fielder 
Frank Malzone  Third Baseman 
Dick Gernert  First Baseman 
Gary Geiger  Left Fielder 
Sammy White  Catcher 
Tom Brewer  Pitcher 
Pinky Higgins  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ted Lepcio  Third Baseman 
Bobo Osborne  First Baseman 
Charlie Maxwell  Left Fielder 
Al Kaline  Center Fielder 
Larry Doby  Right Fielder 
Rocky Bridges  Shortstop 
Lou Berberet  Catcher 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Paul Foytack  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

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Red Sox 17 @ Tigers 6
Briggs Stadium
May 6, 1959

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/6/1959 -- Boston at Detroit (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Buddin D, ss          5  1  1  1   Lepcio T, 3b          4  0  1  0   
Keough M, cf          5  2  2  1   Osborne B, 1b         5  0  1  0   
Runnels P, 2b         6  2  2  1   Maxwell C, lf         4  2  3  0   
Jensen J, rf          4  3  1  2   Kaline A, cf          3  2  2  4   
Malzone F, 3b         5  2  2  3   Yost E, ph            1  0  0  0   
Gernert D, 1b         5  3  3  4   Zernial G, rf         1  0  0  0   
Geiger G, lf          5  3  4  4   Doby L, rf            2  0  0  0   
White S, c            4  1  2  1   Groth J, ph-rf-cf     3  1  2  0   
Brewer T, p           1  0  0  0   Bridges R, ss         4  0  1  0   
Baumann F, p          4  0  1  0   Berberet L, c         4  1  3  2   
                                   Bolling F, 2b         4  0  0  0   
                                   Foytack P, p          2  0  0  0   
                                   Morgan T, p           1  0  0  0   
                                   Susce G, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Burnside P, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Kuenn H, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Sisler D, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44 17 18 17                        39  6 13  6

Boston           000 015 560 -- 17
Detroit          202 000 020 --  6

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Brewer T              3.0  8  4  4  1  2
Baumann F (W)         6.0  5  2  2  1  5

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Foytack P (L)         5.2  6  5  5  1  1
Morgan T              0.2  5  4  4  0  0
Susce G               1.1  4  6  6  3  1
Burnside P            0.1  3  2  2  2  0
Sisler D              1.0  0  0  0  1  0

DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Boston 7, Detroit 8
2B -- Maxwell C, Geiger G, Gernert D
3B -- Keough M
HR -- Kaline A 2, Malzone F, Keough M, Gernert D, Jensen J, Geiger G 2, Berberet L
WP -- Brewer T, Foytack P, Burnside P
T -- 2:52
A -- 4854

    

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