Tigers @ Red Sox
August 8, 1959

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Bottom 10 R H E
Tigers 3 11 0
Red Sox 3 9 0
Bottom 10 R H E
Tigers 3 11 0
Red Sox 4 10 0

Gary Geiger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .268
OBP .250 .314
At Bats 4 194
Hits 1 52
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 33

Pete Burnside Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Fenway Park - August 8, 1959
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Home Run
Pete Burnside
Red Wilson
Bobo Osborne
Frank Bolling
Eddie Yost
Coot Veal
Charlie Maxwell
Al Kaline
Harvey Kuenn
Gary Geiger

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 3 11 0 16
Boston Red Sox 4 10 0 8
Winning Pitcher Ike Delock
Losing Pitcher Pete Burnside
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gary Geiger
Attendance 13,930
Time of Game 3 hours 12 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Geiger hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Delock covering, for the out.
Top 10 Maxwell bunts towards the mound. Delock fields it and throws to first for the out. Yost moves to second.
Top 10 Ike Delock now pitching. Yost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Pete Burnside now pitching. There goes Green. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Green steals second.
Bottom 9 Jim Busby pinch runs for Dick Gernert. Green hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. White scores. Busby scores.
Bottom 9 Dick Gernert pinch hits for Nelson Chittum. Gernert hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kaline. Gernert reaches second base with a double. Wertz scores. White moves to third.
Bottom 9 White is hit by the pitch. Wertz moves to second.
Bottom 9 Wertz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Jensen is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Lary strikes out.
Top 9 Veal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Osborne hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chittum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Stephens hits a popup towards short. Veal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Runnels hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wilson strikes out.
Top 8 Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Maxwell moves to second.
Top 8 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Nelson Chittum now pitching. Vic Wertz now playing first base. Pete Runnels now playing shortstop. Yost hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Green hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Marty Keough pinch hits for Al Schroll. Keough hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bobo Osborne now playing first base. Vic Wertz pinch hits for Jim Mahoney. Wertz strikes out.
Top 7 Lary strikes out.
Top 7 Veal is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Bobo Osborne pinch runs for Gus Zernial. Bolling hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Bolling reaches second base with a double. Kuenn scores. Osborne moves to third.
Top 7 Zernial hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to third.
Top 7 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mahoney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kuenn moves to second.
Top 7 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Malzone hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Stephens is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Geiger hits a popup towards short. Veal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maxwell is called out on strikes.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Bolling moves to third. Yost moves to second.
Top 6 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mahoney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Veal bunts towards the mound. Schroll fields it and throws to first for the out. Bolling moves to second.
Top 6 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Green strikes out. There goes Schroll. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 5 Schroll takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes White. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Veal applying the tag.
Bottom 5 White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Zernial strikes out.
Top 5 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jim Mahoney now playing shortstop. Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ted Williams pinch hits for Don Buddin. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zernial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Bottom 4 Malzone hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stephens moves to second.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stephens hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zernial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Geiger for the out.
Top 4 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Maxwell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Maxwell reaches second base with a double. Yost goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Yost hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bolling scores.
Top 4 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Veal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schroll fields it and throws to first for the out. Bolling moves to second.
Top 4 Bolling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Schroll hits a popup towards first. Zernial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Zernial is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Kuenn moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Top 3 Kaline hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to second.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 3 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schroll fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Veal hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Zernial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stephens strikes out.
Bottom 1 Geiger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Runnels moves to third.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kaline. Runnels reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zernial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Green for the out.
Top 1 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Yost moves to second.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maxwell strikes out.
Top 1 Yost takes first base on ball four.