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August 4, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 8 9 2
Red Sox 6 8 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 8 9 2
Red Sox 6 8 2

Vic Wertz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .286
OBP .000 .358
At Bats 0 182
Hits 0 52
• Singles 0 37
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 36

Tom Sturdivant Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 3
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Fenway Park - August 4, 1959
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Strikeout
Tom Sturdivant
Harry Chiti
Kent Hadley
Wayne Terwilliger
Dick Williams
Jerry Lumpe
Russ Snyder
Bill Tuttle
Roger Maris
Vic Wertz
Jim Busby
Jackie Jensen

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 8 9 2 5
Boston Red Sox 6 8 2 11
Winning Pitcher Murry Dickson
Losing Pitcher Al Schroll
Save Tom Sturdivant
Game Winning RBI Jerry Lumpe
Attendance 21,304
Time of Game 3 hours 7 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Wertz strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Vic Wertz pinch hits for Sammy White. Tom Sturdivant now pitching. The ball gets by Chiti for a passed ball. Jensen moves to third. Busby moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jim Busby pinch hits for Gary Geiger. Busby is hit by the pitch. Jensen moves to second.
Bottom 9 Keough bunts for a double play.
Bottom 9 Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Malzone moves to second.
Bottom 9 Malzone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Maris hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Williams hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Snyder bunts for an out with unknown description. Tuttle moves to second.
Top 9 Mike Fornieles now pitching. Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone juggles the ball. That's an error on Malzone.
Bottom 8 Green hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Runnels hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Runnels reaches second base with a double. Daley scores. Buddin moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Buddin is hit by the pitch. Daley moves to second.
Bottom 8 Pete Daley pinch hits for Frank Sullivan. Daley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams juggles the ball. That's an error on Williams.
Bottom 8 White hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Geiger strikes out.
Top 8 Daley hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Chiti hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Keough is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Bud Daley now pitching. Jensen hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Malzone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Snyder. Malzone reaches second base with a double. Buddin scores. Green goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hadley juggles the ball. That's an error on Hadley. Buddin moves to second.
Bottom 7 Runnels hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Hadley strikes out.
Top 7 Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Maris hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. White fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kent Hadley now playing first base. Geiger hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Frank Sullivan now pitching. The umpire calls a balk on Sullivan Dickson scores. Tuttle moves to third. Snyder moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Snyder takes first base on ball four. Dickson moves to third. Tuttle moves to second.
Top 6 Tuttle takes first base on ball four. Dickson moves to second.
Top 6 Dickson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Chiti scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Terwilliger bunts towards the mound. Chittum fields it and throws to first for the out. Boone scores. Chiti moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Nelson Chittum now pitching. Chiti hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen. Chiti reaches second base with a double. Lumpe scores. Boone moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Boone takes first base on ball four. Lumpe moves to second.
Top 6 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schroll juggles the ball. That's an error on Schroll. Maris scores.
Top 6 Maris hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Keough who is chasing the ball. Maris reaches third base with a triple. Williams goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Gary Geiger now playing left field. Marty Keough now playing center field. Snyder strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ted Williams pinch hits for Dick Gernert. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jensen takes first base on ball four. Runnels moves to third. Green moves to second.
Bottom 5 Malzone hits a popup, foul, towards first. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Green takes first base on ball four. Runnels moves to second.
Bottom 5 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Buddin hits a popup towards third. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Tuttle hits a line drive towards first. Runnels reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dickson strikes out.
Top 5 White fires to second and picks off Chiti for the out.
Top 5 Terwilliger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chiti moves to second.
Top 5 Chiti takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Boone hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Lumpe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Schroll strikes out.
Bottom 4 White strikes out.
Bottom 4 Geiger hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Williams strikes out.
Top 4 Snyder hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Gernert hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jensen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Runnels scores.
Bottom 3 Murry Dickson now pitching. Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Buddin scores. Runnels moves to third.
Bottom 3 Green takes first base on ball four. Buddin moves to third. Runnels moves to second.
Bottom 3 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Buddin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Buddin reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Coleman hits a line drive towards third. Malzone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Terwilliger hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schroll hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Snyder. Schroll reaches second base with a double. Jensen scores. There goes Geiger trying to get to home. Snyder throws the ball in to Chiti, who tags Geiger for the out.
Bottom 2 White strikes out.
Bottom 2 Geiger takes first base on ball four. Jensen moves to second.
Bottom 2 Gernert strikes out.
Bottom 2 Jensen takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Chiti 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 2 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lumpe 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 1 Malzone hits a line drive towards short. Lumpe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Green hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Runnels strikes out.
Bottom 1 Buddin hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out. Snyder moves to second.
Top 1 Snyder bunts towards the mound. Schroll fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.