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Indians
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 15, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians, played on May 15, 1959 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 15, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 15, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mudcat Grant |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Brewer |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 23,412 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill McKinley 1B: Hank Soar 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: Bill Summers |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Woodie Held | Third Baseman |
| Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
| George Strickland | Shortstop |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| Billy Martin | Second Baseman |
| Mudcat Grant | Pitcher |
| Joe Gordon | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Marty Keough | Center Fielder |
| Pete Runnels | Second Baseman |
| Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
| Dick Gernert | First Baseman |
| Sammy White | Catcher |
| Don Buddin | Shortstop |
| Tom Brewer | Pitcher |
| Pinky Higgins | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 15, 1959
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Brewer
Held hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Brewer
Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Brewer
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Brewer
There goes Power. The throw from White and he is out, Runnels applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Grant
Keough takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Runnels vs. Grant
Runnels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Keough moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Grant
Williams hits a popup towards first. Power catches it and throws to home to double up Keough, who tagged and tried to score. Runnels moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Malzone vs. Grant
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Brewer
Colavito hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Brewer
Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Brewer
Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Runnels. Minoso moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nixon vs. Brewer
Nixon hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Brewer
Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Minoso scores. Strickland moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grant vs. Brewer
Grant strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Held vs. Brewer
Held strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Grant
Jensen hits a line drive into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gernert vs. Grant
Gernert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Grant
White hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Gernert moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Buddin vs. Grant
Billy Hoeft pinch runs for Sammy White.
Buddin strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brewer vs. Grant
Brewer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Brewer
Pete Daley now catching.
Piersall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Brewer
Power hits a line drive towards first. Gernert catches it and steps on first to double up Piersall. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Brewer
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Brewer
Minoso hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Brewer
Strickland is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Grant
Keough hits a popup towards third. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Grant
Runnels is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Grant
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Grant covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Brewer
Nixon hits a line drive into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Brewer
Martin hits a popup towards first. Gernert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grant vs. Brewer
Grant hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Daley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Grant
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Grant
Jensen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gernert vs. Grant
Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Brewer
Held strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Brewer
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Brewer
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Daley vs. Grant
Daley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Grant
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brewer vs. Grant
Brewer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keough vs. Grant
Keough hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall who is chasing the ball. Keough reaches third base with a triple. Brewer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Runnels vs. Grant
Runnels is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Brewer
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin misplays the ball. That's an error on Buddin. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Brewer
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin throws to second for one, and Runnels throws to first, and Gernert drops the ball. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Brewer
Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards second. Runnels scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Grant
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Grant
Malzone strikes out. Nixon drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Malzone out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Grant
Jensen hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Brewer
Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Brewer
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grant vs. Brewer
Grant bunts between the mound and first base. Brewer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grant for the out. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Held vs. Brewer
Held is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gernert vs. Grant
Gernert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Daley vs. Grant
Daley hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buddin vs. Grant
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Grant
Gary Geiger pinch hits for Tom Brewer.
There goes Buddin. The throw from Nixon and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Geiger vs. Grant
Geiger strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Wall
Murray Wall now pitching.
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Wall, and towards Buddin, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Wall
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Wall
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Wall
Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Colavito moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Strickland vs. Wall
Strickland takes first base on ball four. Minoso moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nixon vs. Wall
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert scoops it up and throws to first, with Wall covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Grant
Keough hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Grant
Runnels takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Grant
Williams hits a line drive towards the mound. Grant catches it and throws to first to double up Runnels. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Wall
Martin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Martin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grant vs. Wall
Wall spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Wall. Martin moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grant vs. Wall
Grant hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gernert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Held vs. Wall
Held strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Piersall vs. Wall
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Grant
Malzone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Grant
Jensen hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gernert vs. Perry
Jim Perry now pitching.
Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Daley vs. Perry
Daley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Renna vs. Perry
Bill Renna pinch hits for Don Buddin.
Renna hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/15/1959 -- Cleveland at Boston (N)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Held W, 3b 5 0 0 0 Keough M, cf 3 0 1 1
Piersall J, cf 5 0 2 0 Runnels P, 2b 3 0 1 0
Power V, 1b 4 0 0 0 Williams T, lf 4 0 0 0
Colavito R, rf 2 2 1 1 Malzone F, 3b 4 1 1 0
Minoso M, lf 4 2 3 2 Jensen J, rf 3 1 1 2
Strickland G, ss 3 0 0 0 Gernert D, 1b 2 0 0 0
Nixon R, c 4 0 0 0 White S, c 1 0 1 0
Martin B, 2b 3 0 2 1 Hoeft B, pr 0 0 0 0
Grant M, p 3 0 0 0 Daley P, c 3 0 0 0
Perry J, p 0 0 0 0 Buddin D, ss 3 0 0 0
Renna B, ph 1 0 0 0
Brewer T, p 1 1 0 0
Geiger G, ph 1 0 0 0
Wall M, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 4 8 4 29 3 5 3
Cleveland 022 000 000 -- 4
Boston 000 010 002 -- 3
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Grant M (W)* 8.0 5 3 3 6 5
Perry J (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer T (L) 7.0 6 4 4 2 5
Wall M 2.0 2 0 0 2 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
E -- Runnels P, Buddin D, Gernert D, Nixon R, Wall M
DP -- Cleveland 3, Boston 2
LOB -- Cleveland 7, Boston 5
2B -- Martin B
3B -- Keough M
HR -- Colavito R, Minoso M, Jensen J
SB -- Buddin D
CS -- Power V
SH -- Grant M
T -- 2:32
A -- 23412
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