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Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 28, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, played on July 28, 1959 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 28, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 28, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Frank Sullivan |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Gary Bell |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 51 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Red Flaherty 1B: Frank Umont 2B: Charlie Berry 3B: Jim Honochick |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Buddin | Shortstop |
| Pete Runnels | Second Baseman |
| Marty Keough | Center Fielder |
| Vic Wertz | First Baseman |
| Gene Stephens | Right Fielder |
| Gary Geiger | Left Fielder |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Sammy White | Catcher |
| Frank Sullivan | Pitcher |
| Billy Jurges | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
| Tito Francona | Center Fielder |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| George Strickland | Third Baseman |
| Jim Baxes | Second Baseman |
| Dick Brown | Catcher |
| Gary Bell | Pitcher |
| Joe Gordon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 28, 1959
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Bell
Buddin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Bell
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards third. Strickland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Bell
Keough hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Sullivan
Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Sullivan
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Sullivan
Minoso hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Francona vs. Sullivan
Francona takes first base on ball four. Minoso moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Colavito vs. Sullivan
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sullivan fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Bell
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Bell
Stephens strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Bell
Geiger hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Bell
Malzone hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Sullivan
Strickland hits a fly ball into left field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Sullivan
Baxes strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Sullivan
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Bell
White strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Bell
Sullivan strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Bell
Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Sullivan
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Sullivan
Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Sullivan
Power hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Bell
Runnels takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keough vs. Bell
Keough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Keough for the out. Runnels moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wertz vs. Bell
Wertz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stephens vs. Bell
Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to second for the out. Runnels moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Geiger vs. Bell
Geiger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Runnels scores. Stephens moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Malzone vs. Bell
There's a wild pitch. Stephens moves to third. Geiger moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Malzone vs. Bell
Malzone is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
White vs. Bell
White hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Sullivan
Minoso takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Sullivan
Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Minoso moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Colavito vs. Sullivan
Colavito hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Geiger. Colavito reaches second base with a double. Minoso scores. Francona moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Strickland vs. Sullivan
Strickland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Francona scores. Colavito scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baxes vs. Sullivan
Baxes hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Sullivan
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Delock
Ike Delock now pitching.
Bell bunts towards first. Wertz scoops it up and throws to first, with Runnels covering, for the out. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Held vs. Delock
Held hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Power vs. Delock
Power hits a fly ball into right field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delock vs. Bell
Delock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Strickland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Bell
Buddin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Bell
Runnels takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keough vs. Bell
Keough takes first base on ball four. Runnels moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wertz vs. Bell
Wertz hits a line drive into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Delock
Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Delock
Francona hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Delock
Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Francona moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Strickland vs. Delock
Strickland hits a fly ball into left field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baxes vs. Delock
Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baxes for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Bell
Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Bell
Geiger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Malzone vs. Bell
Malzone hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Bell
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Strickland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Delock
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Delock
Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Delock
Held hits a fly ball into left field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Delock
Power hits a line drive into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Bell
Pumpsie Green pinch hits for Ike Delock.
Green hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Bell
Buddin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Runnels vs. Bell
Runnels takes first base on ball four. Buddin moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keough vs. Bell
Keough hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wertz vs. Bell
Wertz is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Wilson
Earl Wilson now pitching.
Minoso hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Wilson
Francona hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Wilson
Colavito hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Bell
Stephens hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Bell
Jim Piersall now playing center field.
Geiger hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Bell
Malzone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gernert vs. Bell
Dick Gernert pinch hits for Sammy White.
Gernert takes first base on ball four. Malzone moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jensen vs. Bell
Jackie Jensen pinch hits for Earl Wilson.
Jensen hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Harshman
Jack Harshman now pitching. Pete Daley now catching.
Strickland hits a fly ball into left field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Harshman
Baxes hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Harshman
Brown hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Bell
Jim Busby pinch hits for Don Buddin.
Busby is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Bell
Runnels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keough vs. Bell
Keough bunts towards the mound. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Runnels moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wertz vs. Bell
Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stephens vs. Bell
Stephens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Runnels moves to third. Keough moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Geiger vs. Bell
Geiger hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso 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 7/28/1959, game 1 -- Boston at Cleveland (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Buddin D, ss 3 0 0 0 Held W, ss 4 0 1 0
Busby J, ph 1 0 0 0 Power V, 1b 4 0 0 0
Runnels P, 2b 2 1 1 0 Minoso M, lf 3 1 1 0
Keough M, cf 4 0 1 0 Francona T, cf 3 1 2 0
Wertz V, 1b 4 0 0 0 Piersall J, cf 0 0 0 0
Stephens G, rf 5 0 1 0 Colavito R, rf 4 1 2 1
Geiger G, lf 4 1 2 2 Strickland G, 3b 4 1 1 2
Malzone F, 3b 3 0 1 0 Baxes J, 2b 4 1 1 2
White S, c 3 0 0 0 Brown D, c 3 0 0 0
Gernert D, ph 0 0 0 0 Bell G, p 2 0 1 0
Daley P, c 0 0 0 0
Sullivan F, p 1 0 0 0
Delock I, p 1 0 0 0
Green P, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilson E, p 0 0 0 0
Jensen J, ph 1 0 0 0
Harshman J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 2 6 2 31 5 9 5
Boston 010 100 000 -- 2
Cleveland 000 500 00x -- 5
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Sullivan F (L)* 3.0 6 5 5 3 1
Delock I 3.0 3 0 0 0 1
Wilson E 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Harshman J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Bell G (W) 9.0 6 2 2 9 6
* Pitched to 6 batters in 4th
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Boston 13, Cleveland 6
2B -- Colavito R
HR -- Geiger G, Baxes J
SH -- Bell G
WP -- Bell G
T -- 2:51
A -- 0
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