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August 5, 1959

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Bottom 1	R	H	E
Athletics	2	3	0
Red Sox	0	1	1

Bottom 1	R	H	E
Athletics	2	3	0
Red Sox	2	2	1

Gary Geiger Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.257
OBP	.000	.300
At Bats	0	179
Hits	0	46
• Singles	0	31
• Doubles	0	7
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	6
Walks	0	11
RBI’s	0	25

Johnny Kucks Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
5	6	1

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Fenway Park - August 5, 1959

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Double

Johnny Kucks

Harry Chiti

Preston Ward

Wayne Terwilliger

Dick Williams

Jerry Lumpe

Russ Snyder

Bill Tuttle

Roger Maris

Gary Geiger

Pete Runnels

Pumpsie Green

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Geiger hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Geiger reaches second base with a double. Green scores. Runnels goes all the way around to score.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 1 Runnels takes first base on ball four. Green moves to second.

Bottom 1 Green hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Chiti strikes out. White drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Chiti out.

Top 1 Ward hits a line drive into right field. Jensen picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Jensen. Williams scores. Maris scores. Lumpe moves to third. Ward moves to second.

Top 1 Lumpe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to third. Maris moves to second.

Top 1 Maris takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.

Top 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Snyder 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 1 Tuttle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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