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August 30, 1959

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Bottom 8 R H E
White Sox 5 5 0
Indians 2 7 0
Bottom 8 R H E
White Sox 5 5 0
Indians 2 8 0

Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .371
OBP .333 .408
At Bats 3 315
Hits 1 117
• Singles 1 82
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 0 65

Gerry Staley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 3 10
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 30, 1959
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Single
Gerry Staley
Sherm Lollar
Earl Torgeson
Nellie Fox
Sammy Esposito
Luis Aparicio
Bubba Phillips
Jim Landis
Jim McAnany
Tito Francona
Minnie Minoso
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Gerry Staley now pitching. Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson fields the ball and throws to Staley covering. Safe. Minoso moves to second.

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Bottom 8 Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harshman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Esposito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Top 8 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Esposito fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Harshman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sammy Esposito now playing third base. Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Landis strikes out. There goes Fox. The throw from Fitz Gerald to Held, and back to Francona, who tags Fox out.
Top 7 Fox takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Held strikes out.
Bottom 6 Strickland takes first base on ball four. Francona moves to second.
Bottom 6 Colavito strikes out.
Bottom 6 Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bubba Phillips now playing left field. Earl Torgeson now playing first base. Jim McAnany now playing right field. Minoso strikes out.
Top 6 Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 John Romano pinch hits for Jim Rivera. Jack Harshman now pitching. Romano hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fitz Gerald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bobby Locke now pitching. Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Al Smith. Torgeson takes first base on ball four. Phillips scores. Lollar moves to third. Goodman moves to second.
Top 6 Goodman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Landis scores. Phillips moves to third. Lollar moves to second.
Top 6 Bubba Phillips pinch runs for Ted Kluszewski. Lollar is hit by the pitch. Fox scores. Landis moves to third. Phillips moves to second.
Top 6 Kluszewski is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Landis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Landis reaches second base with a double. Aparicio scores. Fox moves to third.
Top 6 Fox takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There goes Aparicio. The throw from Fitz Gerald and he is safe. Aparicio steals second.
Top 6 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Wynn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Rivera hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Power. The throw from Lollar and he is out, Fox applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fitz Gerald scores.
Bottom 5 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fitz Gerald moves to third.
Bottom 5 McLish bunts towards the mound. Wynn fields it and throws to first for the out. Fitz Gerald moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Held hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Goodman strikes out.
Top 5 Lollar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Lollar reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Strickland hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Landis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Aparicio is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piersall moves to third. Power moves to second.
Bottom 3 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 McLish is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Fitz Gerald takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Wynn hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rivera hits a line drive into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Smith is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Held hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Strickland hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lollar hits a popup, foul, towards third. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Minoso hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Power takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Piersall is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Landis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aparicio hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.