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August 23, 1959

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Red Sox 2 8 0
Indians 6 10 2
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Red Sox 2 8 0
Indians 6 10 2

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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 23, 1959
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Pickoff
Earl Wilson
Sammy White
Pete Runnels
Pumpsie Green
Frank Malzone
Don Buddin
Gene Stephens
Gary Geiger
Jackie Jensen
Rocky Colavito
Jim Piersall
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Jim Piersall pinch runs for Tito Francona. Wilson fires to first and picks off Piersall.

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Bottom 8 Francona takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Power hits a popup towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 White strikes out.
Top 8 Malzone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Malzone reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Jensen hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Harshman hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Baxes moves to third. Held moves to second.
Bottom 7 Held takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 The ball gets by White for a passed ball. Baxes moves to second.
Bottom 7 Strickland hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Earl Wilson now pitching. Baxes takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Harshman covering, for the out.
Top 7 Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Green strikes out.
Top 7 Jim Busby pinch hits for Nelson Chittum. Busby hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Busby reaches second base with a double. Buddin moves to third.
Top 7 Buddin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Colavito strikes out.
Bottom 6 Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Power moves to third.
Bottom 6 Minoso strikes out.
Bottom 6 Power hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen. Power reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 White hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Malzone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Geiger scores. Jensen moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Jensen takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Stephens bunts towards the mound. Harshman fields it and throws to first for the out. Geiger moves to second.
Top 6 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baxes misplays the ball. That's an error on Baxes.
Top 6 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Harshman 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 5 The ball gets by White for a passed ball. Fitz Gerald moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Held 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 5 Nelson Chittum now pitching. Strickland hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Green strikes out.
Top 5 Dick Gernert pinch hits for Jerry Casale. Gernert strikes out.
Top 5 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Jack Harshman now pitching. White hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Colavito takes first base on ball four. Francona moves to second.
Bottom 4 Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jerry Casale now pitching. Minoso hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Power hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stephens. Power reaches second base with a double. Held scores. Fitz Gerald moves to third.
Bottom 4 Jack Harshman pinch hits for Mike Garcia. Harshman hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Strickland tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Strickland moves to third. Held moves to second.
Bottom 4 Held takes first base on ball four. Strickland moves to second.
Bottom 4 Strickland takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Baxes strikes out.
Top 4 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held misplays the ball. That's an error on Held. Stephens moves to second.
Top 4 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baxes fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Geiger hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Runnels hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Francona hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Power bunts towards third. Malzone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Garcia fires to first and has Green trapped. There's the throw to Baxes who tags Green for the out.
Top 3 Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Schroll bunts towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Baxes covering, for the out. Buddin moves to second.
Top 3 Buddin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Garcia strikes out.
Bottom 2 Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Held moves to third.
Bottom 2 Held hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Strickland 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 2 Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There goes White. The throw from Fitz Gerald and he is out, Baxes applying the tag.
Top 2 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jensen scores.
Top 2 Malzone hits a popup, foul, towards third. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jensen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Francona. Jensen reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stephens for the out.
Bottom 1 Colavito strikes out. White drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Colavito out.
Bottom 1 Francona hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Power 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 Geiger strikes out.
Top 1 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Green hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.