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August 11, 1959

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Top 9	R	H	E
Indians	3	9	0
Athletics	7	11	2

Top 9	R	H	E
Indians	3	9	0
Athletics	7	11	2

Jim Piersall Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.250	.244
OBP	.250	.306
At Bats	4	246
Hits	1	60
• Singles	0	44
• Doubles	1	11
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	22
RBI’s	0	21

Bud Daley Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
12	7	1

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Municipal Stadium - August 11, 1959

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Out

Bud Daley

Frank House

Dick Williams

Wayne Terwilliger

Hal Smith

Jerry Lumpe

Russ Snyder

Bill Tuttle

Roger Maris

Jim Piersall

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Cleveland Indians	3	9	0	7
Kansas City Athletics	7	11	2	10
Winning Pitcher	Bud Daley
Losing Pitcher	Mudcat Grant
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Russ Snyder
Attendance	10,884
Time of Game	2 hours 27 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Ray Webster pinch hits for Bobby Locke. Webster hits a popup, foul, towards first. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Brown strikes out.

Bottom 8 Maris strikes out.

Bottom 8 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tuttle scores. Lumpe moves to second.

Bottom 8 Lumpe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tuttle moves to third.

Bottom 8 Snyder hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Tuttle takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Daley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Held strikes out.

Top 8 Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 8 Colavito hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Terwilliger hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 House hits a popup towards third. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 7 Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops it up and throws to first, with Daley covering, for the out.

Top 7 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Daley fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Lumpe 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 6 Locke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Daley fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Brown is hit by the pitch.

Top 6 Held hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Baxes hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Colavito hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 6 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith juggles the ball. That's an error on Smith.

Top 6 Minoso hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 5 Snyder strikes out.

Bottom 5 Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Daley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Power fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Terwilliger moves to second.

Bottom 5 Terwilliger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith scores.

Bottom 5 House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops it up and throws to first, with Locke covering, for the out. Smith moves to third.

Bottom 5 Smith hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall. Smith reaches second base with a double.

Top 5 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Piersall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Snyder. Piersall reaches second base with a double.

Top 5 Locke hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Maris hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Lumpe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snyder for the out.

Top 4 Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 4 Baxes strikes out.

Top 4 Colavito takes first base on ball four. Francona moves to second.

Top 4 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams juggles the ball. That's an error on Williams.

Top 4 Minoso hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Minoso reaches second base with a double. Tuttle throws the ball in to Terwilliger who relays the ball to Lumpe who tags Minoso trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Bottom 3 Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Daley hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Bobby Locke now pitching. Terwilliger hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 3 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Bobby Locke pinch hits for Bob Smith. Locke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brown moves to third.

Top 3 Brown hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Snyder. Brown reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 2 House hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 Smith takes first base on ball four. Maris moves to second.

Bottom 2 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona fields it and throws to second for the out. Snyder moves to third.

Bottom 2 Williams takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Lumpe bunts towards third. Power fields it and throws to first for the out. Snyder moves to second.

Bottom 2 Snyder hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Held is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Baxes is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Colavito strikes out.

Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Power fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Daley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to home to get House. Terwilliger moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 1 Terwilliger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. House moves to third.

Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Maris scores. Smith moves to third. House moves to second.

Bottom 1 Bob Smith now pitching. House takes first base on ball four. Maris moves to third. Smith moves to second.

Bottom 1 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snyder scores. Williams scores. Maris moves to second.

Bottom 1 Maris takes first base on ball four. Snyder moves to third. Williams moves to second.

Bottom 1 Williams takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Snyder hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Snyder reaches second base with a double. Tuttle scores.

Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito who is chasing the ball. Tuttle reaches third base with a triple.

Top 1 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 1 Minoso is hit by the pitch. Power moves to second.

Top 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 1 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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