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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

1959-06-11 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 3248 · 2:33

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 8–1. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 9th. Ray Narleski earned the win. Al Kaline went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	8	15
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5

W: Ray Narleski L: Ted Wills SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Honochick · 1B: Red Flaherty · 2B: Frank Umont · 3B: Charlie Berry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	4	1	0	0	2	1
Harvey Kuenn	3	0	1	0	2	1
Charlie Maxwell	5	2	2	0	0	0
Al Kaline	5	2	3	3	0	0
Red Wilson	5	2	3	2	0	0
Rocky Bridges	5	1	3	0	0	0
Bobo Osborne	5	0	1	3	0	0
Frank Bolling	4	0	1	0	1	0
Ray Narleski	5	0	1	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Buddin	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Geiger	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ted Williams	4	1	1	1	0	1
Vic Wertz	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jackie Jensen	3	0	1	0	1	0
Frank Malzone	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Avila	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sammy White	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ted Wills	3	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Narleski	9.0	5	2	4

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ted Wills	8.1	14	5	2
Mike Fornieles	0.2	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Yost: 2/FL
Harvey Kuenn: W
Charlie Maxwell: 8
Al Kaline: 8

Bot 1

Don Buddin: 3/P
Gary Geiger: 8
Ted Williams: K

Top 2

Red Wilson: 9
Rocky Bridges: 8
Bobo Osborne: E6/TH.B-2
Frank Bolling: W
Ray Narleski: 9

Bot 2

Vic Wertz: 8
Jackie Jensen: S
Frank Malzone: 5
Bobby Avila: 8

Top 3

Eddie Yost: W
Harvey Kuenn: K
Charlie Maxwell: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Sammy White: 53
Ted Wills: S/BG
Don Buddin: 5/P
Gary Geiger: 6(1)/FO

Top 4

Al Kaline: S
Red Wilson: 6/P
Rocky Bridges: S.1-2
Bobo Osborne: 3/FL
Frank Bolling: 3/G

Bot 4

Ted Williams: 9
Vic Wertz: 6/P
Jackie Jensen: W
Frank Malzone: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Ray Narleski: 63
Eddie Yost: K
Harvey Kuenn: S
Charlie Maxwell: S.1-3
Al Kaline: 9

Bot 5

Bobby Avila: 53
Sammy White: S
Ted Wills: 3/G.1-2
Don Buddin: 9

Top 6

Red Wilson: D
Rocky Bridges: S.2-3;B-2(E9/TH)
Bobo Osborne: 53.3-H;2-3
Frank Bolling: FC5/DP.3XH(5);BX2(54)

Bot 6

Gary Geiger: K
Ted Williams: HR
Vic Wertz: S
Jackie Jensen: 8
Frank Malzone: K

Top 7

Ray Narleski: 53
Eddie Yost: W
Harvey Kuenn: 8
Charlie Maxwell: S.1-2
Al Kaline: S.2-H;1-2
Red Wilson: D.2-H;1-H
Rocky Bridges: 53

Bot 7

Bobby Avila: 53
Sammy White: 2/FL
Ted Wills: 43

Top 8

Bobo Osborne: 8
Frank Bolling: 53
Ray Narleski: T
Eddie Yost: 6/L

Bot 8

Don Buddin: K
Gary Geiger: W
Ted Williams: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 9

Harvey Kuenn: W
Charlie Maxwell: 96(1)/FO
Al Kaline: WP.1-2
Al Kaline: HR.2-H
Red Wilson: S
Rocky Bridges: D.1-3
Bobo Osborne: S.3-H;2-H
Frank Bolling: S.1-3
Ray Narleski: K
Eddie Yost: 43

Bot 9

Vic Wertz: 13
Jackie Jensen: 43
Frank Malzone: 6/P