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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

1959-06-16 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 16656 · 2:22

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 4–1. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 5th. Cal McLish earned the win. Dick Brown went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	4	10
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6

W: Cal McLish L: Ted Wills SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Napp · 1B: John Rice · 2B: Eddie Rommel · 3B: Johnny Stevens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ray Webster	5	0	1	0	0	0
Vic Power	5	0	2	1	0	0
Woodie Held	4	1	1	0	0	1
Rocky Colavito	4	0	2	0	0	0
Minnie Minoso	2	0	0	0	2	0
George Strickland	3	1	2	1	0	1
Jim Piersall	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Brown	4	2	2	2	0	0
Cal McLish	3	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Buddin	2	0	0	0	2	0
Pete Runnels	3	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Stephens	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Gernert	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jackie Jensen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Malzone	4	0	1	0	0	2
Marty Keough	4	1	1	1	0	0
Pete Daley	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Wills	2	0	0	0	0	2
Vic Wertz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Williams	1	0	1	0	0	0
Sammy White	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cal McLish	9.0	6	2	6

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ted Wills	7.0	6	1	2
Murray Wall	2.0	4	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ray Webster: 5/FL
Vic Power: 53
Woodie Held: K

Bot 1

Don Buddin: W
Pete Runnels: S9.1-2
Gene Stephens: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Dick Gernert: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Rocky Colavito: S8
Minnie Minoso: W.1-2
George Strickland: K
Jim Piersall: 4/P
Dick Brown: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Jackie Jensen: D7
Frank Malzone: SB3
Frank Malzone: K
Marty Keough: FC1.3XH(12)
Pete Daley: SB2
Pete Daley: 63

Top 3

Cal McLish: 7
Ray Webster: 53
Vic Power: 53

Bot 3

Ted Wills: K
Don Buddin: W
Pete Runnels: HP.1-2
Gene Stephens: 8
Dick Gernert: K

Top 4

Woodie Held: 7
Rocky Colavito: 13
Minnie Minoso: 4/P

Bot 4

Jackie Jensen: 13
Frank Malzone: K
Marty Keough: 8

Top 5

George Strickland: S7
Jim Piersall: 6/L
Dick Brown: HR/7D.1-H
Cal McLish: 6/P
Ray Webster: S8
Vic Power: S9.1-3
Woodie Held: 53

Bot 5

Pete Daley: 13
Ted Wills: K
Don Buddin: 5/P

Top 6

Rocky Colavito: 53
Minnie Minoso: 9
George Strickland: S8
Jim Piersall: 8

Bot 6

Pete Runnels: 43
Gene Stephens: S8
Dick Gernert: 8
Jackie Jensen: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Dick Brown: 13
Cal McLish: 13
Ray Webster: 53

Bot 7

Frank Malzone: 63
Marty Keough: HR/9D
Vic Wertz: 31
Ted Williams: S8
Don Buddin: PO1(E1).1-2#
Don Buddin: OA.2X3(35)#

Top 8

Vic Power: 63
Woodie Held: S4/G
Rocky Colavito: S7.1-2
Minnie Minoso: WP.2-3;1-2
Minnie Minoso: IW
George Strickland: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
Jim Piersall: 4/P

Bot 8

Don Buddin: 7
Pete Runnels: E4/G
Gene Stephens: 13.1-2
Dick Gernert: 53

Top 9

Dick Brown: S7
Cal McLish: 14/SH.1-2
Ray Webster: 8
Vic Power: S7.2-H;BX2(74)

Bot 9

Jackie Jensen: 7/L
Frank Malzone: D7
Marty Keough: 7
Sammy White: K

Notes & reviews

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