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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

1959-06-26 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 25416 · 2:55

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 11–5. Cleveland Indians put up 5 in the 1st. Cal McLish earned the win. Jackie Jensen went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	11
CLE	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0		11	11

W: Cal McLish L: Jerry Casale SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Buddin	4	1	2	0	1	0
Pete Runnels	5	1	4	0	0	0
Ted Williams	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jackie Jensen	4	1	1	4	1	0
Frank Malzone	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Gernert	4	1	1	1	0	1
Marty Keough	4	0	2	0	0	1
Pete Daley	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Monbouquette	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Geiger	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Fornieles	1	0	0	0	0	1
Herb Plews	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Wertz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Stephens	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jerry Casale	0.0	3	3	0
Bill Monbouquette	3.0	5	0	0
Mike Fornieles	4.0	3	1	2
Frank Baumann	1.0	0	2	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cal McLish	9.0	11	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Buddin: W
Pete Runnels: S7.1-2
Ted Williams: S9.2-3;1-2
Jackie Jensen: 9
Frank Malzone: 9
Dick Gernert: K

Bot 1

Woodie Held: W
Vic Power: S8.1-2
Tito Francona: W.2-3;1-2
Rocky Colavito: S8/G.3-H;2-H;1-3
Minnie Minoso: W.1-2
George Strickland: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Granny Hamner: 8/SF.3-H
Dick Brown: 64(1)/FO
Cal McLish: S9.1-3
Woodie Held: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Marty Keough: K
Pete Daley: 7
Bill Monbouquette: K

Bot 2

Vic Power: D9
Tito Francona: D7.2-H
Rocky Colavito: 53.2-H(E3/TH)(NR)
Minnie Minoso: 63
George Strickland: 53

Top 3

Don Buddin: S8
Pete Runnels: S7.1-2
Ted Williams: W.2-3;1-2
Jackie Jensen: HR/7D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Frank Malzone: 6/P
Dick Gernert: 53
Marty Keough: S7
Pete Daley: 63

Bot 3

Granny Hamner: 63
Dick Brown: S7
Cal McLish: 13/SH.1-2
Woodie Held: HR/7D.2-H
Vic Power: HP
Tito Francona: 7

Top 4

Gary Geiger: 8
Don Buddin: S7
Pete Runnels: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Rocky Colavito: 53
Minnie Minoso: 4/P
George Strickland: 8

Top 5

Ted Williams: 6/L
Jackie Jensen: 43
Frank Malzone: E6/G
Dick Gernert: 7

Bot 5

Granny Hamner: S8
Dick Brown: HR/7D.1-H
Cal McLish: S9
Woodie Held: 4(1)3/GDP
Jim Piersall: 3/P

Top 6

Marty Keough: 43
Pete Daley: 53
Mike Fornieles: K

Bot 6

Tito Francona: 9
Rocky Colavito: 2/FL
Minnie Minoso: 3/P

Top 7

Don Buddin: 63
Pete Runnels: S8
Ted Williams: K
Jackie Jensen: W.1-2
Frank Malzone: WP.2-3;1-2
Frank Malzone: 6/L

Bot 7

George Strickland: W
Granny Hamner: 8
Dick Brown: K
Cal McLish: K/C

Top 8

Dick Gernert: HR/9D
Marty Keough: S8
Herb Plews: 31.1-2
Vic Wertz: 43.2-3
Don Buddin: 13

Bot 8

Woodie Held: W
Jim Piersall: 4/P
Tito Francona: 8
Rocky Colavito: W.1-2
Minnie Minoso: 7

Top 9

Pete Runnels: S8
Gene Stephens: 9
Jackie Jensen: 54(1)/FO
Frank Malzone: 5/FL

Notes & reviews

Protest=H
Vic Power brushed back twice by Bill Monbouquette
Vic Power charged the mound with his bat after being hit on the back; Power dropped his bat and he and Bill Monbouquette bobbed and weaved, neither throwing a punch; Pete Daley grabbed Power from behind and wrestled him down; both benches cleared; Power ejected by HP umpire Larry Napp; Indians manager Joe Gordon played the game under protest

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