May 20, 1959
In the highest scoring game this season in the AL, the Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City A's 18-10 tonight at Fenway Park. The Red Sox came back from an early 10-0 deficit to win the game.
BOXSCORE: 1959 Kansas City Athletics At 1959 Boston Red Sox 5/20/1959
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
B.Tuttle CF 6 2 3 0 .247 J.Busby CF 6 2 2 1 .333
D.Williams 3B 5 2 2 3 .167 P.Runnels 2B 4 3 1 0 .306
R.Boone 1B 5 1 3 2 .275 T.Williams LF 3 5 2 2 .267
R.Maris RF 5 1 1 0 .242 F.Malzone 3B 5 3 2 2 .306
B.Cerv LF 5 2 3 1 .242 J.Jensen RF 4 1 1 2 .283
H.Lopez 2B 2 1 1 1 .330 D.Gernert 1B 5 1 2 5 .239
F.House C 5 0 0 0 .295 P.Daley C 6 0 3 2 .278
J.Demaestri SS 5 0 2 3 .214 D.Buddin SS 3 2 1 2 .200
R.Herbert P 1 1 0 0 .059 B.Hoeft P 0 0 0 0 .286
A-P.Ward PH 1 0 0 0 .300 B.Monbouquette P 2 0 1 1 .200
M.Dickson P 0 0 0 0 .333 B-G.Geiger PH 1 0 0 0 .183
R.Coleman P 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Kiely P 2 1 0 0 .000
C-K.Hadley PH 1 0 0 0 .259
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Totals 41 10 15 10 Totals 41 18 15 17
A-Pinch Hit For Herbert In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Monbouquette In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Coleman In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 10 15 7
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 5 1 5 2 5 - 18 15 2
Athletics (13-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R.Herbert 4 4 5 2 3 2 0 4.43
M.Dickson LOSS(2-1) 2 1/3 6 8 5 5 5 1 5.00
R.Coleman 1 2/3 5 5 0 3 1 0 3.74
Totals 8 15 18 7 11 8 1
Red Sox (19-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Hoeft 1 8 7 7 1 1 0 7.23
B.Monbouquet 4 4 3 3 1 0 0 5.93
L.Kiely WIN(1-0) 4 3 0 0 3 4 0 8.22
Totals 9 15 10 10 5 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 16,897 DATE- Wednesday, May 20th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Johnny Stevens, Larry Napp, John Rice, Eddie Rommel
T- 3:22
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:10 Red Sox:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- B.Tuttle, D.Williams, H.Lopez-3, F.House, M.Dickson, P.Runnels,
D.Buddin
DOUBLES- B.Tuttle(4th), D.Williams-2(4th), B.Cerv(6th), H.Lopez(10th),
T.Williams(2nd), D.Buddin(4th)
TRIPLES- J.Demaestri(2nd), D.Gernert(1st)
HOME RUNS- T.Williams(3rd)
RBIs- D.Williams-3(6th), R.Boone-2(7th), B.Cerv(14th), H.Lopez(14th),
J.Demaestri-3(7th), J.Busby(4th), T.Williams-2(6th), F.Malzone-2(16th),
J.Jensen-2(19th), D.Gernert-5(24th), P.Daley-2(3rd), D.Buddin-2(20th),
B.Monbouquette
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Dickson, L.Kiely
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Jensen
WALKS- D.Williams, H.Lopez-3, R.Herbert, P.Runnels-2, T.Williams-3, F.Malzone,
J.Jensen, D.Gernert, D.Buddin-3
STRIKE OUTS- R.Maris-2, B.Cerv-2, J.Demaestri, J.Busby, D.Gernert-2, P.Daley,
D.Buddin, G.Geiger, L.Kiely-2
2-out RBI- J.Demaestri-3, B.Monbouquette, J.Busby, D.Buddin-2, D.Gernert-2,
P.Daley-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Demaestri, R.Herbert, F.House-3, P.Runnels, G.Geiger-2,
L.Kiely-3, R.Boone
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 7 for 18 Red Sox: 12 for 23
It was a real slugfest in Fenway Park where the Boston Red Sox finally
out-scored the Kansas City Athletics by a score of 18 to 10 in.
Ted Williams helped send the fans home happy. He clubbed a solo home run in
the 5th inning and doubled scoring a run in the 6th inning. Boston bats were
hot in the 4th inning with 5 runs on 4 hits, the 6th inning which saw them
plate 5 runs on 4 hits and the 8th inning which saw them score 5 runs on 4
hits. Both teams totaled 15 hits on the night.
The win was credited to Leo Kiely(1-0) who went 4 innings allowing no runs.
Murry Dickson(2-1) was the loser in relief. He couldn't find the plate,
issuing 5 walks in 2 and 1/3 innings.