1959 AL Game: Det. @ Chi.

 September 1, 1959

  The 3rd place Detroit Tigers are in Chicago for a big 3 game series against the 2nd place White Sox. Both teams are within striking distance of the 1st place Cleveland Indians. The first game features Jim Bunning on the mound for Detroit and Bob Shaw for Chicago.

  In a well pitched game, the Tigers scratched out a run in the 2nd inning and another in the 5th. With a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 6th, Bunning gave up a solo homer to Sherm Lollar. Then, with runners on 1st and 3rd, Bunning committed a balk allowing the tying run to score. In the bottom of the 8th, Lollar homed again off Bunning giving Chicago the lead 3-2. In the top of the 9th, the Tigers had runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 out and Al Kaline coming to the plate. Turk Lown got Kaline swinging for strike 3 and the victory for the White Sox.

  The win moved Chicago into a 1st place tie with Cleveland and Detroit dropped to 2.5 GB. The two teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow with a lot on the line.

BOXSCORE: 1959 Detroit Tigers At 1959 Chicago White Sox              9/1/1959
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           3  1  2  1 .283     L.Aparicio SS       3  0  1  0 .236  
  H.Kuenn RF          5  0  2  1 .355     N.Fox 2B            4  0  1  0 .321  
  A.Kaline CF         4  0  1  0 .331     J.Landis CF         4  0  1  0 .275  
  C.Maxwell LF        3  0  1  0 .278     T.Kluszewski 1B     4  0  1  0 .458  
  F.Bolling 2B        4  0  0  0 .274     S.Lollar C          4  2  2  2 .244  
  R.Wilson C          4  0  0  0 .276     B.Goodman 3B        2  1  1  0 .274  
  R.Bridges SS        4  0  1  0 .286   D-S.Esposito 3B       0  0  0  0 .265  
  B.Osborne 1B        2  1  0  0 .162     A.Smith LF          2  0  0  0 .204  
  J.Bunning P         2  0  0  0 .243   A-E.Torgeson PH       1  0  1  0 .197  
E-L.Berberet PH       1  0  0  0 .227     G.Staley P          0  0  0  0 .167  
                                        C-J.McAnany PH        1  0  0  0 .356  
                                          T.Lown P            0  0  0  0 .500  
                                          J.Rivera RF         3  0  1  0 .248  
                                          B.Shaw P            2  0  0  0 .190  
                                        B-B.Phillips PH,LF    1  0  0  0 .293  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  2  7  2                 Totals      31  3  9  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Smith In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Shaw In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Staley In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Goodman In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Bunning In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 1 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  2  7  0
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 1    -  3  9  0
 
Tigers (73-58)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Bunning LOSS(12-10)     8       9   3   3   2   6   2   3.83
Totals                    8       9   3   3   2   6   2
 
White Sox (75-55)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Shaw                    7       5   2   2   5   4   0   2.31
G.Staley WIN(9-1)         1       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.21
T.Lown SAVE(16th)         1       2   0   0   0   2   0   1.57
Totals                    9       7   2   2   5   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,905 DATE- Tuesday, September 1st 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Red Flaherty, Frank Umont, Charlie Berry, Jim Honochick
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:10  White Sox: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  White Sox: 1
DOUBLES- E.Yost(19th), J.Landis(25th)
TRIPLES- H.Kuenn(6th)
HOME RUNS- S.Lollar-2(21st)
RBIs- E.Yost(61st), H.Kuenn(68th), S.Lollar-2(68th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Bunning
WALKS- E.Yost-2, A.Kaline, C.Maxwell, B.Osborne, L.Aparicio, B.Goodman
HIT BY PITCH- B.Osborne, B.Goodman
STRIKE OUTS- A.Kaline, C.Maxwell, R.Wilson, B.Osborne, J.Bunning, L.Berberet,
             N.Fox, T.Kluszewski, S.Lollar, A.Smith, B.Shaw-2
GIDP- F.Bolling, S.Lollar
BALKS- J.Bunning
2-out RBI- E.Yost, S.Lollar
RLISP 2-out- R.Wilson-2, H.Kuenn, C.Maxwell, J.Bunning, T.Kluszewski, N.Fox,
             A.Kaline
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 2 for 9  White Sox: 0 for 4
 
Catcher Sherm Lollar ripped 2 homeruns as the Chicago White Sox defeated the
Detroit Tigers 3 to 2 at Comiskey Park.
 
The game was won by Chicago when they scored a run in the 8th inning.  After
two outs Lollar delivered a solo blast.  Detroit had a chance in the 9th but
they came up short.  
 
The win went to Gerry Staley(9-1) who allowed no runs in 1 inning. Staley got
help from Turk Lown who was credited with his 16th save.  Jim Bunning(12-10)
was charged with the loss.  
 
With this win, Chicago has a 75-55 record. They have been 7-3 lately.  With
the loss, Detroit has a record of 6-4 lately, 73-58 overall.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           75  55  .577 ----    25    75  55 .577   89  65 .578
1959 Chicago CHA             75  55  .577 ----          80  50 .615   94  60 .610
1959 Detroit DEA             73  58  .557  2.5          66  65 .504   76  78 .494
1959 New York NYA            64  67  .489 11.5          65  66 .496   79  75 .513
1959 Baltimore BAA           61  67  .477 13.0          61  67 .477   74  80 .481
1959 Boston BOA              62  70  .470 14.0          62  70 .470   75  79 .487
1959 Kansas City KCA         59  70  .457 15.5          59  70 .457   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          52  79  .397 23.5          53  78 .405   63  91 .409