1959 AL Game: Det. @ Chi.

 September 2, 1959

  The Chicago White Sox ended up sweeping the big 3 game series against the Detroit Tigers by winning the 2nd game of today's double-header 3-2. Detroit trailed 3-1 entering the 9th inning and loaded the bases with a single and 2 walks with nobody out. Gerry Staley came on in relief and walked the first batter he faced, forcing in a run to make it 3-2. Then Staley bared down and got a strikeout, popout and flyout to Save the Win for Chicago.

  With the victory, Chicago increased their AL lead over Cleveland to 1.5 games while the Tigers dropped to 4.5 games behind the 1st place White Sox.  

BOXSCORE: 1959 Detroit Tigers At 1959 Chicago White Sox              9/2/1959
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           3  0  0  0 .282     L.Aparicio SS       4  0  1  0 .239  
  H.Kuenn RF          4  0  0  0 .351     N.Fox 2B            2  1  1  0 .321  
  A.Kaline CF         3  1  2  0 .330     J.Landis CF         4  0  1  0 .277  
  C.Maxwell LF        3  1  0  0 .276     T.Kluszewski 1B     4  1  1  0 .375  
  F.Bolling 2B        3  0  0  1 .270     S.Lollar C          3  0  1  2 .245  
  R.Wilson C          4  0  1  0 .275     B.Goodman 3B        3  0  0  0 .271  
  R.Bridges SS        4  0  0  0 .281     K.McBride P         0  0  0  0 .250  
  B.Osborne 1B        3  0  0  0 .162     G.Staley P          0  0  0  0 .167  
E-T.Lepcio PH         0  0  0  1 .298     A.Smith LF          3  1  1  1 .204  
  P.Foytack P         2  0  0  0 .043   D-J.Rivera LF         0  0  0  0 .248  
A-N.Chrisley PH       1  0  0  0 .202     J.McAnany RF        2  0  0  0 .345  
  P.Burnside P        0  0  0  0 .000     B.Latman P          2  0  0  0 .118  
F-J.Groth PH          1  0  0  0 .267   B-B.Phillips 3B       0  0  0  0 .293  
                                        C-S.Esposito 3B       0  0  0  0 .265  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  2  3  2                 Totals      27  3  6  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Foytack In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Latman In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Phillips In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Smith In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Osborne In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Burnside In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 1  -  2  3  1
White Sox....... 0 0 0  1 1 1  0 0    -  3  6  1
 
Tigers (73-60)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Foytack LOSS(15-11)     7       6   3   2   4   2   1   4.22
P.Burnside                1       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.61
Totals                    8       6   3   2   4   2   1
 
White Sox (77-55)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Latman WIN(7-8)         8       2   1   0   3   4   0   4.03
K.McBride                 0       1   1   1   2   0   0   3.31
G.Staley SAVE(7th)        1       0   0   0   1   1   0   2.18
Totals                    9       3   2   1   6   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 51,569 DATE- Wednesday, September 2nd 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  White Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  White Sox: 0
ERRORS- B.Osborne, L.Aparicio
DOUBLES- N.Fox(26th), S.Lollar(17th)
HOME RUNS- A.Smith(16th)
RBIs- F.Bolling(43rd), T.Lepcio(16th), S.Lollar-2(71st), A.Smith(53rd)
STOLEN BASES- A.Kaline(6th)
CAUGHT STEALING- L.Aparicio
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Latman
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Lollar
WALKS- E.Yost-2, A.Kaline, C.Maxwell, F.Bolling, T.Lepcio, N.Fox-2, B.Goodman,
       J.McAnany
STRIKE OUTS- C.Maxwell, R.Wilson, R.Bridges, B.Osborne, P.Foytack, J.Landis,
             B.Latman
GIDP- T.Kluszewski
BALKS- B.Latman
2-out RBI- S.Lollar
RLISP 2-out- F.Bolling-2, R.Bridges, B.Goodman, A.Smith, J.Landis, E.Yost-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 12  White Sox: 1 for 7
 
Barry Latman had an impressive outing as the Chicago White Sox defeated the
Detroit Tigers by the score of 3 to 2 at Comiskey Park.
 
Chicago took the lead for keeps in the bottom of the 5th inning scoring a
single run.  Al Smith cracked a solo homerun.  Detroit had a chance to come
back in the 9th but they came up short.  
 
Latman(7-8) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 8 innings. Gerry Staley
earned his 7th save.  Paul Foytack(15-11) took the loss.  He allowed 6 hits
and 4 walks in 7 innings.  
 
'Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals' said Jimmy Dykes after the game.
'We lost this game today because we didn't follow the instructions every
Little Leaguer hears every day.'

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League 

                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Chicago CHA             77  55  .583 ----    22    82  50 .621   94  60 .610
1959 Cleveland CLA           75  56  .573  1.5          76  55 .580   89  65 .578
1959 Detroit DEA             73  60  .549  4.5          66  67 .496   76  78 .494
1959 New York NYA            66  67  .496 11.5          67  66 .504   79  75 .513
1959 Boston BOA              64  70  .478 14.0          62  72 .463   75  79 .487
1959 Baltimore BAA           61  69  .469 15.0          63  67 .485   74  80 .481
1959 Kansas City KCA         60  70  .462 16.0          59  71 .454   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          52  81  .391 25.5          53  80 .398   63  91 .409