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1959 AL Game: Det. @ KC

 August 29, 1959

  Two Detroit Tigers reached season statistical milestones in tonight's 8-4 victory over the Kansas City Athletics. Al Kaline went over the 100 RBI mark with 5 RBI in the game. He now has 103 on the year. Charlie Maxwell slammed 2 homers, giving him 41 on the year. The 2 RBI gives him a league leading total of 124. 
 Harvey Kuenn was 3 for 5 to up his AL leading BA to .355. Paul Foytack went the distance for his team leading 15th Win. With the victory, the 3rd place Tigers pulled within 2 games of the league leading Cleveland Indians.
BOXSCORE: 1959 Detroit Tigers At 1959 Kansas City Athletics         8/29/1959
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           4  3  2  0 .284     R.Snyder CF         5  0  1  1 .320  
  F.Bolling 2B        5  1  2  0 .275     J.Lumpe 2B          4  0  1  0 .255  
  H.Kuenn RF          3  1  3  1 .355     D.Williams 3B       4  0  1  0 .248  
  A.Kaline CF         5  1  2  5 .326     B.Cerv LF           3  0  0  0 .296  
  C.Maxwell LF        5  2  2  2 .278     R.Maris RF          4  0  0  0 .294  
  L.Berberet C        3  0  1  0 .228     K.Hadley 1B         4  2  2  1 .293  
  R.Bridges SS        4  0  1  0 .289     H.Smith C           2  2  1  0 .313  
  B.Osborne 1B        4  0  0  0 .168     J.Demaestri SS      3  0  1  1 .239  
  P.Foytack P         4  0  0  0 .045     R.Herbert P         3  0  0  0 .186  
                                        A-W.Terwilliger PH    1  0  0  1 .218  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  8 13  8                 Totals      33  4  7  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Herbert In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 1 1 4  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  8 13  0
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 1 0  1 0 2  -  4  7  1
 
Tigers (73-56)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Foytack WIN(15-10)      9       7   4   4   4   4   1   4.27
Totals                    9       7   4   4   4   4   1
 
Athletics (58-70)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
R.Herbert LOSS(8-11)      9      13   8   7   3   9   3   3.79
Totals                    9      13   8   7   3   9   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,050 DATE- Saturday, August 29th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6  Athletics: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Athletics: 2
ERRORS- J.Demaestri
DOUBLES- L.Berberet(11th), D.Williams(21st)
TRIPLES- A.Kaline(2nd)
HOME RUNS- A.Kaline(23rd), C.Maxwell-2(41st), K.Hadley(4th)
RBIs- H.Kuenn(67th), A.Kaline-5(103rd), C.Maxwell-2(124th), R.Snyder(8th),
      K.Hadley(29th), J.Demaestri(33rd), W.Terwilliger(23rd)
STOLEN BASES- E.Yost(7th)
SACRIFICE HITS- H.Kuenn
WALKS- E.Yost, H.Kuenn, L.Berberet, B.Cerv, H.Smith-2, J.Demaestri
STRIKE OUTS- E.Yost, A.Kaline, C.Maxwell, L.Berberet, R.Bridges, B.Osborne,
             P.Foytack-3, R.Snyder, J.Lumpe, D.Williams, B.Cerv
GIDP- A.Kaline, R.Maris
2-out RBI- R.Snyder
RLISP 2-out- B.Cerv, P.Foytack, B.Osborne, J.Lumpe, L.Berberet
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 4 for 12  Athletics: 2 for 6
 
Al Kaline left the yard and had 5 RBI and Paul Foytack tossed a complete game
at Kansas City where the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Athletics 8 to
4.
 
Kaline had a big day against Kansas City.  He lost the ball over the fence for
three runs in the 3rd inning and tripled plating two runs in the 9th inning.
Detroit had 13 hits for the night.  
 
Foytack(15-10) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 4 runs. Ray
Herbert(8-11) was the losing pitcher.  He was touched for 3 homeruns in his 9
innings of work.  
 

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