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1959 AL Game: Chi. @ Det. Final game of the season, at Briggs Stadium. Foytack Wins his 20th.

 September 27, 1959

  While the Cleveland Indians had already clinched 1st place in the AL, the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers faced off for the last game of the season tied for 2nd place. 
  Paul Foytack took the hill for Detroit in search of his 20th Win of the year. The game was scoreless until the 5th inning when the Tigers tallied 3 runs, 2 on Frank Bolling's 14th homerun. Al Kaline drove in 2 runs in the 8th, giving him 127 RBI on the year. 
  Detroit went on to win the game 5-1, Foytack got his 20th victory, and the Tigers (87-67) finished in 2nd place, 1 game ahead of the White Sox (86-68).

 BOXSCORE: 1959 Chicago White Sox At 1959 Detroit Tigers 9/27/1959

 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Aparicio SS       4  0  1  0 .230     E.Yost 3B           4  1  2  0 .276  
  N.Fox 2B            4  0  1  0 .315     H.Kuenn RF          3  0  1  0 .361  
  J.Landis CF         4  0  1  0 .267     A.Kaline CF         4  0  1  2 .340  
  E.Torgeson 1B       4  0  1  0 .196     C.Maxwell LF        4  0  1  0 .283  
  A.Smith LF          4  1  2  0 .214     L.Berberet C        3  1  1  0 .230  
  J.Rivera RF         4  0  0  0 .207     F.Bolling 2B        4  2  2  2 .262  
  J.Romano C          4  0  1  0 .317     R.Bridges SS        3  0  0  0 .281  
  B.Phillips 3B       4  0  2  1 .279     R.Narleski P        1  0  0  1 .261  
  B.Shaw P            2  0  0  0 .192     G.Harris 1B         4  1  2  0 .192  
A-B.Goodman PH        0  0  0  0 .264     P.Foytack P         2  0  0  0 .047  
  R.Arias P           0  0  0  0 .000   B-C.Veal SS           1  0  0  0 .210  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  1  9  1                 Totals      33  5 10  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Shaw In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Foytack In 7th Inning
 
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  1  9  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 3 0  0 2    -  5 10  1
 
White Sox (86-68)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Shaw LOSS(9-12)         6       8   3   3   1   1   1   2.86
R.Arias                   2       2   2   2   2   1   0   3.86
Totals                    8      10   5   5   3   2   1
 
Tigers (87-67)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Foytack WIN(20-12)      6 2/3   7   1   1   1   1   0   3.85
R.Narleski SAVE(3rd)      2 1/3   2   0   0   0   2   0   3.96
Totals                    9       9   1   1   1   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 33,616 DATE- Sunday, September 27th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:29
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 7  Tigers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 2  Tigers: 3
ERRORS- C.Veal
DOUBLES- B.Phillips(37th), L.Berberet(13th)
TRIPLES- F.Bolling(2nd)
HOME RUNS- F.Bolling(14th)
RBIs- B.Phillips(51st), A.Kaline-2(127th), F.Bolling-2(51st), R.Narleski
STOLEN BASES- L.Aparicio(57th)
WALKS- B.Goodman, H.Kuenn, L.Berberet, C.Veal
STRIKE OUTS- J.Landis, J.Rivera, J.Romano, G.Harris, P.Foytack
GIDP- E.Torgeson, A.Smith, B.Phillips, L.Berberet, F.Bolling
2-out RBI- A.Kaline-2, B.Phillips
RLISP 2-out- E.Torgeson, B.Shaw, H.Kuenn, C.Maxwell, L.Aparicio, A.Kaline
TEAM RISP- White Sox: 0 for 6  Tigers: 3 for 7
 
Second baseman Frank Bolling hit one over the fence and had 2 RBI as the
Detroit Tigers bested the Chicago White Sox 5 to 1 at Briggs Stadium.
 
Paul Foytack(20-12) pitched a fine game.  He went 6 and 2/3 innings
surrendering 7 hits and 1 walk.  Detroit rapped out 10 hits for the
afternoon.  
 
Ray Narleski was credited with his 3rd save.  Bob Shaw(9-12) suffered the
loss.  He surrendered 3 runs and 8 hits in 6 innings.

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