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Miley BB CD 1959 White Sox-Indians 9/22
Called by Don Wells & Bob Elson

The Chicago White Sox clinch the pennant with this 4-2 win.  Early Wynn picks up the victory while Luis Aparicio, Billy Goodman, Al Smith and Jim Rivera are the hitting stars.

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Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 2

Game Played on Tuesday, September 22, 1959 (N) at Cleveland Stadium

CHI A    0  0  2    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   4  9  1
CLE A 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 11 0
BATTING
Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Aparicio ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 4
Fox 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 3
Goodman 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 2
Landis cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
Romano c 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Battey c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lollar c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smith lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 1
Rivera rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Phillips cf,3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 1
Wynn p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shaw p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Staley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4 2 2 27 11
FIELDING - 
DP: 4. Smith-Romano, Aparicio-Fox-Kluszewski, Fox-Aparicio-Kluszewski, Aparicio-Kluszewski.
E: Aparicio (23).
BATTING - 
2B: Aparicio (18,off Perry); Goodman (14,off Perry).
HR: Smith (16,6th inning off Grant 0 on 1 out); Rivera (3,6th inning off Grant
0 on 1 out).
IBB: Kluszewski (3,by Perry).
Team LOB: 7.
Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Piersall cf 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 0
Power 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 2
Francona 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 9 0
Minoso lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Nixon c 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Colavito rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
Held ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 3
Strickland 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Tanner ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Leek 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Valo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baxes 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Webster pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perry p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coleman ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Grant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harshman ph,p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hardy pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 11 2 2 2 27 7
BATTING - 
SF: Colavito (2,off Wynn).
HBP: Minoso (16,by Wynn).
GDP: Power 2 (18,off Wynn,off Staley); Nixon (11,off Shaw).
Team LOB: 9.
PITCHING
Chicago White Sox            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Wynn W(21-10) 5.2 5 2 2 2 2 0 24
Shaw 2.2 6 0 0 0 0 0 13
Staley SV(15) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 9 11 2 2 2 2 0 38
HBP: Wynn (9,Minoso).
Cleveland Indians            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Perry L(12-10) 5 5 2 2 2 1 0 22
Grant 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 6
Bell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Harshman 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
Totals 9 9 4 4 2 2 2 38
IBB: Perry (7,Kluszewski).
Umpires: HP - Bill Summers, 1B - Bill McKinley, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Nestor Chylak