Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 18, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1957 at Briggs Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 8, Detroit Tigers 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith cf 4 2 1 2
Avila 3b 4 1 2 1
Wertz 1b 3 0 1 0
  Altobelli pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Colavito rf 4 1 1 1
Maris lf 5 1 1 4
Carrasquel ss 3 0 0 0
  Woodling ph 0 0 0 0
  Usher ph 0 0 0 0
  Harrell ss 1 0 0 0
Hegan c 5 0 0 0
Strickland 2b 4 2 2 0
Lemon p 3 0 1 0
  Mossi p 0 0 0 0
  Kuhn ph 0 0 0 0
  Narleski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 9 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bolling 2b 5 0 2 0
Finigan 3b 3 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
  Samford 3b 1 0 0 0
Kuenn ss 6 0 2 0
Kaline rf 5 1 0 0
Maxwell lf 4 2 1 0
Boone 1b 5 0 2 2
Tuttle cf 5 0 1 0
House c 2 0 1 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 1
  Bertoia pr 0 0 0 0
  Wilson c 2 0 1 0
Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
  Bunning p 2 0 1 0
  Porter ph 0 0 0 0
  Foytack p 0 0 0 0
  Aber p 0 0 0 0
  Crimian p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 11 3
Cleveland 120 000 000 05890
Detroit 000 102 000 003112
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon   5.1 8 3 3 2 2
  Mossi   2.2 2 0 0 2 3
  Narleski  W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
11
3
3
5
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft   1.2 4 3 3 3 2
  Bunning   4.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Foytack   3.1 2 0 0 4 2
  Aber  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Crimian   0.2 1 4 4 3 0
Totals
11.0
9
8
8
11
6

  E–Finigan (1), Maxwell (1).  DP–Detroit 2. Kuenn-Bolling-Boone, Bolling-Boone.  2B–Cleveland Lemon (1,off Bunning); Strickland (2,off Aber)., Detroit House (1,off Lemon); Boone (2,off Lemon)..  HR–Cleveland Smith (1,2nd inning off Hoeft 1 on 2 out); Maris (1,11th inning off Crimian 3 on 2 out)..  SH–Kuhn (1,off Foytack); Usher (1,off Aber); Narleski (1,off Aber).; Foytack (1,off Mossi).  SF–Avila (1,off Crimian).  IBB–Smith 2 (2,by Foytack,by Crimian).  Team LOB–10.  Team–12.  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–3:35.  A–31,227.
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