Kansas City Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
May 18, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1957 at Fenway Park. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 7, Boston Red Sox 5

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Hunter 2b 4 0 0 1
Cerv cf 5 2 3 0
  Pisoni pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Zernial lf 4 2 3 4
Skizas rf 4 0 1 0
Smith c 4 0 0 0
Power 1b 3 0 0 1
Lopez 3b 4 1 2 0
Burnette p 2 0 0 0
  Trucks p 1 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 4 2 3 1
Totals 35 7 12 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 4 1 1 0
Klaus ss 5 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 2 1
Gernert 1b 4 1 2 1
Jensen rf 4 1 1 0
Malzone 3b 2 1 0 0
  Consolo 3b 3 0 2 2
Mauch 2b 3 0 1 0
White c 2 0 0 1
  Stephens ph 1 0 0 0
  Daley c 0 0 0 0
Nixon p 0 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 0 0
  Chakales p 0 0 0 0
  Lepcio ph 1 0 0 0
  Minarcin p 0 0 0 0
  Susce p 1 0 0 0
  Vernon ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Kansas City 100 031 1107122
Boston 010 002 1015101
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Burnette  W (3-1) 5.1 5 3 2 1 2
  Trucks  SV (2) 3.2 5 2 2 4 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
5
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nixon   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Chakales  L (0-2) 3.0 7 3 3 0 0
  Minarcin   1.0 1 2 2 3 0
  Susce   3.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
5
1

  E–Hunter (3), Cerv (3), Klaus (5).  DP–Kansas City 2. Hunter-DeMaestri-Power, Hunter-DeMaestri-Power, Boston 1. Klaus-Mauch-Gernert.  2B–Kansas City Cerv (2,off Nixon); Zernial 2 (7,off Nixon,off Chakales); Lopez (5,off Chakales); DeMaestri (4,off Chakales)., Boston Williams 2 (8,off Burnette,off Trucks); Vernon (3,off Trucks)..  HR–Kansas City Zernial (6,5th inning off Chakales 2 on 1 out); DeMaestri (2,8th inning off Susce 0 on 1 out)..  SH–Burnette (2,off Minarcin); Hunter (1,off Minarcin)..  SF–Power (2,off Susce); White (1,off Burnette).  Team LOB–9.  Team–10.  CS–Power (1,2nd base by Nixon/White).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Frank Tabacchi, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:49.  A–11,982.
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