Kansas City Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
August 3, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1957 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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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Kansas City Athletics 6, Baltimore Orioles 7

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lopez 3b 3 1 1 1
Martin 2b 5 0 2 1
Zernial lf 4 0 0 1
Noren 1b 5 0 1 0
Smith c 4 0 0 0
Skizas rf 4 1 1 0
Held cf 4 1 1 0
Hunter ss 4 2 2 1
Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Urban p 2 0 2 0
  McDermott ph 1 0 0 1
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Cerv ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 37 6 11 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Gardner 2b 5 1 2 0
Boyd 1b 3 1 1 1
Pilarcik rf 4 1 1 1
Francona lf 3 2 1 1
Ginsberg c 3 0 1 0
  Triandos ph,c 1 0 0 0
Kell 3b 4 0 1 1
Busby cf 4 1 1 0
Miranda ss 2 1 0 0
Brown p 3 0 1 1
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
  Lehman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 5
Kansas City 101 000 1036113
Baltimore 400 110 01x790
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Terry  L (3-6) 0.1 4 4 3 0 0
  Urban   5.2 2 2 0 2 1
  Coleman   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
7
4
3
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (4-6) 8.1 9 6 6 2 4
  Zuverink   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Lehman  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
5

  E–Martin (11), Smith (8), Held (1).  PB–Smith (15).  2B–Kansas City Held (9,off Brown); Cerv (11,off Brown)., Baltimore Kell (8,off Terry); Busby (10,off Urban).  3B–Baltimore Gardner (3,off Terry); Boyd (6,off Terry); Brown (1,off Coleman)..  HR–Kansas City Hunter (5,3rd inning off Brown 0 on 0 out).  SF–Zernial (4,off Brown).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Brown (5,off Urban); Boyd (7,off Coleman).  Team–6.  SB–Urban (1,2nd base off Brown/Ginsberg).  U-HP–Frank Tabacchi, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:36.  A–8,648.
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