Kansas City Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
August 8, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1957 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 4, Chicago White Sox 7

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Hunter 2b 3 1 1 0
Power 1b 5 0 1 0
Zernial lf 2 1 2 3
  Burnette p 1 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  McDermott p 0 0 0 0
  Noren ph 1 0 1 0
  Urban pr 0 0 0 0
Skizas rf 5 0 0 0
Martin 3b 4 0 0 0
Held cf 3 0 1 0
Smith c 4 1 1 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 2 0
Coleman p 1 1 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Cerv ph,lf 3 0 1 1
Totals 37 4 10 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 2 2 0
Fox 2b 3 1 0 0
Torgeson 1b 4 2 3 5
Minoso lf 4 1 1 0
Doby cf 3 1 1 0
Lollar c 3 0 0 0
Rivera rf 3 0 1 0
Phillips 3b 4 0 1 2
Pierce p 2 0 0 0
  Staley p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
Kansas City 003 100 0004100
Chicago 105 000 10x791
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (0-7) 2.1 3 4 4 1 0
  Morgan   0.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Burnette   3.0 2 0 0 1 2
  McDermott   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
4
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce   3.2 5 4 3 2 3
  Staley  W (3-0) 5.1 5 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
3
3

  E–Doby (3).  DP–Kansas City 1. DeMaestri-Hunter-Power, Chicago 1. Phillips-Fox-Torgeson.  2B–Kansas City Power (6,off Staley), Chicago Doby (19,off Morgan); Torgeson (9,off Burnette)..  HR–Kansas City Zernial (18,3rd inning off Pierce 2 on 2 out), Chicago Torgeson 2 (6,3rd inning off Coleman 2 on 1 out,7th inning off McDermott 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–Rivera (6,by Morgan).  Team–6.  SB–Aparicio 2 (16,2nd base off Coleman/Smith,3rd base off Coleman/Smith); Torgeson (4,2nd base off Coleman/Smith).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Eddie Rommel, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:35.  A–6,006.
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