Kansas City Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
August 9, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1957 at Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 3, Cleveland Indians 2

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 6 0 4 0
Hunter 2b 6 1 0 0
Cerv lf 4 1 2 0
Skizas rf 5 0 2 1
Martin 3b 6 0 1 1
Held cf 6 1 1 1
Thompson c 4 0 0 0
  Urban pr 0 0 0 0
  Trucks p 0 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 5 0 1 0
Terry p 4 0 0 0
  Noren ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith pr,c 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 3 11 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Smith 3b,lf 4 0 0 0
Avila 2b 6 0 0 0
Woodling lf 5 0 0 0
  Strickland 3b 0 0 0 0
  Lemon ph 1 0 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 1 2 1
  Williams pr 0 0 0 0
  McLish p 1 0 0 0
Maris cf 5 1 1 1
Colavito rf 3 0 0 0
  Caffie pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Naragon c 4 0 2 0
  Raines pr 0 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
  Altobelli ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Carrasquel ss 4 0 0 0
Wynn p 3 0 1 0
  Nixon ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 2 6 2
Kansas City 000 000 110 000 13112
Cleveland 000 010 001 000 0260
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Terry   11.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Trucks  W (8-5) 2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
13.0
6
2
2
4
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn   10.0 9 2 2 1 7
  Gray   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  McLish  L (5-5) 1.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
13.0
11
3
3
5
9

  E–Hunter (8), Terry (2).  DP–Cleveland 2. Carrasquel-Avila-Wertz, Carrasquel-Avila-Wertz.  PB–Naragon (3).  2B–Kansas City DeMaestri (11,off Wynn).  HR–Kansas City Held (12,7th inning off Wynn 0 on 1 out), Cleveland Wertz (20,5th inning off Terry 0 on 0 out); Maris (12,9th inning off Terry 0 on 2 out)..  SH–DeMaestri (3,off Gray); Smith (5,off Terry); Nixon (1,off Trucks).  SF–Skizas (3,off Wynn).  Team LOB–11.  IBB–Wertz (6,by Terry).  Team–8.  SB–Maris (6,2nd base off Trucks/Smith).  CS–Caffie (1,2nd base by Terry/Thompson).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–3:55.  A–8,991.
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