Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 17, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1957 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 9

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 2 1 0
Fox 2b 5 2 3 0
Torgeson 1b 5 2 4 3
  Dropo ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Minoso lf 3 2 1 4
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Rivera rf 5 0 0 0
Lollar c 5 0 1 0
Phillips 3b 5 0 1 1
Derrington p 1 0 0 0
  Staley p 1 0 0 0
  Fischer p 2 0 1 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  LaPalme p 1 0 1 0
Totals 43 8 13 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bolling 2b 5 0 1 0
Kuenn ss 6 0 2 0
Boone 1b 6 1 1 0
Kaline rf 5 1 1 0
Maxwell lf 6 2 4 1
Wilson c 4 1 2 0
  Philley ph 1 0 1 0
  Hoeft pr 0 1 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Aber p 0 0 0 0
  Tuttle ph 0 0 0 0
Groth cf 5 2 5 3
Finigan 3b 5 0 3 1
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Sleater p 3 1 1 3
  Bunning p 1 0 0 0
  House ph 0 0 0 0
  Porter ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 48 9 21 8
Chicago 410 000 300 08130
Detroit 030 111 002 19211
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Derrington   2.0 4 3 3 1 0
  Staley   2.1 7 2 2 1 1
  Fischer   3.2 6 3 3 1 2
  Hughes   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  LaPalme  L (1-4) 1.2 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.2
21
9
9
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd   0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Sleater   6.1 6 4 4 3 4
  Bunning   2.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Shaw   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Aber  W (3-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
13
8
8
4
6

  E–Bolling (11).  DP–Chicago 2. Aparicio-Fox-Torgeson, Fox-Aparicio-Torgeson.  2B–Detroit Kuenn (20,off Derrington); Bolling (19,off Derrington); Maxwell (19,off LaPalme)..  HR–Chicago Minoso (9,1st inning off Byrd 3 on 0 out); Torgeson (7,7th inning off Sleater 1 on 0 out), Detroit Sleater (2,2nd inning off Derrington 2 on 2 out).  HBP–Minoso (10,by Sleater).  IBB–Fox (2,by Shaw).  Team LOB–10.  Team–14.  SB–Torgeson (6,2nd base off Sleater/Wilson).  CS–Fox (5,2nd base by Sleater/Wilson).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–3:18.  A–15,529.
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