Kansas City Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
April 16, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1958 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 9, Cleveland Indians 4

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Baxes 2b 5 1 2 0
Tuttle rf 5 1 2 0
Lopez 3b 3 3 2 0
Power 1b 5 2 2 2
Cerv lf 5 2 3 5
Held cf 2 0 0 1
House c 5 0 1 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 2 1
Terry p 3 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 14 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 5 0 1 0
Maris rf 5 0 1 0
Minoso lf 4 2 1 0
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 3 2 2 0
Nixon c 4 0 1 0
Hatfield 3b 3 0 1 1
Moran 2b 3 0 2 1
  Ward ph 0 0 0 1
  Harrell 2b 0 0 0 0
Narleski p 0 0 0 0
  Ridzik p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Colavito ph 0 0 0 1
  Churn p 0 0 0 0
  Avila ph 1 0 0 0
  McLish p 0 0 0 0
  Naragon ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomanek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Kansas City 500 000 2029140
Cleveland 000 200 020491
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Terry  W (1-0) 7.1 9 4 4 4 7
  Gorman  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Narleski  L (0-1) 0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Ridzik   3.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Wilhelm   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Churn   3.0 4 2 2 2 2
  McLish   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Tomanek   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
4
3

  E–Carrasquel (1).  DP–Kansas City 2. DeMaestri-Baxes-Power, Baxes-DeMaestri, Cleveland 1. Tomanek-Carrasquel-Vernon.  PB–House (1).  2B–Kansas City Cerv 2 (3,off Ridzik,off Churn), Cleveland Carrasquel (1,off Terry).  HR–Kansas City Cerv (1,9th inning off Tomanek 1 on 1 out).  SH–Terry (1,off McLish).  SF–Held (1,off Ridzik).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:44.  A–2,270.
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