Kansas City Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
May 11, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1958 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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 3, Detroit Tigers 10

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Baxes 2b 4 0 0 0
Tuttle rf 3 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 2 0
Power 1b 4 2 3 0
Cerv lf 4 1 2 2
Held cf 4 0 1 0
Smith c 4 0 0 1
DeMaestri ss 4 0 1 0
Urban p 3 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  House ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bolling 2b 4 1 1 1
Martin ss 5 1 1 3
Kuenn cf 5 2 2 0
Maxwell lf 3 3 2 2
Boone 1b 2 0 0 1
Kaline rf 2 1 1 0
Bertoia 3b 2 0 0 1
Hegan c 4 1 2 2
Bunning p 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 3 0 1 0
  Harris ph 1 1 1 0
  Foytack p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 10 11 10
Kansas City 010 100 010390
Detroit 010 200 07x10111
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Urban  L (1-1) 7.2 9 8 8 5 2
  Gorman   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
10
10
5
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Shaw  W (1-2) 6.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Foytack  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
3

  E–Kuenn (2).  DP–Kansas City 1. Urban-Baxes-Power, Detroit 1. Martin-F. Bolling-Boone.  2B–Kansas City Power (4,off Shaw).  3B–Detroit Maxwell (1,off Urban).  HR–Kansas City Cerv (10,8th inning off Shaw 0 on 2 out), Detroit Maxwell (3,2nd inning off Urban 0 on 0 out); Martin (1,8th inning off Gorman 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Boone (1,off Urban).  SF–Boone (1,off Urban); Bertoia (3,off Urban).  IBB–Kaline (2,by Urban).  Team–5.  SB–Bertoia (3,2nd base off Urban/Smith).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Frank Tabacchi.  T–2:23.  A–12,518.
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