Kansas City Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
August 12, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 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 6, Detroit Tigers 7

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 1 1 0
Herzog 1b 4 0 1 1
Lopez 2b 5 0 1 0
Maris rf 5 0 1 1
Smith 3b 4 1 1 0
Martyn lf 4 1 2 0
Chiti c 4 3 3 1
DeMaestri ss 2 0 0 0
  Simpson ph 0 0 0 0
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Tomanek p 0 0 0 0
  House ph 1 0 1 1
  Baxes pr 0 0 0 0
  Herbert p 0 0 0 0
Urban p 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 1 0 0 0
  Ward ph 0 0 0 0
  Cerv ph 1 0 1 2
  Carrasquel pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn cf 5 0 3 1
Bertoia 3b 4 1 2 1
Kaline rf 5 1 1 0
Harris 1b 4 2 2 2
Maxwell lf 2 1 0 0
  Groth ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 2 3 1
Lau c 4 0 0 1
Veal ss 3 0 1 1
Lary p 0 0 0 0
  Cicotte p 2 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 0 0 0 0
  Francona ph 0 0 0 0
  Morgan p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
Kansas City 110 102 0106120
Detroit 012 002 20x7120
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Urban   2.2 6 3 3 1 2
  Gorman   2.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Terry   0.2 2 2 2 2 1
  Tomanek  L (6-7) 1.1 2 2 2 0 2
  Herbert   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
4
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary   1.2 4 2 2 2 2
  Cicotte   3.2 4 3 3 1 4
  Aguirre   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Morgan  W (2-4) 3.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1. Smith-Lopez-Herzog, Detroit 1. Veal-F. Bolling-Harris.  2B–Kansas City Tuttle (9,off Lary); Martyn 2 (8,off Lary,off Cicotte); Lopez (18,off Cicotte); Chiti (7,off Morgan), Detroit Kuenn (31,off Urban); Kaline (28,off Tomanek)..  3B–Detroit F. Bolling (2,off Urban).  HR–Kansas City Chiti (4,4th inning off Cicotte 0 on 0 out), Detroit Bertoia (4,3rd inning off Urban 0 on 0 out); Harris (12,7th inning off Tomanek 1 on 0 out).  IBB–Simpson (3,by Cicotte).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  CS–Lopez (3,Home by Cicotte/Lau).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Frank Tabacchi.
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