Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Athletics
August 15, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1958 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 5, Kansas City Athletics 12

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn cf 5 0 1 0
Bertoia 3b 5 1 2 0
Kaline rf 4 3 1 0
Harris 1b 5 0 2 0
Maxwell lf 3 0 1 0
Bolling 2b 3 1 2 5
Wilson c 3 0 0 0
Veal ss 4 0 1 0
Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
  Susce p 1 0 0 0
  Hazle ph 1 0 0 0
  Fischer p 0 0 0 0
  Cicotte p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 3 3 1 2
Maris rf 4 4 3 2
Lopez 2b 4 1 2 2
Cerv lf 4 0 1 1
  Herzog pr,lf 1 1 1 1
Smith 3b 3 1 0 1
Simpson 1b 4 0 1 1
Chiti c 3 1 2 1
DeMaestri ss 4 1 1 0
Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasquel ph 1 0 0 0
  Dickson p 2 0 0 0
  Gorman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 12 12 11
Detroit 003 010 1005101
Kansas City 004 030 41x12120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft   2.1 4 4 4 0 4
  Susce  L (4-2) 2.2 4 3 2 1 4
  Fischer   1.1 3 4 4 2 1
  Cicotte   1.2 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
12
12
11
5
10
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Terry   3.0 6 3 3 2 4
  Dickson  W (8-5) 3.2 4 2 2 2 1
  Gorman  SV (7) 2.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
8

  E–Kuenn (4).  DP–Kansas City 1. Chiti-Lopez.  PB–Wilson (8).  2B–Kansas City Cerv (16,off Susce).  3B–Kansas City Tuttle (9,off Hoeft).  HR–Detroit F. Bolling (10,3rd inning off Terry 2 on 2 out), Kansas City Maris (21,3rd inning off Hoeft 1 on 1 out).  SF–F. Bolling (8,off Dickson); Smith (5,off Susce); Chiti (4,off Cicotte).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  CS–Maxwell (1,2nd base by Terry/Chiti).  SB–Cerv (3,2nd base off Fischer/Wilson).  U–Eddie Rommel, John Rice, Larry Napp.  T–2:52.  A–10,460.
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