Kansas City Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
September 5, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 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 1, Detroit Tigers 4
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 3 0 0 1
Maris rf 4 0 1 0
Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0
Cerv lf 3 0 1 0
Ward 1b 3 0 0 0
Smith 3b 4 1 2 0
Chiti c 4 0 1 0
DeMaestri ss 2 0 0 0
  House ph 1 0 0 0
Garver p 1 0 0 0
  Martyn ph 1 0 0 0
  Urban p 0 0 0 0
  Simpson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn cf 4 0 1 0
Veal ss 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 2 2 1
Harris 1b 3 1 1 0
Maxwell lf 3 1 1 1
  Groth pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 1 2
Martin 3b 3 0 0 0
Wilson c 3 0 1 0
Foytack p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Kansas City 000 010 000–151
Detroit 300 000 01x–470
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Garver  L (11-10) 6.0 5 3 3 2 0
  Urban   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
3
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack  W (12-11) 9.0 5 1 1 4 8
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
8
  E–DeMaestri (11).  DP–Kansas City 1. DeMaestri-Lopez-Ward.  2B–Detroit F. Bolling (24,off Garver).  HR–Detroit Kaline (14,1st inning off Garver 0 on 2 out).  SF–Tuttle (2,off Foytack).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:05.  A–1,883.
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