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Scores
Standings
DET
@CHW		5
0
CLE
@KCA		9
7
BAL
@NYY		1
5
BAL
@NYY		4
2
BOS
@WSH		7
6		 
(11)
CHC
@CIN		7
5
STL
@MLN		4
1
Wednesday, September 25, 1957,
, Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 5,803, Time of Game: 2:31
Indians
9
73-76
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
 at Athletics
7
57-92
⇐ Lost 2 ⇒
W: Hoyt Wilhelm (2-4)
L: Virgil Trucks (9-7)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         0  0  1   0  0  3   2  0  3    9 14  1
Athletics       0  1  0   1  3  0   0  1  1    7  8  0
RetroSheet has deduced an incomplete play-by-play account of this game.

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Kenny Kuhn 2B 4 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .416 2 4
Dick Williams 3B 5 2 2 1 0 2 .260 .682 0 0 HR,2B
Gene Woodling LF 3 1 1 0 2 0 .322 .935 2 0 3B
Vic Wertz 1B 5 2 2 4 0 1 .283 .863 9 0 2·HR
Rocky Colavito RF 5 2 3 1 0 1 .251 .823 3 0 HR,2B
Roger Maris CF 5 1 2 2 0 0 .237 .751 8 0 HR
Billy Harrell SS 5 0 2 0 0 1 .279 .683 0 3 SB
Dick Brown C 5 1 2 1 0 1 .280 .732 3 0 HR
Ray Narleski P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .093 .276 0 2
   Vito Valentinetti P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .833 0 0
   Joe Caffie PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270 .717
   Dick Tomanek P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .538 0 0
   Hoyt Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
Team Totals 41 9 14 9 3 8 .341 1.264 27 9
2B: D Williams (16); R Colavito (25).
3B: G Woodling (2).
HR: R Maris (14); D Williams (7); V Wertz 2 (28); D Brown (4); R Colavito (25).
TB: V Wertz 8; R Colavito 7; D Williams 6; D Brown 5; R Maris 5; G Woodling 3; B Harrell 2.
RBI: V Wertz 4 (104); R Maris 2 (51); D Brown (19); D Williams (34); R Colavito (83).
Team LOB: 8.
Fielding
E: R Maris (7).
Baserunning
SB: B Harrell (3, -1st base off  POCS).

Kansas City Athletics

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Vic Power 1B 5 2 3 1 0 0 .261 .676 10 1 HR,3B
Joe DeMaestri SS 4 0 0 1 0 0 .245 .640 1 2 HBP
   Billy Hunter PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .193 .589
Gus Zernial LF 4 1 1 0 1 1 .239 .769 1 0
Woodie Held CF 4 2 2 3 0 0 .239 .804 0 0 2·HR
Bob Martyn RF 2 1 1 0 1 0 .265 .680 0 0 3B
   Lou Skizas PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245 .728 1 0
Billy Martin 3B 3 1 1 2 0 0 .251 .671 2 1 HR,SF
Tim Thompson C 4 0 0 0 0 0 .198 .572 9 0
Milt Graff 2B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .153 .457 2 4
   Hector Lopez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .297 .808
Tom Gorman P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .094 .188 0 1
   Virgil Trucks P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .315 1 1
   Arnie Portocarrero P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .120 .334 0 0
   Bob Cerv PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275 .738
Team Totals 34 7 8 7 3 2 .235 1.014 27 10
3B: B Martyn (4); V Power (1).
HR: V Power (13); W Held 2 (19); B Martin (10).
SF: B Martin (4).
HBP: J DeMaestri (2).
TB: W Held 8; V Power 8; B Martin 4; B Martyn 3; G Zernial.
RBI: W Held 3 (46); B Martin 2 (38); V Power (39); J DeMaestri (33).
Team LOB: 5.

Cleveland Indians

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Ray Narleski 4.2 6 5 5 3 0 2 3.09 23 29
Vito Valentinetti 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.06 1
Dick Tomanek 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 5.68 7
Hoyt Wilhelm, W (2-4) 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 4.26 8
Team Totals 9 8 7 7 3 2 4 7.00 39 29

Kansas City Athletics

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Tom Gorman 5.1 9 4 4 1 6 3 3.69 26 39
Virgil Trucks, L (9-7) 2.2 5 5 5 2 2 3 3.11 15
Arnie Portocarrero 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.06 3
Team Totals 9 14 9 9 3 8 6 9.00 44 39
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: H Wilhelm (4).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill McKinley, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Charlie Berry, 3B - Frank Tabacchi.
Time of Game: 2:31.
Attendance: 5,803.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Cleveland Indians         Kansas City Athletics
1 Kenny Kuhn 2B 1 Vic Power 1B
2 Dick Williams 3B 2 Joe DeMaestri SS
3 Gene Woodling LF 3 Gus Zernial LF
4 Vic Wertz 1B 4 Woodie Held CF
5 Rocky Colavito RF 5 Bob Martyn RF
6 Roger Maris CF 6 Billy Martin 3B
7 Billy Harrell SS 7 Tim Thompson C
8 Dick Brown C 8 Milt Graff 2B
9 Ray Narleski P 9 Tom Gorman P

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