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Athletics 3 @ Indians 2
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 9, 1957

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Athletics, played on August 9, 1957 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 9, 1957 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 3 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 3
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 2 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 2
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherVirgil Trucks  
Losing PitcherCal McLish  
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Game Winning RBIBilly Martin 

Game Info

DateAugust 9, 1957 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Athletics 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherRalph Terry  
Home Starting PitcherEarly Wynn  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance8,991 
Time of Game3 hours 55 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Red Flaherty
1B: Nestor Chylak
2B: Bill Summers
3B: Jim Honochick

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Billy Hunter  Second Baseman 
Bob Cerv  Left Fielder 
Lou Skizas  Right Fielder 
Billy Martin  Third Baseman 
Woodie Held  Center Fielder 
Tim Thompson  Catcher 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Ralph Terry  Pitcher 
Harry Craft  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Smith  Third Baseman 
Bobby Avila  Second Baseman 
Gene Woodling  Left Fielder 
Vic Wertz  First Baseman 
Roger Maris  Center Fielder 
Rocky Colavito  Right Fielder 
Hal Naragon  Catcher 
Chico Carrasquel  Shortstop 
Early Wynn  Pitcher 
Kerby Farrell  Manager 

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Athletics 3 @ Indians 2
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 9, 1957

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         Game of 8/9/1957 -- Kansas City at Cleveland (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Power V, 1b           6  0  4  0   Smith A, 3b-lf        4  0  0  0   
Hunter B, 2b          6  1  0  0   Avila B, 2b           6  0  0  0   
Cerv B, lf            4  1  2  0   Woodling G, lf        5  0  0  0   
Skizas L, rf          5  0  2  1   Strickland G, 3b      0  0  0  0   
Martin B, 3b          6  0  1  1   Lemon B, ph           1  0  0  0   
Held W, cf            6  1  1  1   Wertz V, 1b           4  1  2  1   
Thompson T, c         4  0  0  0   Williams D, pr        0  0  0  0   
Urban J, pr           0  0  0  0   McLish C, p           1  0  0  0   
Trucks V, p           0  0  0  0   Maris R, cf           5  1  1  1   
DeMaestri J, ss       5  0  1  0   Colavito R, rf        3  0  0  0   
Terry R, p            4  0  0  0   Caffie J, pr-rf       1  0  0  0   
Noren I, ph           0  0  0  0   Naragon H, c          4  0  2  0   
Smith H, pr-c         0  0  0  0   Raines L, pr          0  0  0  0   
                                   Gray J, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Altobelli J, ph-1b    1  0  0  0   
                                   Carrasquel C, ss      4  0  0  0   
                                   Wynn E, p             3  0  1  0   
                                   Nixon R, ph-c         1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     46  3 11  3                        43  2  6  2

Kansas City      000 000 110 000 1 --  3
Cleveland        000 010 001 000 0 --  2

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Terry R              11.0  5  2  2  2  5
Trucks V (W)          2.0  1  0  0  2  1

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wynn E               10.0  9  2  2  1  7
Gray J                2.0  0  0  0  2  1
McLish C (L)          1.0  2  1  1  2  1

E -- Terry R, Hunter B
DP -- Cleveland 2
LOB -- Kansas City 11, Cleveland 8
2B -- DeMaestri J
HR -- Wertz V, Held W, Maris R
SB -- Maris R
CS -- Caffie J
SH -- Smith A, DeMaestri J, Nixon R
SF -- Skizas L
PB -- Naragon H
T -- 3:55
A -- 8991

    

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