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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
August 18, 1957
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 18, 1957 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 18, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 18, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Cal McLish |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Arnie Portocarrero |
| Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 13,202 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Napp 1B: John Rice 2B: Eddie Rommel 3B: Johnny Stevens |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Smith | Third Baseman |
| Roger Maris | Center Fielder |
| Gene Woodling | Left Fielder |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Avila | Second Baseman |
| Joe Altobelli | First Baseman |
| Chico Carrasquel | Shortstop |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| Cal McLish | Pitcher |
| Kerby Farrell | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Billy Hunter | Shortstop |
| Gus Zernial | Left Fielder |
| Bob Cerv | Right Fielder |
| Billy Martin | Second Baseman |
| Woodie Held | Center Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Hector Lopez | Third Baseman |
| Arnie Portocarrero | Pitcher |
| Harry Craft | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
August 18, 1957
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Portocarrero
Smith hits a line drive towards short. Hunter reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Portocarrero
Maris strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Portocarrero
Woodling hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. McLish
Power hits a fly ball into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. McLish
Hunter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Hunter reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zernial vs. McLish
Zernial strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cerv vs. McLish
Cerv hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Portocarrero
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Avila vs. Portocarrero
Avila takes first base on ball four. Colavito moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Altobelli vs. Portocarrero
Altobelli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Colavito scores. Avila moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carrasquel vs. Portocarrero
Carrasquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Avila scores. Altobelli moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Nixon vs. Portocarrero
Nixon hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Smith fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Smith. Altobelli scores. Carrasquel moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McLish vs. Coleman
Rip Coleman now pitching.
McLish hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Carrasquel moves to third. Nixon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Coleman
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Carrasquel tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maris vs. Coleman
Maris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nixon scores. McLish moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Woodling vs. McDermott
Mickey McDermott now pitching.
Woodling strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colavito vs. McDermott
Colavito takes first base on ball four. McLish moves to third. Maris moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Avila vs. McDermott
Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. McLish
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. McLish
Held takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. McLish
Smith hits a line drive towards third. Smith reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. McLish
Lopez strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altobelli vs. McDermott
Altobelli hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. McDermott
Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. McDermott
Nixon strikes out. Smith drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Nixon out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDermott vs. McLish
McDermott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. McLish
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. McLish
Hunter hits a line drive into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLish vs. McDermott
McLish takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. McDermott
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McLish moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maris vs. McDermott
Maris bunts in front of the plate. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. McLish moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Woodling vs. McDermott
Woodling hits a fly ball into right field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McLish tags and scores. Smith scores. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. McDermott
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Avila vs. McDermott
Avila hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Colavito moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Altobelli vs. McDermott
Altobelli hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Martin reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. McLish
Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. McLish
Cerv hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito. Cerv reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. McLish
Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Held vs. McLish
Held takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. McLish
Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Smith reaches second base with a double. Cerv scores. Held goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopez vs. McLish
Lopez strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. McDermott
Carrasquel hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. McDermott
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLish vs. McDermott
McLish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter misplays the ball. That's an error on Hunter. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. McDermott
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McLish moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maris vs. McDermott
Maris hits a line drive into right field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDermott vs. McLish
McDermott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Altobelli scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McDermott for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. McLish
Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. McLish
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. McDermott
Woodling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. McDermott
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. McDermott
Avila hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. McLish
Zernial strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. McLish
Cerv hits a popup towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. McLish
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. McLish
Held strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altobelli vs. Burnette
Wally Burnette now pitching.
Altobelli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Altobelli for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Burnette
Carrasquel strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Burnette
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. McLish
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. McLish
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Noren vs. McLish
Irv Noren pinch hits for Wally Burnette.
Noren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLish vs. Urban
Jack Urban now pitching.
McLish hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Urban
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Urban
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Woodling vs. Urban
Woodling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith scores. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Urban
Colavito hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cerv. Colavito reaches second base with a double. Woodling goes all the way around to score. Colavito moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Avila vs. Urban
Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. McLish
Power hits a fly ball into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. McLish
Hunter strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. McLish
Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altobelli vs. Urban
Altobelli hits a fly ball into right field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Urban
Carrasquel strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Urban
Nixon hits a line drive into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. McLish
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. McLish
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. McLish
Held hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. McLish
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Held moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. McLish
Lopez hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/18/1957 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Smith A, 3b 4 2 3 1 Power V, 1b 4 0 1 0
Maris R, cf 4 0 1 1 Hunter B, ss 4 0 1 0
Woodling G, lf 4 1 2 3 Zernial G, lf 4 0 0 0
Colavito R, rf 2 1 1 1 Cerv B, rf 4 1 1 0
Avila B, 2b 4 1 1 0 Martin B, 2b 3 0 0 0
Altobelli J, 1b 5 1 1 1 Held W, cf 2 1 1 0
Carrasquel C, ss 5 1 1 1 Smith H, c 4 0 2 2
Nixon R, c 5 1 0 0 Lopez H, 3b 4 0 0 0
McLish C, p 3 1 1 0 Portocarrero A, p 0 0 0 0
Coleman R, p 0 0 0 0
McDermott M, p 2 0 0 0
Burnette W, p 0 0 0 0
Noren I, ph 1 0 0 0
Urban J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 9 11 8 32 2 6 2
Cleveland 050 200 020 -- 9
Kansas City 000 200 000 -- 2
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
McLish C (W) 9.0 6 2 2 3 6
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Portocarrero A (L)* 1.0 2 5 4 2 1
Coleman R 0.1 2 0 0 0 0
McDermott M 4.2 4 2 2 3 2
Burnette W 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Urban J 2.0 3 2 2 0 1
* Pitched to 5 batters in 2nd
E -- Smith H, Hunter B
DP -- Cleveland 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Cleveland 8, Kansas City 6
2B -- Hunter B, Cerv B, Smith H, Colavito R
SH -- Maris R
SF -- Smith A, Woodling G
T -- 2:41
A -- 13202
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