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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 17, 1963
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Athletics, played on May 17, 1963 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 17, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
|
| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 17, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ted Bowsfield |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Morehead |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 24,118 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Valentine 1B: Bill McKinley 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: John Rice |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wayne Causey | Shortstop |
| Gino Cimoli | Center Fielder |
| Jerry Lumpe | Second Baseman |
| Norm Siebern | First Baseman |
| George Alusik | Right Fielder |
| Ed Charles | Third Baseman |
| Chuck Essegian | Left Fielder |
| Haywood Sullivan | Catcher |
| Ted Bowsfield | Pitcher |
| Ed Lopat | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Schilling | Second Baseman |
| Eddie Bressoud | Shortstop |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Lou Clinton | Right Fielder |
| Dick Stuart | First Baseman |
| Roman Mejias | Center Fielder |
| Bob Tillman | Catcher |
| Dave Morehead | Pitcher |
| Johnny Pesky | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 17, 1963
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Morehead
Causey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Morehead
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Morehead
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lumpe for the out. Cimoli moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Siebern vs. Morehead
Siebern is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Bowsfield
Schilling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Bowsfield
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles juggles the ball. That's an error on Charles. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Bowsfield
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Malzone vs. Bowsfield
There goes Bressoud. The throw from Sullivan and he is safe. Bressoud steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Malzone vs. Bowsfield
Malzone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clinton vs. Bowsfield
Clinton hits a fly ball into left field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alusik vs. Morehead
Alusik hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Charles vs. Morehead
Charles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essegian vs. Morehead
There goes Charles. The throw from Tillman and he is safe. Charles steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Essegian vs. Morehead
Essegian takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sullivan vs. Morehead
Sullivan strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bowsfield vs. Morehead
Bowsfield hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schilling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Bowsfield
Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Bowsfield
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bowsfield fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tillman vs. Bowsfield
Tillman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Morehead
Causey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Morehead
Cimoli strikes out. There goes Causey. The throw from Tillman to Bressoud, and Causey is out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Morehead
Lumpe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebern vs. Morehead
Siebern hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mejias. Siebern reaches second base with a double. Lumpe moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Alusik vs. Morehead
Alusik hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mejias. Alusik reaches second base with a double. Lumpe scores. Siebern scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Charles vs. Morehead
Charles hits a fly ball into center field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morehead vs. Bowsfield
Morehead strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Bowsfield
Schilling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bressoud vs. Bowsfield
Bressoud takes first base on ball four. Schilling moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yastrzemski vs. Bowsfield
Yastrzemski bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Malzone vs. Bowsfield
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essegian vs. Morehead
Essegian hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski throws the ball in to Schilling who tags Essegian, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Morehead
Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowsfield vs. Morehead
Bowsfield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Causey vs. Morehead
Causey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clinton vs. Bowsfield
Clinton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebern settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Bowsfield
Stuart hits a fly ball into right field. Alusik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Bowsfield
Mejias hits a popup towards short. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Morehead
Cimoli hits a fly ball into right field. Clinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Morehead
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lumpe for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebern vs. Morehead
Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Morehead covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tillman vs. Bowsfield
Tillman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morehead vs. Bowsfield
Morehead hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schilling vs. Bowsfield
Schilling hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebern settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alusik vs. Morehead
Alusik hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone juggles the ball. That's an error on Malzone. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Charles vs. Morehead
Charles hits a popup towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essegian vs. Morehead
Essegian hits a fly ball into center field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sullivan vs. Morehead
Sullivan takes first base on ball four. Alusik moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bowsfield vs. Morehead
Bowsfield strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Bowsfield
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Bowsfield
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Bowsfield
Malzone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clinton vs. Bowsfield
Clinton strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Morehead
Causey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mejias who is chasing the ball. Causey reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cimoli vs. Morehead
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lumpe vs. Morehead
Lumpe hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Siebern vs. Morehead
Siebern hits a line drive into right field. Clinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Bowsfield
Stuart hits a popup, foul, towards first. Siebern settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Bowsfield
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tillman vs. Bowsfield
Tillman hits a fly ball into right field. Alusik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alusik vs. Morehead
Alusik hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Charles vs. Morehead
Charles hits a fly ball into right field. Clinton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essegian vs. Morehead
Essegian strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Bowsfield
Jose Tartabull now playing center field. Bobby Del Greco now playing left field. Gino Cimoli now playing right field. Dick Williams pinch hits for
Williams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tartabull. Williams reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schilling vs. Bowsfield
Schilling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bressoud vs. Bowsfield
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sullivan fields it and throws to third for the out. Schilling moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yastrzemski vs. Bowsfield
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Malzone vs. Bowsfield
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Radatz
Dick Williams now playing third base. Dick Radatz now pitching.
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowsfield vs. Radatz
Bowsfield strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Radatz
Causey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Radatz
Cimoli strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clinton vs. Bowsfield
Clinton hits a fly ball into left field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Bowsfield
Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Bowsfield
Mejias hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tillman vs. Bowsfield
Tillman hits a fly ball into center field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/17/1963 -- Kansas City at Boston (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Causey W, ss 4 0 2 0 Schilling C, 2b 3 0 1 0
Cimoli G, cf-rf 5 0 1 0 Bressoud E, ss 3 0 0 0
Lumpe J, 2b 3 1 0 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 4 0 0 0
Siebern N, 1b 4 1 1 0 Malzone F, 3b 2 0 0 0
Alusik G, rf 4 0 1 2 Radatz D, p 0 0 0 0
Tartabull J, cf 0 0 0 0 Clinton L, rf 4 0 0 0
Charles E, 3b 3 0 0 0 Stuart D, 1b 4 0 0 0
Essegian C, lf 3 0 1 0 Mejias R, cf 4 0 1 0
Del Greco B, lf 0 0 0 0 Tillman B, c 4 0 0 0
Sullivan H, c 3 0 0 0 Morehead D, p 2 0 0 0
Bowsfield T, p 3 0 0 0 Williams D, ph-3b 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 2 6 2 31 0 3 0
Kansas City 002 000 000 -- 2
Boston 000 000 000 -- 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Bowsfield T (W) 9.0 3 0 0 4 4
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Morehead D (L) 8.0 6 2 2 5 6
Radatz D 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
E -- Charles E, Malzone F
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Kansas City 9, Boston 8
2B -- Siebern N, Alusik G, Williams D
3B -- Causey W
SB -- Bressoud E, Charles E
T -- 2:28
A -- 24118
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