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Athletics 4 @ Tigers 8
Briggs Stadium
July 5, 1957

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Athletics, played on July 5, 1957 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 8 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJuly 5, 1957 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 4 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 4
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 8 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 8
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherJim Bunning  
Losing PitcherVirgil Trucks  
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Game Winning RBIHarvey Kuenn 

Game Info

DateJuly 5, 1957 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Athletics 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherTom Gorman  
Home Starting PitcherJim Bunning  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance24,240 
Time of Game2 hours 34 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McKinley
1B: Hank Soar
2B: (none)
3B: Charlie Berry

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Gus Zernial  Left Fielder 
Irv Noren  First Baseman 
Lou Skizas  Right Fielder 
Tim Thompson  Catcher 
Woodie Held  Center Fielder 
Billy Hunter  Second Baseman 
Tom Gorman  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Third Baseman 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Charlie Maxwell  Left Fielder 
Ray Boone  First Baseman 
Frank House  Catcher 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Ron Samford  Shortstop 
Jim Bunning  Pitcher 
Jack Tighe  Manager 

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Athletics 4 @ Tigers 8
Briggs Stadium
July 5, 1957

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         Game of 7/5/1957 -- Kansas City at Detroit (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Lopez H, 3b           4  1  1  1   Kuenn H, 3b           4  1  2  2   
DeMaestri J, ss       4  0  0  0   Bolling F, 2b         4  1  1  2   
Zernial G, lf         4  1  1  1   Kaline A, rf          4  1  1  0   
Noren I, 1b           4  0  0  0   Maxwell C, lf         3  2  2  1   
Skizas L, rf          4  1  1  0   Boone R, 1b           4  1  1  1   
Thompson T, c         2  1  1  1   House F, c            3  0  1  0   
Smith H, c            2  0  1  0   Tuttle B, cf          3  0  0  0   
Held W, cf            4  0  1  1   Samford R, ss         3  2  2  2   
Hunter B, 2b          3  0  1  0   Bunning J, p          3  0  0  0   
Power V, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
Gorman T, p           1  0  0  0                                      
Trucks V, p           1  0  0  0                                      
Cerv B, ph            1  0  1  0                                      
McDermott M, pr       0  0  0  0                                      
Cox G, p              0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  4  8  4                        31  8 10  8

Kansas City      000 210 001 --  4
Detroit          012 012 11x --  8

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gorman T              3.0  2  3  3  1  2
Trucks V (L)          4.0  7  4  3  3  4
Cox G                 1.0  1  1  1  1  0

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bunning J (W)         9.0  8  4  4  0  7

E -- DeMaestri J, Kuenn H
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Kansas City 4, Detroit 6
2B -- Maxwell C, Kaline A, Kuenn H
3B -- Samford R
HR -- Maxwell C, Bolling F, Lopez H, Zernial G, Thompson T
CS -- Maxwell C
SH -- House F, Bunning J
T -- 2:34
A -- 24240

    

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