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Retrosheet Boxscore: Detroit Tigers 6, Kansas City Athletics 5 (1)

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Detroit Tigers 6, Kansas City Athletics 5 (1)

Day

Game Played on Thursday, May 30, 1957 (D) at Briggs Stadium

KC  A    0  1  0    1  2  0    0  0  1    0  -   5 13  1
DET A    1  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  2    1  -   6 12  0
BATTING
Kansas City Athletics        AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Power rf,1b                   5   0   1   0       0   0       3   0
Cerv cf,lf                    5   1   2   0       0   1       2   0
Zernial lf                    4   1   1   2       0   0       0   0
  Pisoni cf                   1   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
Noren 1b                      4   2   3   0       0   1       6   0
  Groth rf                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Skizas 3b                     4   0   3   0       0   0       1   1
  Graff pr,2b                 0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
  Lopez ph                    0   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
  Boyer pr,2b                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Smith c                       4   0   0   1       0   0       7   1
DeMaestri ss                  4   0   1   0       0   2       2   1
Morgan p                      2   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
  McDermott p                 2   1   1   1       0   1       0   1
  Burnette p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Hunter 2b,3b                  4   0   0   0       0   1       4   1
Totals                       39   5  13   4       1   7      27   6
FIELDING - 
E: Morgan (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Power (4,off Maas); Skizas (3,off Maas).
HR: Zernial (10,5th inning off Maas 1 on 2 out); McDermott (1,9th inning off
Gromek 0 on 0 out).
SH: Groth (1,off Sleater).
SF: Smith (1,off Maas).
GDP: Smith 2 (5,off Maas,off Sleater).
IBB: Lopez (2,by Sleater).
Team LOB: 7.
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Kuenn ss,1b                   5   1   3   1       0   0       2   2
Torgeson 1b                   4   1   1   0       0   1      10   0
  Bertoia ph                  1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Finigan 3b                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Boone 3b                      4   0   0   0       1   1       0   4
  Hoeft pr                    0   1   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Samford ss                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Kaline rf                     5   2   3   1       0   0       2   0
Maxwell lf                    4   0   2   2       1   0       4   0
House c                       3   0   0   0       2   0       7   0
Tuttle cf                     5   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
Bolling 2b                    4   0   1   0       1   0       3   4
Maas p                        3   0   0   0       0   2       1   1
  Porter ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Gromek p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Sleater p                   1   1   1   1       0   0       0   1
Totals                       40   6  12   5       5   5      30  12
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Bolling-Torgeson, Sleater-Bolling-Kuenn.
BATTING - 
2B: Kaline (11,off Morgan); Bolling (9,off McDermott); Maxwell (5,off Burnette).
HR: Kuenn (2,1st inning off Morgan 0 on 0 out); Sleater (1,10th inning off
Burnette 0 on 0 out).
IBB: House (9,by Burnette).
Team LOB: 12.
PITCHING
Kansas City Athletics        IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Morgan                        4.2   8   3   2   0   2   1  23
McDermott                     3.2   2   2   2   4   3   0  17
Burnette L(3-2)               0.2   2   1   1   1   0   1   5
Totals                        9    12   6   5   5   5   2  45
Burnette faced 1 batter in the 10th inning
WP: Morgan (1).
IBB: Burnette (1,House).
Inherited Runners - Scored: McDermott 1-0; Burnette 2-2.
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Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Maas                          8    11   4   4   0   6   1  34
Gromek                        1     2   1   1   0   1   1   5
Sleater W(1-0)                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3
Totals                       10    13   5   5   1   7   2  42
Gromek faced 1 batter in the 10th inning
IBB: Sleater (1,Lopez).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Sleater 1-0.
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Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Eddie Rommel, 3B - Johnny Stevens
Time of Game: 2:50   
Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City Athletics         Detroit Tigers           
1. Power               rf        Kuenn               ss
2. Cerv                cf        Torgeson            1b
3. Zernial             lf        Boone               3b
4. Noren               1b        Kaline              rf
5. Skizas              3b        Maxwell             lf
6. Smith               c         House               c
7. DeMaestri           ss        Tuttle              cf
8. Morgan              p         Bolling             2b
9. Hunter              2b        Maas                p

ATHLETICS 1ST: Power lined to pitcher; Cerv grounded out
(shortstop to first); Zernial flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Kuenn homered to left; Torgeson grounded out (first
unassisted); Boone flied to right; Kaline singled to center;
Maxwell lined to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Noren singled to left; Skizas singled to center
[Noren to third]; Smith hit a sacrifice fly to center [Noren
scored]; DeMaestri struck out; Morgan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: House flied to right; Tuttle grounded out (third to
first); Bolling grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Hunter was called out on strikes; Power grounded
out (third to first); Cerv singled to left; Zernial popped to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Maas struck out; Kuenn singled to center; Torgeson
singled to right [Kuenn to third]; Boone popped to second;
Kaline forced Torgeson (second unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 1, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Noren singled to right; Skizas singled to center
[Noren to third]; Smith grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Noren scored (no RBI), Skizas out at second]; DeMaestri
singled to third; Morgan flied to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Athletics 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Maxwell singled to right; House lined to second;
Tuttle singled to left [Maxwell to second]; Bolling grounded out
(second to first) [Maxwell to third, Tuttle to second]; Maas
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Tigers 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Hunter grounded out (pitcher to first); Power
flied to left; Cerv singled to left; Zernial homered to left
[Cerv scored]; Noren singled to left; Skizas forced Noren (third
to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Kuenn singled to left; Torgeson forced Kuenn
(pitcher to shortstop); Boone grounded out (catcher to first)
[Torgeson to second]; Kaline doubled to right [Torgeson scored];
Morgan threw a wild pitch [Kaline to third]; Maxwell reached on
an error by Morgan [Kaline scored (unearned) (no RBI), Maxwell
to second]; MCDERMOTT REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING); House walked;
Tuttle forced Maxwell (third unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first);
DeMaestri struck out; McDermott was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Bolling doubled to left; Maas popped to catcher in
foul territory; Kuenn flied to center; Torgeson was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Hunter lined to left; Power doubled to left; Cerv
grounded out (second to first) [Power to third]; Zernial
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Boone struck out; Kaline lined to shortstop; Maxwell
walked; House lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
4, Tigers 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Noren was called out on strikes; Skizas doubled
to left; GRAFF RAN FOR SKIZAS; Smith grounded out (second to
first); DeMaestri flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Athletics 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: GRAFF STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); POWER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); CERV CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
GROTH REPLACED NOREN (PLAYING RF); PISONI REPLACED ZERNIAL
(PLAYING CF); HUNTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Tuttle
flied to left; Bolling walked; PORTER BATTED FOR MAAS; Porter
flied to center; Kuenn grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Tigers 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: GROMEK REPLACED PORTER (PITCHING); McDermott
homered to left; Hunter flied to left; Power grounded out (third
to first); Cerv was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: BERTOIA BATTED FOR TORGESON; Bertoia struck out;
Boone walked; HOEFT RAN FOR BOONE; Kaline singled to left [Hoeft
to second]; BURNETTE REPLACED MCDERMOTT (PITCHING); Maxwell
doubled to left [Hoeft scored, Kaline scored]; House was walked
intentionally; Tuttle popped to second; Bolling popped to
catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Tigers 5.

ATHLETICS 10TH: FINIGAN REPLACED BERTOIA (PLAYING 3B); SAMFORD
REPLACED HOEFT (PLAYING SS); KUENN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); Pisoni singled to left; SLEATER REPLACED GROMEK (PITCHING);
Groth out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Pisoni to
second]; LOPEZ BATTED FOR GRAFF; Lopez was walked intentionally;
BOYER RAN FOR LOPEZ; Smith grounded into a double play (pitcher
to second to first) [Boyer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Athletics 5, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 10TH: BOYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Sleater homered
to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Tigers 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Athletics        5  13   1    7
 Tigers           6  12   0   12
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