Athletics @ Indians
May 12, 1957

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 9 15 0
Indians 2 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 9 15 0
Indians 2 10 0

Vic Wertz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .347
OBP .250 .462
At Bats 4 72
Hits 1 25
• Singles 1 22
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 0 12

Virgil Trucks Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 0 1
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - May 12, 1957
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Out
Virgil Trucks
Hal Smith
Vic Power
Milt Graff
Hector Lopez
Billy Hunter
Gus Zernial
Jim Pisoni
Johnny Groth
Vic Wertz

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 9 15 0 8
Cleveland Indians 2 10 0 11
Winning Pitcher Virgil Trucks
Losing Pitcher Early Wynn
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gus Zernial
Attendance
Time of Game 3 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Trucks covering, for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 9 Johnny Groth now playing right field. Woodling hits a fly ball into right field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 9 Pisoni strikes out.
Top 9 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Groth moves to second.
Top 9 Johnny Groth pinch runs for Harry Simpson. Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Usher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Billy Harrell now playing second base. Art Houtteman now pitching. Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Billy Harrell pinch hits for George Strickland. Harrell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Altobelli pinch hits for Cal McLish. Altobelli strikes out.
Bottom 8 Naragon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Zernial hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cal McLish now pitching. Graff hits a line drive towards the mound. McLish catches it and throws to first to double up Power.
Top 8 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Trucks moves to third. Hunter moves to second.
Top 8 Hunter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Trucks moves to second.
Top 8 Trucks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Carrasquel hits a fly ball into center field. Pisoni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Usher hits a fly ball into center field. Pisoni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 7 Wertz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Pisoni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Smith hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 7 Simpson is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Zernial bunts towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Power moves to third. Graff moves to second.
Top 7 Graff takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Stan Pitula now pitching. Power hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Usher. Power reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Virgil Trucks now pitching. Woodling hits a ball on the ground for a double play. Carrasquel scores.
Bottom 6 Strickland takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Kenny Kuhn pinch hits for Dick Tomanek. Kuhn strikes out.
Bottom 6 Naragon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carrasquel moves to third. Naragon moves to second.
Bottom 6 Carrasquel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Burnette bunts in front of the plate. Naragon fields it and throws to first for the out. Pisoni scores.
Top 6 Pisoni hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Usher who is chasing the ball. Pisoni reaches third base with a triple. Lopez goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bob Usher now playing center field. Smith hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bobby Avila pinch hits for Jim Busby. Avila strikes out.
Bottom 5 Colavito takes first base on ball four. Wertz moves to second.
Bottom 5 Wertz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Woodling hits a fly ball into center field. Pisoni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Strickland strikes out.
Top 5 Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Zernial strikes out.
Top 5 Dick Tomanek now pitching. Graff hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wally Burnette now pitching. Preston Ward pinch hits for Early Wynn. Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Burnette covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Naragon takes first base on ball four. Colavito moves to third. Carrasquel moves to second.
Bottom 4 Carrasquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith scores. Colavito moves to second.
Bottom 4 Busby hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Colavito takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graff scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 4 Billy Hunter now playing shortstop. Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Power hits a popup, foul, towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Irv Noren pinch hits for Joe DeMaestri. Noren hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz fields it and throws to second for the out. Lopez scores. Pisoni moves to third.
Top 4 McDermott is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Pisoni hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith scores. Lopez moves to third. Pisoni moves to second.
Top 4 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There goes Smith. The throw from Naragon and he is safe. Smith steals second.
Top 4 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Simpson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Naragon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Woodling strikes out.
Bottom 3 Strickland hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Strickland reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Naragon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Graff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McDermott strikes out.
Bottom 2 Carrasquel hits a fly ball into center field. Pisoni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Busby hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Colavito hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pisoni strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Lopez. The throw from Naragon and he is out, Carrasquel applying the tag.
Top 2 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 1 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graff fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Woodling takes first base on ball four. Strickland moves to second.
Bottom 1 Strickland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Zernial strikes out.
Top 1 Graff hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito who is chasing the ball. Graff reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.