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Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 17, 1958
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Athletics, played on April 17, 1958 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 17, 1958 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 17, 1958 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Duke Maas |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mudcat Grant |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 2,755 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Nestor Chylak 1B: Charlie Berry 2B: Bill McKinley 3B: Red Flaherty |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mike Baxes | Second Baseman |
Bill Tuttle | Right Fielder |
Hector Lopez | Third Baseman |
Vic Power | First Baseman |
Bob Cerv | Left Fielder |
Woodie Held | Center Fielder |
Frank House | Catcher |
Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
Duke Maas | Pitcher |
Harry Craft | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Chico Carrasquel | Shortstop |
Gary Geiger | Center Fielder |
Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
Rocky Colavito | First Baseman |
Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
Russ Nixon | Catcher |
Bobby Avila | Third Baseman |
Billy Harrell | Second Baseman |
Mudcat Grant | Pitcher |
Bobby Bragan | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 17, 1958
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Grant
Baxes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Harrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Grant
Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Grant
Lopez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Lopez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Power vs. Grant
Power takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cerv vs. Grant
Cerv hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Power moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Held vs. Grant
Held strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Maas
Carrasquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Maas
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Maas
There goes Geiger. The throw from House and he is safe. Geiger steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Minoso vs. Maas
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Maas
Colavito hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Colavito reaches second base with a double. Minoso goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maris vs. Maas
Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Grant
House hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Grant
DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maas vs. Grant
Maas strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baxes vs. Grant
Baxes hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Maas
Nixon hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Maas
Avila hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrell vs. Maas
Harrell hits a fly ball into center field. Held settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grant vs. Maas
Grant hits a fly ball into center field. Held settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Grant
Tuttle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Harrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Grant
Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Grant
Power hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Maas
Carrasquel hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Maas
Geiger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Maas
Minoso hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Geiger moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colavito vs. Maas
Colavito hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maris vs. Maas
Maris hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Grant
Cerv hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Grant
Held hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
House vs. Grant
House hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Grant
DeMaestri strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Maas
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nixon for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Maas
Avila hits a line drive towards short. DeMaestri reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrell vs. Maas
Harrell hits a fly ball into center field. Held settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maas vs. Grant
Maas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baxes vs. Grant
Baxes hits a popup towards the mound. Grant settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Grant
Tuttle hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Grant
Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grant vs. Maas
Grant hits a fly ball into center field. Held settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Maas
Carrasquel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geiger vs. Maas
Geiger takes first base on ball four. Carrasquel moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Minoso vs. Maas
Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colavito vs. Maas
Colavito strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Grant
Power hits a popup towards third. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Grant
Cerv hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Grant
Held takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
House vs. Grant
House hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Harrell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Grant
DeMaestri hits a popup towards third. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Maas
Maris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Maas
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Maas
Avila strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maas vs. Grant
Maas hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Grant
Baxes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Grant
Tuttle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Baxes moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lopez vs. Grant
Lopez hits a popup towards the mound. Grant settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Power vs. Grant
Power hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Maas
Preston Ward pinch hits for Billy Harrell.
Ward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grant vs. Maas
Grant hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carrasquel vs. Maas
Carrasquel hits a fly ball towards left. Cerv catches it and throws to DeMaestri who relays to Baxes to double up Grant. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Grant
Preston Ward now playing third base. Bobby Avila now playing second base.
Cerv hits a popup, foul, towards first. Colavito settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Grant
Held hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Grant
House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila misplays the ball. That's an error on Avila. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Grant
DeMaestri strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Maas
Geiger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Maas
Minoso hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Maas
Colavito hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maas vs. Grant
Maas strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Grant
Baxes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Grant
Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Grant
Lopez hits a line drive towards third. Ward reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Maas
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields the ball and throws to Maas covering. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Maas
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. Maas
Carroll Hardy pinch runs for Russ Nixon. Larry Doby pinch hits for Bobby Avila.
Doby strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Maas
Ward hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hardy moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vernon vs. Maas
Mickey Vernon pinch hits for Mudcat Grant.
Vernon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Vernon reaches second base with a double. Hardy scores. Ward goes all the way around to score. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/17/1958 -- Kansas City at Cleveland (D) Kansas City AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Baxes M, 2b 4 0 1 0 Carrasquel C, ss 3 0 1 0 Tuttle B, rf 5 0 1 0 Geiger G, cf 3 0 1 0 Lopez H, 3b 5 1 1 0 Minoso M, lf 4 1 1 0 Power V, 1b 3 0 0 0 Colavito R, 1b 4 0 1 1 Cerv B, lf 4 1 2 2 Maris R, rf 3 0 1 0 Held W, cf 3 0 1 0 Nixon R, c 4 0 0 0 House F, c 4 0 0 0 Hardy C, pr 0 1 0 0 DeMaestri J, ss 4 0 1 0 Avila B, 3b-2b 3 0 1 0 Maas D, p 4 0 1 0 Doby L, ph 1 0 0 0 Harrell B, 2b 2 0 0 0 Ward P, ph-3b 2 1 2 0 Grant M, p 3 0 0 0 Vernon M, ph 1 0 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 2 8 2 33 3 9 3 Kansas City 100 001 000 -- 2 Cleveland 100 000 002 -- 3 2 outs when winning run was scored. Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Maas D (L) 8.2 9 3 3 3 3 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Grant M (W) 9.0 8 2 2 3 5 E -- Avila B DP -- Kansas City 2 LOB -- Kansas City 10, Cleveland 7 2B -- Lopez H, Colavito R, Vernon M HR -- Cerv B SB -- Geiger G T -- 2:24 A -- 2755
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