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Athletics
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
August 2, 1957
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Athletics, played on August 2, 1957 at Memorial Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 2, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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| Home Team |
Baltimore Orioles
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 2, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Home Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ned Garver |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Connie Johnson |
| Ballpark | Memorial Stadium |
| City | Baltimore |
| State | MD |
| Attendance | 12,126 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Charlie Berry 1B: Frank Tabacchi 2B: Bill McKinley 3B: Hank Soar |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hector Lopez | Third Baseman |
| Mickey McDermott | First Baseman |
| Gus Zernial | Left Fielder |
| Lou Skizas | Right Fielder |
| Billy Martin | Second Baseman |
| Woodie Held | Center Fielder |
| Tim Thompson | Catcher |
| Billy Hunter | Shortstop |
| Ned Garver | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Gardner | Second Baseman |
| Bob Boyd | First Baseman |
| Al Pilarcik | Right Fielder |
| Tito Francona | Left Fielder |
| Joe Ginsberg | Catcher |
| Brooks Robinson | Third Baseman |
| Jim Busby | Center Fielder |
| Willie Miranda | Shortstop |
| Connie Johnson | Pitcher |
| Paul Richards | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
August 2, 1957
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Johnson
Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDermott vs. Johnson
McDermott strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Johnson
Zernial hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Garver
Gardner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyd vs. Garver
Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garver fields it and throws to first for the out. Gardner moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pilarcik vs. Garver
Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards first. McDermott juggles the ball. That's an error on McDermott. Gardner scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Garver
There goes Pilarcik. The throw from Thompson and he is out, Hunter applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Garver
Francona hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skizas vs. Johnson
Skizas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Johnson
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Johnson
Held strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ginsberg vs. Garver
Ginsberg hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Garver
Robinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Garver
Busby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Johnson
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Johnson
Hunter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garver vs. Johnson
Garver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Garver
Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Garver
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Garver
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Johnson
Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDermott vs. Johnson
McDermott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zernial vs. Johnson
Zernial strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skizas vs. Johnson
Skizas hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyd vs. Garver
Boyd hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Garver
Pilarcik hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Garver
Francona hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pilarcik moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ginsberg vs. Garver
Ginsberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pilarcik scores. Francona moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Garver
Robinson is hit by the pitch. Francona moves to third. Ginsberg moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Busby vs. Garver
George Kell pinch runs for Brooks Robinson.
Busby hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Miranda vs. Garver
Miranda hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Johnson
George Kell now playing third base.
Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Johnson
Held hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Johnson
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Johnson
Hunter hits a popup towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Garver
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Garver
Gardner hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyd vs. Garver
Boyd hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garver vs. Johnson
Garver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Johnson
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDermott vs. Johnson
McDermott hits a fly ball into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zernial vs. Johnson
Zernial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Skizas vs. Johnson
Skizas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Zernial moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Johnson
Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Zernial scores. Skizas moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Held vs. Johnson
Held hits a fly ball into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Garver
Vic Power now playing first base.
Pilarcik takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Garver
Francona hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Held who is chasing the ball. Francona reaches third base with a triple. Pilarcik goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ginsberg vs. Morgan
Tom Morgan now pitching.
Ginsberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Francona scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kell vs. Morgan
Kell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Busby vs. Morgan
Busby takes first base on ball four. Ginsberg moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miranda vs. Morgan
Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it and throws to second for the out. Ginsberg moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Morgan
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ginsberg scores. Miranda moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gardner vs. Morgan
Gardner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Miranda scores. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyd vs. Coleman
Rip Coleman now pitching.
Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Johnson
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Johnson
Hunter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Hunter reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Noren vs. Johnson
Irv Noren pinch hits for Rip Coleman.
Noren takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Lehman
Ken Lehman now pitching.
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell juggles the ball. That's an error on Kell. Hunter moves to third. Noren moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Power vs. Lehman
Power strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Zernial vs. Lehman
Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Burnette
Wally Burnette now pitching.
Pilarcik hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Burnette
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hunter. Pilarcik moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ginsberg vs. Burnette
Ginsberg bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Pilarcik moves to third. Francona moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kell vs. Burnette
Kell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pilarcik scores. Francona scores. Ginsberg moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Busby vs. Urban
Jack Urban now pitching.
Busby takes first base on ball four. Ginsberg moves to third. Kell moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Miranda vs. Urban
Miranda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ginsberg scores. Kell moves to third. Busby moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lehman vs. Urban
Lehman hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kell tags and scores. Busby tags and moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gardner vs. Urban
Gardner strikes out. There goes Miranda. The throw from Thompson to second, and Miranda is out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skizas vs. Lehman
Frank Zupo now catching.
Skizas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Zupo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Lehman
Martin hits a line drive towards third. Kell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Lehman
Held hits a line drive into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyd vs. Urban
Boyd strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Urban
Pilarcik hits a line drive into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Urban
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Urban covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Lehman
Hal Smith pinch hits for Tim Thompson.
Smith hits a popup, foul, towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Lehman
Hunter hits a popup, foul, towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Orioles, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Lehman
Bob Cerv pinch hits for Jack Urban.
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/2/1957, game 2 -- Kansas City at Baltimore (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Baltimore AB R H RBI
Lopez H, 3b 3 1 0 0 Gardner B, 2b 5 1 2 1
McDermott M, 1b 3 0 1 0 Boyd B, 1b 5 0 0 0
Power V, 1b 1 0 0 0 Pilarcik A, rf 4 3 2 0
Zernial G, lf 4 1 1 0 Francona T, lf 5 2 2 1
Skizas L, rf 4 0 2 1 Ginsberg J, c 3 2 2 2
Martin B, 2b 4 0 1 1 Zupo F, c 0 0 0 0
Held W, cf 4 0 1 0 Robinson B, 3b 1 0 0 0
Thompson T, c 3 0 0 0 Kell G, pr-3b 2 1 1 2
Smith H, ph 1 0 0 0 Busby J, cf 2 0 0 0
Hunter B, ss 4 0 1 0 Miranda W, ss 4 1 1 1
Garver N, p 2 0 0 0 Johnson C, p 3 0 1 1
Morgan T, p 0 0 0 0 Lehman K, p 0 0 0 1
Coleman R, p 0 0 0 0
Noren I, ph 0 0 0 0
Burnette W, p 0 0 0 0
Urban J, p 0 0 0 0
Cerv B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 2 7 2 34 10 11 9
Kansas City 000 002 000 -- 2
Baltimore 100 104 40x -- 10
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Garver N (L)* 5.0 5 4 3 1 0
Morgan T 0.2 3 2 2 1 0
Coleman R 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Burnette W+ 0.0 2 4 3 0 0
Urban J 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson C (W) 6.1 7 2 2 2 5
Lehman K (S) 2.2 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
+ Pitched to 4 batters in 7th
E -- McDermott M, Kell G, Hunter B
DP -- Kansas City 1, Baltimore 2
LOB -- Kansas City 7, Baltimore 6
2B -- Hunter B
3B -- Francona T
CS -- Pilarcik A, Miranda W
SH -- Ginsberg J
SF -- Lehman K
HBP -- by Garver N (Robinson B)
WP -- Johnson C
T -- 2:36
A -- 12126
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