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Athletics 9 @ Tigers 7
Briggs Stadium
September 27, 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 September 27, 1957 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 9 to 7.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 27, 1957 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 9 H: 15 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 9
Hits: 15
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 7 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 7
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherWally Burnette  
Losing PitcherHarry Byrd  
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Game Winning RBIBilly Martin 

Game Info

DateSeptember 27, 1957 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Athletics 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherJack Urban  
Home Starting PitcherJim Bunning  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance8,520 
Time of Game3 hours 11 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Charlie Berry
1B: Frank Tabacchi
2B: Bill McKinley
3B: Hank Soar

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Milt Graff  Second Baseman 
Gus Zernial  Left Fielder 
Woodie Held  Center Fielder 
Bob Martyn  Right Fielder 
Billy Martin  Third Baseman 
Tim Thompson  Catcher 
Billy Hunter  Shortstop 
Jack Urban  Pitcher 
Harry Craft  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Jim Finigan  Third Baseman 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Bill Taylor  Left Fielder 
Dave Philley  First Baseman 
Red Wilson  Catcher 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Jim Bunning  Pitcher 
Jack Tighe  Manager 

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Athletics 9 @ Tigers 7
Briggs Stadium
September 27, 1957

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/27/1957 -- Kansas City at Detroit (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Power V, 1b           4  1  1  3   Tuttle B, cf          5  2  2  1   
Graff M, 2b           5  2  2  0   Presko J, p           0  0  0  0   
Zernial G, lf         5  0  0  0   Finigan J, 3b         4  0  2  1   
Held W, cf            5  1  2  0   Kuenn H, ss           5  0  2  0   
Martyn B, rf          4  1  2  1   Kaline A, rf          5  0  1  0   
Martin B, 3b          4  1  2  1   Taylor B, lf          4  1  1  2   
Thompson T, c         3  2  2  1   Groth J, lf-cf        1  0  0  0   
Hunter B, ss          3  0  0  1   Philley D, 1b         5  1  1  0   
Urban J, p            1  0  1  2   Wilson R, c           4  2  2  1   
Burnette W, p         3  1  3  0   House F, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Bolling F, 2b         5  1  2  0   
                                   Bunning J, p          2  0  0  1   
                                   Byrd H, p             1  0  0  0   
                                   Maxwell C, ph-lf      1  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  9 15  9                        43  7 14  6

Kansas City      031 300 101 --  9
Detroit          033 100 000 --  7

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Urban J               2.1  9  6  5  0  0
Burnette W (W)        6.2  5  1  0  1  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bunning J             3.1  8  7  7  1  4
Byrd H (L)            3.2  3  1  0  2  0
Presko J              2.0  4  1  1  1  0

E -- Hunter B 2, Kuenn H, Bolling F
LOB -- Kansas City 9, Detroit 10
2B -- Thompson T, Graff M, Tuttle B
3B -- Finigan J, Wilson R
HR -- Taylor B, Power V
CS -- Graff M
SH -- Burnette W, Power V, Martin B
SF -- Hunter B
PB -- Thompson T 2
T -- 3:11
A -- 8520

    

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