Top 1

• Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Tuttle vs. Portocarrero
  
  Tuttle strikes out. View Play 
• Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Kuenn vs. Portocarrero
  
  Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Boone vs. Portocarrero
  
  Boone takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Maxwell vs. Portocarrero
  
  Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out. View Play 

Bottom 1

• Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Power vs. Foytack
  
  Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play 
• Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Hunter vs. Foytack
  
  There's a wild pitch. Power moves to second. View Play 
• Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Hunter vs. Foytack
  
  Hunter is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Zernial vs. Foytack
  
  Zernial takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Skizas vs. Foytack
  
  Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for one. The throw to home - double play. Power is thrown out at home to complete the double play. View Play 

Top 2

• Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Kaline vs. Portocarrero
  
  Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bertoia vs. Portocarrero
  
  Bertoia hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  House vs. Portocarrero
  
  House hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bolling vs. Portocarrero
  
  Bolling takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Foytack vs. Portocarrero
  
  Foytack hits a fly ball into center field. Held settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 2

• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Martin vs. Foytack
  
  Martin strikes out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Held vs. Foytack
  
  Held strikes out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Smith vs. Foytack
  
  Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Lopez vs. Foytack
  
  Lopez takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Portocarrero vs. Foytack
  
  Portocarrero takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to third. Lopez moves to second. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Power vs. Foytack
  
  Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play 

Top 3

• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Tuttle vs. Portocarrero
  
  Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Kuenn vs. Portocarrero
  
  Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Boone vs. Portocarrero
  
  Boone strikes out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Maxwell vs. Portocarrero
  
  Maxwell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 3

• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Hunter vs. Foytack
  
  Hunter hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Zernial vs. Foytack
  
  Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Skizas vs. Foytack
  
  Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Skizas for the out. Zernial moves to second. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Martin vs. Foytack
  
  Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 4

• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Kaline vs. Portocarrero
  
  Kaline takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Bertoia vs. Portocarrero
  
  Bertoia hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  House vs. Portocarrero
  
  House hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Bolling vs. Portocarrero
  
  Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline moves to second. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Foytack vs. Portocarrero
  
  Foytack hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 4

• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Held vs. Foytack
  
  Held hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Smith vs. Foytack
  
  Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Smith reaches second base with a double. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Lopez vs. Foytack
  
  Lopez is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Portocarrero vs. Foytack
  
  Portocarrero hits a popup, foul, towards first. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 5

• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Tuttle vs. Portocarrero
  
  Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Kuenn vs. Portocarrero
  
  Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Boone vs. Portocarrero
  
  Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play 

Bottom 5

• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Power vs. Foytack
  
  Power hits a popup towards first. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Hunter vs. Foytack
  
  Hunter hits a popup, foul, towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Zernial vs. Foytack
  
  Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Skizas vs. Foytack
  
  Skizas hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 6

• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Maxwell vs. Portocarrero
  
  Maxwell hits a line drive towards first. Power reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Kaline vs. Portocarrero
  
  Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play 
• Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bertoia vs. Portocarrero
  
  Bertoia hits a popup in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  House vs. Portocarrero
  
  House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Portocarrero covering, for the out. View Play 

Bottom 6

• Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Martin vs. Foytack
  
  Martin hits a popup, foul, towards first. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Held vs. Foytack
  
  Held strikes out. View Play 
• Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Smith vs. Foytack
  
  Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foytack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Top 7

• Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bolling vs. Portocarrero
  
  Bolling takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Foytack vs. Portocarrero
  
  Foytack is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Tuttle vs. Portocarrero
  
  Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. Bolling moves to third. View Play 
• Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
  Kuenn vs. Portocarrero
  
  Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bolling scores. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Boone vs. Portocarrero
  
  Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Held settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 7

• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Lopez vs. Foytack
  
  Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  McDermott vs. Foytack
  
  Mickey McDermott pinch hits for Arnie Portocarrero.
  
  McDermott takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Power vs. Foytack
  
  Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Hunter vs. Foytack
  
  Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia juggles the ball. That's an error on Bertoia. Power moves to second. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Zernial vs. Foytack
  
  Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 8

• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Maxwell vs. Trucks
  
  Virgil Trucks now pitching.
  
  Maxwell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Maxwell reaches second base with a double. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Kaline vs. Trucks
  
  Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Bertoia vs. Trucks
  
  Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  House vs. Trucks
  
  House hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 8

• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Skizas vs. Foytack
  
  Skizas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Martin vs. Byrd
  
  Harry Byrd now pitching.
  
  Martin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Held vs. Byrd
  
  Held hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Held for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Smith vs. Byrd
  
  Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 9

• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bolling vs. Trucks
  
  Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Held settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Byrd vs. Trucks
  
  Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Tuttle vs. Trucks
  
  Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Bottom 9

• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Lopez vs. Byrd
  
  Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Noren vs. Byrd
  
  Irv Noren pinch hits for Virgil Trucks.
  
  Noren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Tigers, 3 - Athletics, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Power vs. Byrd
  
  Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 

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         Game of 8/13/1957, game 1 -- Detroit at Kansas City (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Tuttle B, cf          5  0  0  0   Power V, 1b           5  0  1  0   
Kuenn H, ss           4  0  3  1   Hunter B, ss          4  0  0  0   
Boone R, 1b           3  0  0  0   Zernial G, lf         3  0  2  0   
Maxwell C, lf         4  0  1  0   Skizas L, rf          4  1  1  1   
Kaline A, rf          3  2  2  2   Martin B, 2b          4  0  0  0   
Bertoia R, 3b         4  0  0  0   Held W, cf            4  0  0  0   
House F, c            4  0  0  0   Smith H, c            4  0  2  0   
Bolling F, 2b         2  1  1  0   Lopez H, 3b           3  0  0  0   
Foytack P, p          3  0  0  0   Portocarrero A, p     1  0  0  0   
Byrd H, p             1  0  0  0   McDermott M, ph       0  0  0  0   
                                   Trucks V, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Noren I, ph           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  3  7  3                        33  1  6  1

Detroit          010 001 100 --  3
Kansas City      000 000 010 --  1

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Foytack P (W)*        7.0  6  1  1  4  5
Byrd H (S)            2.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Portocarrero A (L)    7.0  6  3  3  4  3
Trucks V              2.0  1  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Bertoia R
DP -- Detroit 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Detroit 7, Kansas City 9
2B -- Smith H, Maxwell C
HR -- Kaline A 2, Skizas L
WP -- Foytack P
T -- 2:39
A -- 6216

    

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