Orioles @ Red Sox
September 8, 1957

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Top 8	R	H	E
Orioles	0	2	0
Red Sox	2	5	0

Top 8	R	H	E
Orioles	0	2	0
Red Sox	2	5	0

Tito Francona Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.238
OBP	.000	.310
At Bats	0	265
Hits	0	63
• Singles	0	45
• Doubles	0	8
• Triples	0	3
• Home Runs	0	7
Walks	0	27
RBI’s	0	38

Mike Fornieles Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
8	13	1

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Fenway Park - September 8, 1957

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Out

Mike Fornieles

Pete Daley

Dick Gernert

Ken Aspromonte

Frank Malzone

Billy Klaus

Gene Stephens

Jim Piersall

Jackie Jensen

Tito Francona

Lenny Green

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Tito Francona pinch hits for Billy O'Dell. Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 8 Lenny Green pinch runs for Gus Triandos. Bob Boyd pinch hits for Willie Miranda. Boyd hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Triandos takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Busby hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Daley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Aspromonte hits a fly ball into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Gernert hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 7 Jensen hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Malzone hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Busby. Malzone reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 7 Stephens hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Nieman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 7 Goodman strikes out.

Top 7 Kell hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Klaus hits a line drive into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Piersall hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Fornieles hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Gardner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 O'Dell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert scoops it up and throws to first, with Fornieles covering, for the out.

Top 6 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Daley strikes out.

Bottom 5 Aspromonte hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Triandos hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klaus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Jensen is called out on strikes.

Bottom 4 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Piersall moves to third. Stephens moves to second.

Bottom 4 Stephens takes first base on ball four. Piersall moves to second.

Bottom 4 Klaus hits a line drive into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 4 Nieman strikes out.

Top 4 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Fornieles, and towards Aspromonte, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Kell moves to second.

Top 4 Kell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Gardner hits a line drive into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Fornieles hits a line drive into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Daley hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gardner scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Bottom 3 Aspromonte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 3 O'Dell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Dell for the out.

Top 3 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Triandos is called out on strikes.

Bottom 2 Gernert hits a line drive towards third. Kell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Jensen hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Malzone strikes out. Triandos drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Malzone out.

Top 2 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Nieman strikes out.

Bottom 1 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 1 Klaus hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 1 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klaus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Tito Francona pinch hits for Billy O'Dell. Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Orioles @ Red Sox
September 8, 1957