White Sox @ Tigers
August 17, 1957

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Bottom 10 R H E
White Sox 8 13 0
Tigers 8 20 1
Bottom 10 R H E
White Sox 8 13 0
Tigers 9 21 1

Johnny Groth Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .295
OBP 1.000 .354
At Bats 4 88
Hits 4 26
• Singles 4 22
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 8
RBI’s 2 7

Paul LaPalme Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 7
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Briggs Stadium - August 17, 1957
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Single
Paul LaPalme
Sherm Lollar
Walt Dropo
Nellie Fox
Bubba Phillips
Luis Aparicio
Minnie Minoso
Larry Doby
Jim Rivera
Johnny Groth
Bill Tuttle
Charlie Maxwell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago White Sox 8 13 0 10
Detroit Tigers 9 21 1 14
Winning Pitcher Al Aber
Losing Pitcher Paul LaPalme
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Johnny Groth
Attendance 15,529
Time of Game 3 hours 18 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Groth hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Maxwell scores. Tuttle moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Bill Tuttle pinch hits for Al Aber. Tuttle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Maxwell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Maxwell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 10 Kaline strikes out.
Bottom 10 Walt Dropo now playing first base. Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Al Aber now pitching. Walt Dropo pinch hits for Earl Torgeson. Dropo strikes out.
Top 10 Fox is walked intentionally.
Top 10 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out. LaPalme moves to second.
Top 10 LaPalme hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 10 JW Porter now catching. Bob Shaw now pitching. Phillips strikes out.
Bottom 9 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Bolling strikes out.
Bottom 9 Frank House pinch hits for Jim Bunning. Paul LaPalme now pitching. JW Porter pinch hits for Frank House. Porter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Finigan moves to second.
Bottom 9 Finigan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hoeft scores. Groth moves to third.
Bottom 9 Jim Hughes now pitching. Billy Hoeft pinch runs for Dave Philley. Groth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maxwell scores. Hoeft moves to third.
Bottom 9 Dave Philley pinch hits for Red Wilson. Philley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maxwell moves to third.
Bottom 9 Maxwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Lollar hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Doby hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 The umpire calls a balk on Bunning Torgeson moves to second.
Top 8 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Aparicio hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Bunning bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 7 Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Groth moves to second.
Bottom 7 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Fischer hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bunning fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Minoso scores. Doby moves to third.
Top 7 Jim Bunning now pitching. Lollar hits a popup towards first. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rivera strikes out.
Top 7 Doby takes first base on ball four. Minoso moves to second.
Top 7 Minoso is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Torgeson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Wilson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fischer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boone scores. Kaline moves to third.
Bottom 6 Kaline takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 6 Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Aparicio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Fischer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lollar hits a line drive towards third. Finigan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sleater strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bill Fischer now pitching. Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Groth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline scores. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline moves to third.
Bottom 5 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rivera hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Doby strikes out.
Top 5 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a line drive beyond third. Phillips can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Sleater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Groth scores.
Bottom 4 Finigan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Groth moves to third.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Groth moves to second.
Bottom 4 Groth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fox hits a popup towards first. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Staley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling misplays the ball. That's an error on Bolling.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Maxwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Kaline strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gerry Staley now pitching. Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lollar hits a line drive towards third. Finigan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rivera hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kuenn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bolling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Bolling reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Sleater hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 2 Finigan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Groth takes first base on ball four. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Maxwell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Doby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doby for the out.
Top 2 Minoso takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Torgeson. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Torgeson steals second.
Top 2 Torgeson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aparicio scores.
Top 2 There goes Fox. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Kuenn applying the tag. Aparicio moves to third.
Top 2 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aparicio moves to second.
Top 2 Aparicio takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Derrington strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Rivera strikes out.
Top 1 Lou Sleater now pitching. Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Minoso hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 1 Torgeson bunts towards the mound. Byrd fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Aparicio moves to third. Fox moves to second.
Top 1 Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aparicio moves to second.
Top 1 Aparicio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.