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Friday August 2,1957This date in baseball
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Events that happened in baseball on this date. The page was designed to be like a newspaper sports page with baseball-only. All of the basbeall events for this date have been consolidated into this page. Though historically relevant, it is also a great place to review the prior day's events.

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Month	Day	Year

Games on 1957-08-02

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Athletics	4	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	George Zuverink	Tom Gorman	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	2	Baltimore Orioles	10	Box	Connie Johnson	Ned Garver	Ken Lehman
Chicago White Sox	4	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	George Susce	Bill Fischer	(none)
Cleveland Indians	2	New York Yankees	3	Box	Tom Sturdivant	Don Mossi	Bob Grim
Detroit Tigers	1	Washington Senators I	2	Box	Camilo Pascual	Paul Foytack	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Chicago Cubs	6	Box	Dave Hillman	Vern Law	(none)
New York Giants	6	Cincinnati Reds	9	Box	Hersh Freeman	Al Worthington	(none)
Brooklyn Dodgers	0	Milwaukee Braves	1	Box	Gene Conley	Johnny Podres	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	4	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Willard Schmidt	Bob Miller	(none)

Standings as of 1957-08-02

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1957 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Yankees	100	66	34	.660	--	487	355	132	36-16	30-18	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	54	32	22	.593
2	2	3	Chicago White Sox	101	61	40	.604	5.5	435	355	80	29-20	32-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Charlie Comiskey	Comiskey Park	53	29	24	.547
3	3	8	Boston Red Sox	94	49	45	.521	14.0	463	402	61	22-24	27-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Cronin	Fenway Park	60	33	27	.550
4	4	10	Cleveland Indians	100	50	50	.500	16.0	433	468	-35	22-27	28-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	53	26	27	.491
5	5	9	Detroit Tigers	100	50	50	.500	16.0	380	399	-19	19-30	31-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John McHale	Briggs Stadium	54	28	26	.519
6	6	11	Baltimore Orioles	103	50	53	.485	17.5	407	394	13	23-30	25-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards	Memorial Stadium	49	26	23	.531
7	7	13	Kansas City Athletics	95	35	60	.368	28.5	358	432	-74	12-37	23-23	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Selkirk	Municipal Stadium	58	24	34	.414
8	8	14	Washington Senators I	103	37	66	.359	30.5	410	568	-158	17-34	20-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	51	18	33	.353
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1957 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	St. Louis Cardinals	101	61	40	.604	--	501	428	73	31-18	30-22	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Sportsman's Park	53	26	27	.491
2	2	4	Milwaukee Braves	103	61	42	.592	1.0	478	415	63	31-21	30-21	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John Quinn	County Stadium	51	34	17	.667
3	3	5	Brooklyn Dodgers	101	58	43	.574	3.0	449	356	93	28-23	30-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Ebbets Field	53	26	27	.491
4	4	6	Cincinnati Reds	101	57	44	.564	4.0	510	474	36	28-24	29-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	53	23	30	.434
5	5	7	Philadelphia Phillies	105	57	48	.543	6.0	448	436	12	28-24	28-25	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Connie Mack Stadium	49	20	29	.408
6	6	12	New York Giants	89	35	54	.393	20.0	356	434	-78	19-28	16-26	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Polo Grounds	65	34	31	.523
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	86	29	57	.337	24.5	319	407	-88	13-29	15-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	68	33	35	.485
8	8	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	90	30	60	.333	25.5	323	434	-111	11-32	19-28	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	64	32	32	.500

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