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Thursday August 8,1957This 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 1957-08-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	1	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Billy O'Dell	Mike Fornieles	Ken Lehman
Kansas City Athletics	4	Chicago White Sox	7	Box	Gerry Staley	Rip Coleman	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Detroit Tigers	1	Box	Ray Narleski	Duke Maas	(none)
Washington Senators I	6	New York Yankees	1	Box	Russ Kemmerer	Art Ditmar	(none)
New York Giants	12	Brooklyn Dodgers	3	Box	Ruben Gomez	Sal Maglie	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	3	Milwaukee Braves	5	Box	Lew Burdette	Raul Sanchez	Don McMahon
Philadelphia Phillies	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Curt Simmons	Vern Law	Bob Miller
Chicago Cubs	4	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Moe Drabowsky	Vinegar Bend Mizell	Dave Hillman

Standings as of 1957-08-08

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	107	70	37	.654	--	512	381	131	36-16	34-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	47	28	19	.596
2	2	2	Chicago White Sox	106	64	42	.604	5.5	469	376	93	30-21	34-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Charlie Comiskey	Comiskey Park	48	26	22	.542
3	3	8	Boston Red Sox	99	51	48	.515	15.0	484	427	57	23-26	28-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Cronin	Fenway Park	55	31	24	.564
4	4	9	Baltimore Orioles	108	54	54	.500	16.5	426	407	19	23-30	29-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards	Memorial Stadium	44	22	22	.500
5	5	10	Cleveland Indians	107	53	54	.495	17.0	459	492	-33	25-31	28-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	46	23	23	.500
6	6	11	Detroit Tigers	105	51	54	.486	18.0	393	420	-27	19-32	32-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John McHale	Briggs Stadium	49	27	22	.551
7	7	13	Washington Senators I	108	41	67	.380	29.5	431	582	-151	19-35	22-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	46	14	32	.304
8	8	15	Kansas City Athletics	100	36	64	.360	30.5	371	460	-89	13-41	23-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Selkirk	Municipal Stadium	53	23	30	.434
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	3	Milwaukee Braves	108	65	43	.602	--	510	438	72	31-21	34-22	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John Quinn	County Stadium	46	30	16	.652
2	2	4	St. Louis Cardinals	107	63	44	.589	1.5	518	452	66	31-18	32-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Sportsman's Park	47	24	23	.511
3	3	5	Brooklyn Dodgers	107	60	47	.561	4.5	476	393	83	29-24	31-23	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Ebbets Field	47	24	23	.511
4	4	6	Cincinnati Reds	107	58	49	.542	6.5	532	510	22	28-27	30-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	47	22	25	.468
5	5	7	Philadelphia Phillies	110	59	51	.536	7.0	464	455	9	30-27	28-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Connie Mack Stadium	44	18	26	.409
6	6	12	New York Giants	96	40	56	.417	19.0	397	460	-63	24-30	16-26	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Polo Grounds	58	29	29	.500
7	7	14	Chicago Cubs	91	34	57	.374	22.5	345	415	-70	16-29	17-29	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	63	28	35	.444
8	8	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	94	31	63	.330	27.0	333	452	-119	11-34	20-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	60	31	29	.517

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