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Kansas City Athletics 7 Boston Red Sox 5

May 18,1957

Visiting Team

Kansas City Athletics (13-15)

Home Team

Boston Red Sox (14-14)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Fenway Park

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

11,982

Time of Game

2:49

Umpires

[HP]: Bill McKinley [1B]: Hank Soar [2B]: Frank Tabacchi [3B]: Charlie Berry

Kansas City Athletics 7 Boston Red Sox 5

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2nd inning: NP **Willard Nixon left with soreness in shoulder**
6th inning: S5.2-3 **Frank Malzone struck on jaw by bad hop**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	13-15		1	0	0		0	3	1		1	1	0			7	12	2		6	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Boston Red Sox	BOS	14-14		0	1	0		0	0	2		1	0	1			5	10	1		5	5	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Billy Hunter	2b	28.348	R	4	0	0	1		0	0	.207		17	416
2	Bob Cerv	cf	31.013	R	5	2	3	0		0	0	.395		17	230
3	Gus Zernial	lf	33.325	R	4	2	3	4		1	1	.286		26	840
4	Lou Skizas	rf	24.350	R	4	0	1	0		1	0	.254		20	106
5	Hal Smith	c	26.162	R	4	0	0	0		1	0	.267		21	268
6	Vic Power	1b	29.198	R	3	0	0	1		1	0	.358		19	413
7	Hector Lopez	3b	27.314	R	4	1	2	0		1	0	.240		27	302
8	Wally Burnette	p	27.332	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.100		6	22
	Virgil Trucks	p	40.022	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.375		9	198
9	Joe Demaestri	ss	28.160	R	4	2	3	1		0	0	.382		26	636
Totals

Errors: Billy Hunter, Bob Cerv

2B: Bob Cerv (2), Gus Zernial 2 (7), Hector Lopez (5), Joe Demaestri (4)

HR: Gus Zernial (6), Joe Demaestri (2)

RBI: Billy Hunter (4), Gus Zernial 4 (18), Vic Power (7), Joe Demaestri (8)

SH: Billy Hunter (1), Wally Burnette (2)

SF: Vic Power (2)

GDP: Wally Burnette (1)

CS: Vic Power (1)

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Piersall	cf	27.185	R	4	1	1	0		1	0	.234		28	672
2	Billy Klaus	ss	28.160	L	5	0	0	0		0	1	.183		28	303
3	Ted Williams	lf	38.261	L	4	0	2	1		1	0	.368		24	639
4	Dick Gernert	1b	28.232	R	4	1	2	1		1	1	.299		20	384
5	Jackie Jensen	rf	30.070	R	4	1	1	0		1	0	.303		23	863
6	Frank Malzone	3b	27.079	R	2	1	0	0		0	0	.258		28	61
	Billy Consolo	3b	22.273	R	3	0	2	2		0	0	.667		7	200
7	Gene Mauch	2b	31.181	R	3	0	1	0		1	1	.344		16	89
8	Sammy White	c	29.315	R	2	0	0	1		0	1	.208		26	668
	Gene Stephens	ph	24.118	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.295		26	337
	Billy Goodman	ph	31.057	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.125		9	886
	Ted Lepcio	ph	27.294	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.195		18	416
	George Susce	p	25.247	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.200		4	53
	Mickey Vernon	ph	39.026	L	1	1	1	0		0	0	.231		17	982
Totals

Errors: Billy Klaus

2B: Ted Williams 2 (7), Mickey Vernon (3)

RBI: Ted Williams (18), Dick Gernert (11), Billy Consolo 2 (2), Sammy White (10)

SF: Sammy White (1)

GDP: Billy Klaus (4), Sammy White (5)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Wally Burnette	R	W 3-1	5.1	5	2	2	1	2	0		3.25	1.52		7	23
2	Virgil Trucks	R	SV 2	3.2	5	2	2	4	2	0		2.49	1.03		9	206
Totals				0.0

WP: Wally Burnette (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Wally Burnette (0-0-0), Virgil Trucks (0-0-0)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Willard Nixon	R		2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0		5.57	1.86		5	189
2	Bob Chakales	R	L 0-2	3.0	7	3	3	0	0	1		6.19	1.69		10	158
3	Rudy Minarcin	R		1.0	1	2	2	3	0	0		9.00	3.00		2	45
4	George Susce	R		3.0	1	1	1	1	1	1		2.51	1.19		4	54
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Willard Nixon (0-0-0), Bob Chakales (0-0-0), Rudy Minarcin (0-0-0), George Susce (0-0-0)