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Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Athletics

1957-06-07 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 14876 · night · 2:13

Kansas City Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 6–3. Kansas City Athletics put up 4 in the 2nd. Wally Burnette earned the win. Hal Smith went 4-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	8
KC1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1		6	12

W: Wally Burnette L: Willard Nixon SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Johnny Stevens · 1B: John Rice · 2B: Eddie Rommel · 3B: Larry Napp · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Piersall	5	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Klaus	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ted Williams	3	1	0	0	1	1
Mickey Vernon	4	0	1	2	0	1
Jackie Jensen	4	1	1	0	0	1
Frank Malzone	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ted Lepcio	4	0	1	0	0	1
Sammy White	2	0	1	0	0	0
Willard Nixon	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Porterfield	1	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Goodman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gene Stephens	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Daley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Norm Zauchin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe DeMaestri	4	2	1	0	0	0
Bob Cerv	3	0	2	1	1	0
Gus Zernial	3	0	2	2	1	0
Harry Simpson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lou Skizas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Smith	4	2	4	1	0	0
Johnny Groth	3	1	0	0	1	0
Wally Burnette	4	0	1	0	0	1
Milt Graff	4	1	1	2	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willard Nixon	1.1	6	1	1
Bob Porterfield	4.2	5	0	0
Rudy Minarcin	2.0	1	2	1

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wally Burnette	9.0	8	2	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Piersall: S
Billy Klaus: PB.1-2
Billy Klaus: 63
Ted Williams: K
Mickey Vernon: K

Bot 1

Joe DeMaestri: S
Bob Cerv: 53/BG.1-2
Gus Zernial: S.2-H
Harry Simpson: K
Lou Skizas: 43

Top 2

Jackie Jensen: S
Frank Malzone: D.1-H
Ted Lepcio: K
Sammy White: 9
Willard Nixon: K23

Bot 2

Hal Smith: D
Johnny Groth: W
Wally Burnette: S.2-3;1-2
Milt Graff: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Joe DeMaestri: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Bob Cerv: WP.2-3;1-2
Bob Cerv: S.3-H;2-3
Gus Zernial: 46(1)/FO/BG.3-H
Harry Simpson: E4.1-3;B-2#
Lou Skizas: 63

Top 3

Jim Piersall: 13
Billy Klaus: 6
Ted Williams: 2/FL

Bot 3

Hal Smith: D
Johnny Groth: 43/BG.2-3
Wally Burnette: 3/FL/DP.3XH(32)

Top 4

Mickey Vernon: 43
Jackie Jensen: 7
Frank Malzone: 63

Bot 4

Milt Graff: 63
Joe DeMaestri: 43
Bob Cerv: S
Gus Zernial: S.1-2
Harry Simpson: 8

Top 5

Ted Lepcio: S
Sammy White: S.1-2
Bob Porterfield: K
Jim Piersall: 8
Billy Klaus: W.2-3;1-2
Ted Williams: 9

Bot 5

Lou Skizas: S
Hal Smith: OA.1X2(26)
Hal Smith: S
Johnny Groth: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 6

Mickey Vernon: 9
Jackie Jensen: K
Frank Malzone: S
Ted Lepcio: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Wally Burnette: 8
Milt Graff: 6
Joe DeMaestri: 8

Top 7

Billy Goodman: K
Gene Stephens: 4
Jim Piersall: 53

Bot 7

Bob Cerv: W
Gus Zernial: W.1-2
Harry Simpson: 6
Lou Skizas: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Billy Klaus: S
Ted Williams: W.1-2
Mickey Vernon: D.2-H;1-H
Jackie Jensen: 4
Frank Malzone: 63
Ted Lepcio: 53

Bot 8

Hal Smith: HR
Johnny Groth: 43
Wally Burnette: K
Milt Graff: 43

Top 9

Pete Daley: 8
Norm Zauchin: 63
Jim Piersall: 63