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Boston Red Sox @ Washington Senators

1957-09-24 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 2598 · 1:59

Boston Red Sox defeated Washington Senators 2–1. Frank Sullivan earned the win. Ted Williams went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
WS1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5

W: Frank Sullivan L: Hal Griggs SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Nestor Chylak · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: Jim Honochick · 3B: Red Flaherty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Piersall	3	0	1	1	1	2
Billy Klaus	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ted Williams	3	1	1	1	1	1
Frank Malzone	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jackie Jensen	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mickey Vernon	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ken Aspromonte	3	0	1	0	1	0
Sammy White	4	0	0	0	0	3
Frank Sullivan	3	1	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Runnels	4	1	2	0	0	1
Clint Courtney	4	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Sievers	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Lemon	3	0	1	0	1	0
Harmon Killebrew	4	0	1	1	0	2
Art Schult	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rocky Bridges	3	0	0	0	0	2
Faye Throneberry	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Griggs	2	0	0	0	0	1
Neil Chrisley	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Sullivan	9.0	5	1	7

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Griggs	8.0	6	3	9
Bud Byerly	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Piersall: K
Billy Klaus: 43
Ted Williams: 43

Bot 1

Pete Runnels: D8
Clint Courtney: 53
Roy Sievers: FC1.2X3(154)
Jim Lemon: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Frank Malzone: K
Jackie Jensen: K
Mickey Vernon: K

Bot 2

Harmon Killebrew: 53
Art Schult: 53
Rocky Bridges: 53

Top 3

Ken Aspromonte: S9
Sammy White: K+CS2(24)/DP
Frank Sullivan: S8
Jim Piersall: T8.1-H
Billy Klaus: 63

Bot 3

Faye Throneberry: 13
Hal Griggs: K
Pete Runnels: K/C

Top 4

Ted Williams: HR/9
Frank Malzone: S6
Jackie Jensen: 16(1)3/GDP
Mickey Vernon: W
Ken Aspromonte: 9/F

Bot 4

Clint Courtney: 3/P
Roy Sievers: 7/F
Jim Lemon: W
Harmon Killebrew: K

Top 5

Sammy White: 63
Frank Sullivan: 63
Jim Piersall: W
Billy Klaus: SB2
Billy Klaus: K

Bot 5

Art Schult: 8/F
Rocky Bridges: K
Faye Throneberry: E4/G
Hal Griggs: 53

Top 6

Ted Williams: K/C
Frank Malzone: 63
Jackie Jensen: S8
Mickey Vernon: 4/P

Bot 6

Pete Runnels: S8
Clint Courtney: S6.1-2
Roy Sievers: 53.2-3;1-2
Jim Lemon: 53
Harmon Killebrew: S8.3-H;2XH(82)

Top 7

Ken Aspromonte: 63
Sammy White: K
Frank Sullivan: 63

Bot 7

Art Schult: 53
Rocky Bridges: K
Faye Throneberry: 2/FL

Top 8

Jim Piersall: K
Billy Klaus: 43
Ted Williams: W
Frank Malzone: 9/F

Bot 8

Neil Chrisley: K
Pete Runnels: E4/G
Clint Courtney: 4/FL
Roy Sievers: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Jackie Jensen: 63
Mickey Vernon: 43
Ken Aspromonte: W
Sammy White: K

Bot 9

Jim Lemon: S7
Harmon Killebrew: K/C
Art Schult: 46(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

this ended a streak of 16 consecutive times reaching base

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