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Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Athletics

1958-05-31 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 8685 · 2:10

Kansas City Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 5–4. Kansas City Athletics put up 2 in the 1st. Jack Urban earned the win and Tom Gorman picked up the save. Bob Cerv went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jack Urban L: Hoyt Wilhelm SV: Tom Gorman

Umpires — HP: Frank Tabacchi · 1B: Joe Paparella · 2B: Eddie Hurley · 3B: Ed Runge · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Avila	3	2	1	1	1	1
Minnie Minoso	3	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Doby	2	1	1	2	0	0
Preston Ward	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rocky Colavito	4	0	1	0	0	1
Russ Nixon	3	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Harrell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Moran	3	1	1	0	0	0
Mudcat Grant	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hoyt Wilhelm	1	0	0	0	1	0
Gary Geiger	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Maris	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Baxes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Martyn	4	0	0	0	0	2
Hector Lopez	4	1	3	0	0	0
Bob Cerv	4	1	1	2	0	1
Bill Tuttle	4	0	0	0	0	2
Vic Power	4	2	1	0	0	0
Harry Chiti	3	0	1	0	0	1
Joe DeMaestri	1	1	0	1	1	0
Jack Urban	2	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mudcat Grant	2.1	4	0	2
Hoyt Wilhelm	5.2	3	1	6

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Urban	7.0	5	2	4
Tom Gorman	2.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Avila: W
Minnie Minoso: PB.1-2
Minnie Minoso: 3/SH.2-3
Larry Doby: E9/SF.3-H(UR);B-1
Preston Ward: 8
Rocky Colavito: K

Bot 1

Mike Baxes: 6
Bob Martyn: 4/F
Hector Lopez: S7
Bob Cerv: HR/8.1-H
Bill Tuttle: K

Top 2

Russ Nixon: K
Billy Harrell: K
Billy Moran: 43

Bot 2

Vic Power: E5
Harry Chiti: S8.1-3;BX2(24)#
Joe DeMaestri: 7/SF.3-H(UR)
Jack Urban: K

Top 3

Mudcat Grant: 31
Bobby Avila: 53
Minnie Minoso: 9/F

Bot 3

Mike Baxes: 53
Bob Martyn: E4
Hector Lopez: S5.1-2
Bob Cerv: 64(1)3(B)/GDP

Top 4

Larry Doby: HR/9
Preston Ward: 13
Rocky Colavito: S7
Russ Nixon: 46(1)3(B)/GDP

Bot 4

Bill Tuttle: 43
Vic Power: 63
Harry Chiti: 4/F

Top 5

Billy Harrell: 63
Billy Moran: D7
Hoyt Wilhelm: 43
Bobby Avila: D8.2-H
Minnie Minoso: D9.2-H
Larry Doby: 43

Bot 5

Joe DeMaestri: W
Jack Urban: 3/FL
Mike Baxes: K
Bob Martyn: K

Top 6

Preston Ward: 6/F
Rocky Colavito: 6/L
Russ Nixon: 9/F

Bot 6

Hector Lopez: 63
Bob Cerv: 6/F
Bill Tuttle: 63

Top 7

Billy Harrell: 9
Billy Moran: 9
Hoyt Wilhelm: W
Bobby Avila: K

Bot 7

Vic Power: S9
Harry Chiti: K
Joe DeMaestri: E4.1-3
Hal Smith: 53.1-2
Mike Baxes: PB.3-H(UR);2-H(E2)(UR)
Mike Baxes: S6
Bob Martyn: K

Top 8

Minnie Minoso: 9
Gary Geiger: 43
Preston Ward: 43

Bot 8

Hector Lopez: S9
Bob Cerv: PB.1-2
Bob Cerv: K
Bill Tuttle: K
Vic Power: 63

Top 9

Rocky Colavito: 7
Mickey Vernon: 43
Roger Maris: K