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Kansas City Athletics @ Cleveland Guardians

1957-05-12 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · 3:05

Kansas City Athletics defeated Cleveland Indians 9–2. Kansas City Athletics put up 4 in the 7th. Virgil Trucks earned the win. Hal Smith went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC1	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	0	0	9	15
CLE	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	10

W: Virgil Trucks L: Early Wynn SV: (none)

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

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vic Power	5	1	3	0	0	0
Milt Graff	4	1	1	0	1	0
Gus Zernial	4	1	1	1	0	2
Harry Simpson	4	1	1	0	1	0
Hal Smith	5	2	2	4	0	1
Hector Lopez	4	2	3	0	1	0
Jim Pisoni	5	1	2	2	0	2
Mickey McDermott	1	0	0	0	1	1
Joe DeMaestri	1	0	0	0	0	0
Irv Noren	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wally Burnette	0	0	0	1	0	0
Billy Hunter	2	0	1	0	0	0
Virgil Trucks	2	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Strickland	3	0	2	0	1	1
Gene Woodling	4	0	0	0	1	1
Al Smith	5	1	3	0	0	1
Vic Wertz	5	0	1	0	0	0
Rocky Colavito	2	0	1	0	2	0
Jim Busby	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chico Carrasquel	4	1	2	1	0	0
Hal Naragon	3	0	1	0	1	0
Early Wynn	1	0	0	0	0	0
Preston Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Avila	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kenny Kuhn	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Usher	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Altobelli	1	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Harrell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey McDermott	3.2	4	3	1
Wally Burnette	1.2	4	2	3
Virgil Trucks	3.2	2	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Early Wynn	4.0	6	2	4
Dick Tomanek	2.0	2	0	1
Stan Pitula	1.0	5	2	0
Cal McLish	1.0	0	0	0
Art Houtteman	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Vic Power: 53
Milt Graff: T9
Gus Zernial: K
Harry Simpson: 8/F

Bot 1

George Strickland: S8
Gene Woodling: W.1-2
Al Smith: 3/FL
Vic Wertz: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Hal Smith: K
Hector Lopez: S8
Jim Pisoni: CS2(26)
Jim Pisoni: K

Bot 2

Rocky Colavito: 2/FL
Jim Busby: 3/FL
Chico Carrasquel: 8/F

Top 3

Mickey McDermott: K
Joe DeMaestri: 7/F
Vic Power: S7
Milt Graff: 43

Bot 3

Hal Naragon: 2/FL
Early Wynn: 43
George Strickland: D7
Gene Woodling: K

Top 4

Gus Zernial: HR/7
Harry Simpson: 2/FL
Hal Smith: S8
Hector Lopez: SB2
Hector Lopez: W
Jim Pisoni: S7.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Mickey McDermott: IW
Irv Noren: 36(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Vic Power: 5/FL

Bot 4

Al Smith: S7
Vic Wertz: 43.1-2
Rocky Colavito: W
Jim Busby: 3/P
Chico Carrasquel: S7.2-H;1-2
Hal Naragon: W.2-3;1-2
Preston Ward: 31

Top 5

Milt Graff: 7/FL
Gus Zernial: K
Harry Simpson: 8/F

Bot 5

George Strickland: K
Gene Woodling: 8/F
Al Smith: S5
Vic Wertz: S9.1-3
Rocky Colavito: W.1-2
Bobby Avila: K

Top 6

Hal Smith: 3/FL
Hector Lopez: S9
Jim Pisoni: T8.1-H
Wally Burnette: 24/SH.3-H
Billy Hunter: 63

Bot 6

Chico Carrasquel: S8
Hal Naragon: S8.1-3;B-2(TH)
Kenny Kuhn: K
George Strickland: W
Gene Woodling: 43/DP.1X1(3);3-H(NR)

Top 7

Vic Power: D8
Milt Graff: W
Gus Zernial: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Harry Simpson: IW
Hal Smith: HR/9.3-H;2-H;1-H
Hector Lopez: 53
Jim Pisoni: 63

Bot 7

Al Smith: S7
Vic Wertz: 5/FL
Rocky Colavito: S7.1-3
Bob Usher: 8/F
Chico Carrasquel: 8/F

Top 8

Virgil Trucks: S7
Billy Hunter: S8.1-2
Vic Power: S7.2-3;1-2
Milt Graff: 1(B)3(1)/LDP
Gus Zernial: 7/F

Bot 8

Hal Naragon: 13
Joe Altobelli: K
Billy Harrell: 13

Top 9

Harry Simpson: S7
Hal Smith: 8/F
Hector Lopez: S7.1-2
Jim Pisoni: K
Virgil Trucks: 5(2)/FO

Bot 9

Gene Woodling: 9/F
Al Smith: K
Vic Wertz: 31

Notes & reviews

the following seems to need GDP or RBI
Milt Graff chased George Strickland back towards 1B and then threw to Vic Power, who stepped on 1B then tagged Strickland

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