Monday, April 22, 1957
Transaction List:
Cleveland outfielder Tito Francona made his final early-season appearance. In yesterday's game. Francona was later recalled in early May.
New York (AL) pitcher Al Cicotte made his major league debut today.
Philadelphia infielder John Kennedy made his major league debut today.
St. Louis pitcher Lloyd Merritt made his major league debut today.
Washington pitcher Garland Shifflett made his major league debut today.
Boston (H) 14 Baltimore 4
The Orioles scored twice in the top of the first but the Red Sox answered with four in the bottom half of the inning and then ran away with it from there with an eighteen hit explosion. Russ Kemmerer (1-0, 0.00) threw five+ innings of scoreless relief for Boston and picked up the win.
Detroit (H) 6 Kansas City 3
The A's led 3-0
after the top of the second, but that was all they would get today as Detroit
starter Paul
Foytack shut them down from there and the Tigers offense awoke and came
back for the win. Detroit second baseman Frank
Bolling went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, three RBI's, and a triple and a
homerun to spark the home team.
Paul Foytack
New York (AL) 5 Washington (H) 4
New York starter Whitey Ford (2-0, 1.69) pitched seven strong innings to lead the Yankees over the Senators. Yankees right fielder Hank Bauer went 3-for-4, scored two runs and hit a double, but also kicked a ball in right field in the ninth that led to three late Washington runs to make the game close.
Philadelphia 3 Brooklyn (H) 2 (10)
Dodgers shortstop Don Zimmer broke up the scoreless tie with a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth, but Phillie's third baseman Willie Jones knotted it back up with a two-run homerun in the eighth. Philadelphia center fielder Richie Ashburn singled to lead off the top of the tenth, was sacrificed to second, and scored on Harry Anderson's single to center. Turk Farrell (1-0, 0.00) got the win as he shut down the Dodgers in the bottom of the inning.
Milwaukee (H) 4 Chicago (NL) 0
Bob Buhl (1-0, 0.00) limited the Cubs to only four hits as his first win of the season was a shutout. Braves left fielder Bobby Thomson hit a two-out three-run homerun in the third and Buhl cruised home from there.
Pittsburgh 7 New York (H) 3
The Pirates stayed hot by scoring two runs in the top of the first, but when Willie Mays hit a two-run homerun in the bottom of the third the score was tied up at 3-3. Luis Arroyo (2-0, 2.25) shut down the Giants the rest of the way though and the Pittsburgh offense supplied the runs for another win. Third baseman Frank Thomas had four RBI's on the day, including two on a triple in the ninth that put the game out of reach.
Cincinnati 8 St. Louis (H) 2 (10)
Cincinnati starter Joe Nuxhall was nursing a 2-0 shutout but a two-run homerun by Cardinals right fielder Del Ennis in the bottom of the eighth tied the score at 2-2 and the game eventually moved into extra innings. Now deep in the St. Louis bullpen, the Reds exploded for six runs in the top of the tenth and picked up the easy win in St. Louis.
Tuesday, April 23, 1957
Transaction List:
Boston pitcher Jack Spring made his final season appearance in yesterday's game.
Detroit pitcher Don Lee made his major league debut today.
Boston (H) 2 Baltimore 1
Boston second baseman Gene Mauch doubled and scored on an error in the fifth to give the Red Sox the early lead, but Orioles first baseman George Kell homered in the seventh to tie the game at 1-1. In the bottom of the eighth Red Sox third baseman Frank Malzone led off with a single, was bunted to second, and then Ted Williams drove him home with a sharp single. Frank Sullivan (2-0, 3.00) held Baltimore to only five hits on the day and went all the way for the win.
Chicago (H) 11 Cleveland 7 (Grand Slam)
Cleveland starter Herb Score (0-2, 6.00) was lucky to get out of the second inning with only two runs allowed but in the third he was not so lucky as Larry Doby hit the first grand slam of the season and gave the White Sox a 6-2 lead. Jim Rivera later added a three-run homerun for Chicago, which was needed as Indians right fielder Rocky Colavito hit a two-run homerun and then three-run homerun in an attempt to keep the score close.
Detroit (H) 2 Kansas City 1
Kansas City pitcher Rip Coleman (0-1, 4.50) drove home a run in the top of the second and then in the bottom of the second he allowed two runs to the Tigers, and that was all the scoring in this one. Don Lee (1-0. 1.13) went eight innings and got the win in his major league debut.
Washington (H) 6 New York (AL) 5
Yankees first baseman Bill Skowron hit a two-run homerun in the top of the fourth to give the visitors a 3-1 lead, but Johnny Kucks (0-2, 10.45) couldn't get out of the fourth and the Senators roared back with five runs, a three-run triple by Ted Abernathy (1-1, 7.15) being the big hit. New York made it tight towards the end but the Senators held on for the win.
Chicago (NL) 2 Milwaukee (H) 0
Chicago starter Elmer Singleton (1-0, 0.00) held the Braves to five hits and went all the way for the shutout victory. Lew Burdette (0-2, 6.00) only allowed six hits, but the visitors got them when they needed them and came away with the win on the road.
New York (NL) (H) 6 Pittsburgh 4
The game was scoreless until the top of the fifth when the visiting Pirates scored two runs, but in the bottom half of the inning New York second baseman Red Schoendienst pulled a three-run homerun down the line and the Giants went on to win. Pete Burnside (1-0, 5.19) went seven+ innings to get the win and Marv Grissom cleaned up a slight mess to get the save.
Cincinnati 8 St. Louis (H) 6 (10)
Light-hitting Reds shortstop Roy McMillan punched a two-run single as part of a five-run second inning, but the Cardinals were able to slowly worm their way back onto the game and after the eighth the score was 6-6 and the game soon moved into extra innings. Catcher Ed Bailey poked a two-run homerun in the top of the tenth to make short work of the extra's for a Reds win.
Wednesday, April 24, 1957
Transaction List:
Pittsburgh outfielder Roman Mejias was injured (?) on 04/23/1957 and did not return to play until 05/25/1957.
Cleveland pitcher Stan Pitula made his major league debut today.
Kansas City (H) 8 Cleveland 7
The A's finally got one in the win column, but it wasn't easy. Kansas City started with a six-run outburst in the bottom of the second and then had to hold on for dear life to pull this one out. The Indians kept coming back but A's right fielder Lou Skizas smacked a two-run homerun in the fifth and that turned out to be the difference.
Note: According to the BBR box score for this game Virgil Trucks came into the game with an eleven run lead with two outs in the ninth, entered with two runners on base, faced one batter and got him out, and was awarded a save.
New York (AL) (H) 3 Baltimore 1
Yankees catcher Yogi Berra knocked a two-run homerun in the bottom of the fourth to get the scoring started and Art Ditmar (1-0, 1.13) went eight innings and picked up the win. Bob Grim pitched the ninth and picked up a save in a close game.
Boston 12 Washington (H) 10
The Red Sox hit six homeruns and the Senators hit two - did the wind ever "blow out" at Griffith Stadium? Maybe congress was in session. Boston third baseman Frank Malzone started the game off with a homerun, Billy Goodman hit his second pinch-hit homerun of the season, and Boston built up a 10-4 lead, only to see Washington hit two big homeruns late make it close in the end.
Brooklyn (H) 6 New York (NL) 5
Brooklyn starter Sandy Koufax (1-1, 7.88) went eight innings and struck out twelve as the Dodgers came back to take the win against their crosstown rivals. Brooklyn led early by scores of 3-1 and 5-2, but Red Schoendienst hit a three-run homerun in the top of the sixth to tie the score at 5-5. Koufax and Clem Labine kept the Giants in check the rest of the way as the Dodgers were able to score a run in the bottom of the seventh and then hold on for the win.
Cincinnati (H) 4 Chicago (NL) 0
Homeruns by right
fielder Wally
Post and first baseman George
Crowe helped the Reds build an early 4-0 lead and Joe Nuxhall
(1-0, 1.06) shutout the Cubs on four hits for the win.
Joe Nuxhall
Note: Today was one of those circumstances where a pitcher (Nuxhall) started two days previous, had gotten knocked out early, and then came back on short rest to take his next turn on the mound. As it was he pitched two strong outings, although he won’t appear again for three weeks.
Milwaukee (H) 11 St. Louis 9 (12)
The Cardinals scored three runs in the top of the first only to fall behind 7-4 when the Braves scored five times in the fifth. The Cardinals then took an 8-7 lead but couldn’t hold it Milwaukee tied the score at 8-8 and the game went into extra innings. Again the Cardinals took the lead with one in the top of the twelfth, but Milwaukee came back to tie the score at 9-9, and then Eddie Mathews ended it with a two-run homerun.
Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia (H) 2
The Phillies came into the day a half-game behind the Pirates in the standings and were looking to defeat their cross-state rival and take over the top position. Phillies first baseman Ed Bouchee hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the eighth to give Philadelphia a 2-1 lead, but Pirates first baseman Dale Long responded with a two-out two-run double in the top of the ninth and the Pirates held on for the win and held on to first place.
Thursday, April 25, 1957
Transaction List:
Cincinnati pitcher Joe Nuxhall was injured (?) on 04/24/1957 and did not return to the mound until 05/14/1957.
Detroit 3 Chicago (AL) (H) 1
Detroit starter Billy Hoeft (1-1, 1.59) limited the White Sox to only three hits and went all the way for the win. This was the first Chicago loss of the season and catapulted the Tigers into first place.
Kansas City (H) 6 Cleveland 3
The Athletics blew open a tight game with a four-run sixth and then held on for the win over Cleveland and moved Kansas City out of the cellar. Wally Burnette (1-0, 5.87) got the win as he pitched six strong innings and the A's bullpen did the rest.
Boston 5 Washington (H) 3
Ted Williams and Jackie Jensen both homered for the second consecutive day in Washington and the Red Sox were able to pull out the 5-3 win. Willard Nixon (1-1, 7.15) went all the way for the win.
Cincinnati (H) 13 Chicago (NL) 1
The Reds were ahead 4-1 after the fifth and then late homeruns from center fielder Gus Bell and third baseman Don Hoak put the game out of reach. Brooks Lawrence (3-0, 1.42) went all the way for the win.
Friday, April 26, 1957
Transaction List:
Cincinnati first baseman Ted Kluszewski was injured on 04/25/1957 (?) and did not return to play until 06/12/1957.
Detroit first baseman Jack Phillips made his final major league appearance on 04/25/1957. Phillips was later traded to Boston on 04/30/1957. Detroit pitcher Pete Wojey made his final major league appearance today.
Washington 13 Baltimore (H) 6
The Senator scored four times in the top of the first and then added a five-spot in the third to run away with this one. Roy Sievers, playing first base today, went 2-for-3 with two walks, three runs scored, three RBI's, with a triple and double to supply the big bat in support of Camilo Pascual (2-0, 3,71).
Cleveland (H) 5 Detroit 4
The Tigers tied the score at 1-1 in the top of the sixth and after a three-run eighth seemed to have the game well in-hand. Cleveland has been off to a rough start so far and they had other ideas today though as shortstop Larry Raines tied the score with a three-run double in the bottom of the eighth. The Indians then completed their comeback when Rocky Colavito lined a pitch off the center field wall to score Roger Maris with the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth.
Note: ATMgr had the last three batters in the Cleveland starting lineup as George Strickland, Russ Nixon, and Bob Lemon. The BBR box score showed the lineup as Lemon, Strickland, and Jim Hegan.
Chicago (AL) 4 Kansas City (H) 2
Kansas City starter Tom Morgan (0-3, 5.52) only allowed five hits but the White Sox seemed to take advantage of every one of them and the visitors continued their early-season hot streak. Billy Pierce (3-0, 2.31) went eight innings and picked up the win.
New York (AL) (H) 9 Boston 8
The Red Sox led 4-1
after the top of the fourth but a pair of Moose
Skowron homeruns soon put the Yankees ahead to stay. A pair of Yankees
errors after two outs in the top of the ninth allowed the visitors to make it
close, but Bob
Grim got the final out and picked up his second save of the season.
Bill "Moose" Skowron
Milwaukee 9 Cincinnati (H) 8
The Braves built up an early lead and then held on for the final victory and the Reds hit three homeruns off Warren Spahn (3-0, 3.24) and were able to keep it close. The Braves bullpen gave up three runs in the ninth to make it closer but Bob Trowbridge got the final out and the save. Milwaukee left fielder Bobby Thomson hit his third homerun of the season - his third three-run homerun as well - to spark the Braves early lead.
Philadelphia (N) 4 New York (NL) 2
The Phillies bunched their hits in the bottom of the first and scored three times and then held on from there. A two-run double by third baseman Willie Jones was the big hit in the fateful first inning. Both teams had six hits for the game, but the Phillies got them when they needed them.
Pittsburgh (H) 1 Brooklyn 0
Pittsburgh center fielder Bill Virdon drove home shortstop Dick Groat with the game's only run in the bottom of the seventh and Bob Purkey (1-0, 0.00) went all the way for the two-hit shutout victory over the Dodgers. Johnny Podres (1-1, 1.80) only allowed five hits and took the hard-luck loss.
Saturday, April 27, 1957
Transaction List:
Brooklyn third baseman Randy Jackson suffered a knee injury on an infield collision on 04/26/1957 and did not return to play until 07/15/1957.
Philadelphia infielder Granny Hamner made his season debut on 04/27/1957. Philadelphia pitcher Seth Morehead made his major league debut today.
Baltimore (H) 5 Washington 4
The Senators built a quick 3-0 lead, but couldn’t quite put their opponents away and the Orioles stayed close, finally scoring single runs in the seventh and eighth innings to tie the score at 4-4 and eventually send the game into extra innings. George Kell led off the bottom of the tenth with a single, was sacrificed to second, and then scored the game-winner on a single by Al Pilarcik.
Detroit 2 Cleveland (H) 1
Cleveland left fielder Gene Woodling doubled in the bottom of the first and soon scored on a single by Vic Wertz to give the Indians a quick 1-0 lead, but in the top of the fifth Woodling kicked a ball in left field that let two Detroit runs score. Herb Score (0-3, 3.43) struck out fifteen on the day but was the hard-luck loser as Paul Foytack (2-0, 1.74) got the win.
Chicago (AL) 7 Kansas City (H) 4
Center fielder Larry Doby hit a two-run homerun in the third to help the White Sox build an early lead, but catcher Hal W. Smith answered with a two-run homerun of his own in the fourth as the A's rallied back to tie the score at 4-4. There the score stayed until the top of the eighth when the White Sox got to the A's bullpen for three runs. Dick Donovan (2-0, 5.65) got the win and Dixie Howell picked up his second save of the season.
New York (AL) (H) 8 Boston 6
The Red Sox took a early 6-4 lead as Ted Williams drove in three runs as part of a 3-for-5 day (.361) but the Yankees just kept hanging around. In the bottom of the ninth little-used second baseman Jerry Coleman touched Boston reliever Ike Delock (0-2, 12.15) for a surprise three-run homerun and the hometown fans went home happy.
Cincinnati (H) 2 Milwaukee 1
With the score tied at 0-0 after seven innings Braves left fielder Bobby Thomson singled home Eddie Mathews in the top of the eighth to give the visitors the lead. First baseman George Crowe got the Reds on the scoreboard when he tripled home Gus Bell with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, and then in the bottom of the ninth third baseman Don Hoak hit the first pitch he saw out of the park for a Reds winner. Warren Hacker (1-0, 4.09) outlasted Lew Burdette (0-3, 4.50) for the win.
Philadelphia (H) 5 New York (NL) 2
The Giants took an early lead with one in the top of the first bur the Phillies finally broke through with a three-run third and then followed that with two more in the fourth. Robin Roberts (2-1, 3.91) went all the way for the complete-game victory.
Pittsburgh (H) 2 Brooklyn 1 (18)
It took eighteen innings but the Pirates held on to the NL lead by outlasting the Dodgers in an extra-inning extravaganza. Brooklyn scored a run in the third, Pittsburgh in the fourth and then the next run scored when Bob Skinner drove home Bill Virdon with the game-winner. It wasn't a lack of opportunity - there were thirty-one hits in the game - but no one could get the key hit when they needed it. The Dodgers had two runners thrown out at home in the bonus innings and the Pirates had one.
Sunday, April 28, 1957
Transaction List:
New York (AL) infielder Jerry Coleman was injured (?) on 04/27/1957 and did not return to play until 05/16/1957.
Baltimore third baseman Brooks Robinson made his final early-season appearance on 04/27/1957 and was later sent down to San Antonio. Robinson was later recalled in mid-July.
New York (NL) shortstop Andre Rodgers was injured (?) on 04/27/1957 and did not return to play until 05/28/1957.
Brooklyn catcher Joe Pignatano made his major league debut today.
Baltimore (H) 4 Washington 2 (GM 1)
Baltimore pitcher Don Ferrarese (1-1, 2.45) went eight strong innings as the Orioles picked up the game one win. First baseman Bob Boyd went 3-for-4 on the day and tripled home two runs in the second to give the Orioles an early 4-0 lead.
Baltimore (H) 2 Washington 1 (GM 2) (13)
Game two was a pitcher's duel as the Orioles scored a run in the bottom of the second but the Senators avoided the shutout by tying the score with one in the top of the eighth. Little used outfielder Jim Pyburn then hit a two-out homerun in the bottom of the thirteenth to give Baltimore the doubleheader sweep.
Detroit 1 Cleveland (H) 0 (GM 1)
Center fielder Bill Tuttle doubled home left fielder Charlie Maxwell in the top of the fourth for the Tigers and that was all the scoring in this one. Don Lee (2-0, 0.53) earned the shutout win over veteran hurler Early Wynn (0-2, 4.82).
Detroit 2 Cleveland (H) 1 (11) (GM 2)
Detroit scored a run in the second and Cleveland finally got on the board with a Vic Wertz homerun in the bottom of the seventh to avoid second 1-0 loss today. Catcher Frank House singled home Al Kaline in the top of the eleventh and Cleveland was unable to respond, giving the Tigers the doubleheader sweep.
Chicago (AL) 2 Kansas City (H) 1
Kansas City right fielder Lou Skizas tied the score at 1-1 with a homerun in the bottom of the sixth, but that was all the A's would get today and the White Sox came back with one in the eighth to grab the win and sweep the series in Kansas City.
Boston 3 New York (AL) (H) 0
After two rather raucous losses in New York, Boston pitcher Frank Sullivan (3-0, 2.00) threw a three-hit shutout for the series finale victory. Whitey Ford (2-1, 1.88) only allowed four hits, but two of them were back-to-back homeruns to Ted Williams and Dick Gernert in the fourth.
St. Louis 1 Chicago
(NL) (H) 0 (GM 1) No-Hitter!
Lindy McDaniel
St. Louis starter Lindy McDaniel (1-0, 0.00) thew the first no-hitter of the season, only giving up one walk while one other batter reached on an error. Left fielder Wally Moon hit two solo homeruns to account for the Cardinals offense. Bob Rush (0-3, 4.29) only allowed six hits and was the hard-luck loser.
St. Louis 6 Chicago (NL) (H) 4 (GM 2)
Stan Musial hit a three-run homerun in the top of the first to give the visitors an early lead, but First Dee Fondy responded with a two-run homerun in the bottom half of the inning as the Cubs tied the score at 3-3. Wally Moon hit a solo homerun in the third (his third solo homerun of the day) and then Musial added his second homerun of the game in the seventh and the Cardinals walked away with a doubleheader sweep in Chicago.
Note: the BBR Box Score for this game shows Hobie Landrith as the starting catcher for St. Louis in game two, not Walker Cooper as provided in ATMgr.
Cincinnati (H) 5 Milwaukee 4
Homeruns by Hank Aaron and Del Crandall helped the Braves build a 4-0 lead after the fourth, but the Braves bullpen couldn’t hold the Reds back as Gus Bell singled home the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth and Frank Robinson followed that up with a bloop single that scored the game-winner.
Philadelphia (H) 13 New York (NL) 2 (GM 1) (Grand Slam!)
The Giants struck first with one in the top of the first, but the Phillies responded with two in the bottom half of the inning and then ran away with it from there. The big hit was a grand slam by left fielder Rip Repulski in the bottom out of the eighth that put the game truly out of reach. Jack Sanford (1-1, 2.65) went all the way and got the game one win.
Philadelphia (H) 4 New York (NL) 3 (GM 2)
The Phillies ended the week with a doubleheader sweep at home versus the Giants by getting ahead early and then holding on for dear life. Spot starter Jim Hearn (1-0, 2.77) went seven innings and then turned things over to the bullpen to finish it up.
Note: According to the BBR box score this game was completed on 08/16/1957. For replay purposes, I went ahead and completed the game on this date.
Pittsburgh (H) 3 Brooklyn 1
Both teams scored once in the first and that was it until the Pirates took the lead with one in the bottom of the seventh. Pittsburgh added an insurance run in the eighth and Bob Friend (3-1, 2.83) went all the way for the win as the Pirates swept the three-game home series from the Dodgers.
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