Week 10 Results (06/17/1957 - 06/23/1957)

 Monday, June 17, 1957

Transaction List:

 

Cleveland catcher Jim Hegan was injured (?) on 06/16/1957 and did not return to play until 07/19/1957

 

Brooklyn pitcher Johnny Podres was injured (?) on 06/16/1957 and did not return to the mound until 07/05/1957. Brooklyn infielder Don Zimmer was injured (?) on 06/16/1957 and did not return to play until 06/27/1957

 

Baltimore outfielder Jim Pyburn made his final major league appearance on 06/16/1957

 

Washington third baseman Eddie Yost was injured (?) on 06/16/1957 and did not return to play until 07/07/1957

 

Boston shortstop Billy Consolo returned to play on 06/18/1957 following his injury (?) of 06/05/1957

 

Milwaukee outfielder Wes Covington was recalled from Wichita before 06/18/1957. Milwaukee outfielder John DeMerit made his major league debut on 06/18/1957. DeMerit had been signed as a Bonus Baby on 05/26/1957

 

Cincinnati infielder Bobby Henrich returned to play on 06/18/1957 following his injury (?) of 06/05/1957

 

Note: A light day today as it was a travel day. The NL teams were all leaving the east coast for the Midwest while the AL teams were all heading in the opposite direction. There is a full slate of games scheduled for tomorrow and for the rest of the week.

 

Cincinnati (H) 6 Brooklyn 4

 

Brooklyn pitcher Danny McDevitt made his major league debut and didn’t give up a hit until two outs in the sixth but then in the seventh he couldn’t get any outs and the Reds pounced on him and the Dodger bullpen for six runs. Johnny Klippstein (3-6, 5.88) got the win although Brooks Lawrence had to come in for the save when the Dodgers attempted a ninth-inning rally.

Pittsburgh 8 Milwaukee (H) 3

Brooks Lawrence

The Pirates slowly built a 2-0 lead and Bob Friend (13-2, 2.08) was in complete control but then Hank Aaron hit a three-run homerun (#27) in the bottom of the seventh and the Braves found themselves suddenly ahead. The Pirates were now deep into the Milwaukee bullpen though and came back with a roar and won easily.

 

Tuesday, June 18, 1957

 

Transaction List:

 

Detroit infielder Steve Boros made his major league debut on 06/19/1957. Boros had been signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) on 06/15/1957

 

Baltimore (H) 1 Chicago (AL) 0

 

Rookie left fielder Joe Durham poked a long solo homerun (#2) in the bottom of the second and Ray Moore (2-6, 5.50) went all the way to get his second shutout victory of the year.

 

Cleveland 3 Boston (H) 1

 

Both teams scored once in the second, but the Indians answered with a run in the third and then added an insurance run in the seventh for Bob Lemon (5-5, 5.68) and Ray Narleski.

 

Detroit 8 New York (AL) (H) 0

 

Billy Hoeft (7-2, 2.77) shut out the Yankees and the Tigers offense was able to come alive late and secure the win with a two-run eighth and then a five-run ninth. Second baseman Frank Bolling had a two-out two-run homerun (#4) in the eighth for the big hit in this game.

 

Kansas City 5 Washington (H) 3 (10)

 

The A's started all four of the players they acquired from the Yankees last week and it was touch and go for a while, but a two-out two-run double by left fielder Bob Cerv in the top of the tenth made the difference.

 

Philadelphia 4 Chicago (NL) (H) 3

 

Ernie Banks got the Cubs a quick lead with a two-run homerun in the bottom of the first but the Phillies slowly but surely came back and eventually pulled ahead. Jack Sanford (6-3, 2.00) got the win and Dick Farrell closed out the ninth for the save.

 

Brooklyn 10 Cincinnati (H) 9

 

The Dodgers got off to a fast start as they built a 9-1 lead after the top of the fourth, but the Reds stormed back to make it close. However, a double-play with two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth ended the game for the desperate Reds. Don Newcombe (6-5, 3.10) got the win but required a three-inning save from Clem Labine to secure the victory.

 

New York (NL) 6 Milwaukee (H) 5

 

Eddie Mathews hit a two-run homerun in the bottom of the first to get the Braves a quick lead, but then Warren Spahn gave up four homeruns in the top of the fourth and the Giants took a 5-2 lead. Mathews hit a second homerun (#14) in the fifth as the Braves tied the score at 5-5, and there the score stayed until the top of the ninth when New York finally broke the tie with a sacrifice fly. Johnny Antonelli (2-8, 7.34) went all the way for the win plus he hit one of the homeruns (#2) in the Giants fourth inning explosion.

 

St. Louis (H) 6 Pittsburgh 2

 

The Pirates started the day in second place, one-half game behind the Cardinals and found themselves in St. Louis for a four-game set. A two-run double by Dee Fondy in the top of the first got the visitors off to a fast start, but Larry Jackson (4-2, 1.54) settled down after that, waited for his team to come back, and picked up the win. Two late homeruns by right fielder Del Ennis (#11, #12) but the game out of reach for the Cardinals.

 

Wednesday, June 19, 1957

 

Transaction List:

 

Cleveland catcher Dick Brown made his major league debut on 06/20/1957

 

Detroit pitcher Don Lee returned to the mound on 06/20/1957 following his injury (?) of 05/15/1957

 

Baltimore (H) 10 Chicago (AL) 5 (Grand Slam!)

 

Second baseman Billy Gardner led off the bottom of the first with a homerun and that was quickly followed up by an Al Pilarcik two-run homerun. No lead is safe against the White Sox though and by the end of the fourth, the visitors were ahead 4-3. Today was the Orioles day though as catcher Gus Triandos hit a two-run homerun (#3) in the fifth to put Baltimore back in the lead and then Triandos added a grand slam (#4) in the seventh to put the game out of reach.

 

Boston (H) 4 Cleveland 1

 

The Red Sox bunched hits together and scored three times in the third and Frank Sullivan (8-1, 1.84) threw a two-hitter to beat the Indians. The only Cleveland run scored was unearned due to a muff by left fielder Ted Williams.

 

New York (H) 4 Detroit 3 (13)

 

The Tigers didn’t have a hit until Harvey Kuenn doubled to lead off the eighth, and then Kuenn soon scored to break the scoreless tie. The Yankees came right back in the bottom of the eight with a single run and the game soon went into extra innings. The Tigers again took the advantage with two runs in the top of the eleventh, but again the Yankees came back to tie and the game continued. In the bottom of the thirteenth Harry Simpson doubled home Mickey Mantle with the game-winner.

 

Kansas City 6 Washington (H) 2

 

Ned Garver (5-4, 3.61) kept the Senators off the scoreboard until the bottom of the eighth and picked up the win in D.C. The big hits for the A's are a two-run single by Billy Martin in the third and a two-run homerun by Bob Martyn in the seventh.

Moe Drabowsky

Chicago (NL) (H) 1 Philadelphia 0 (GM 1)

 

The Cubs threw out two runners at home in the top of the seventh and then they broke through with a run in the bottom half of the inning when shortstop Jack Littrell tripled and later scored on a single by Bobby Morgan. Dick Drott (3-6, 3.79) got the game one shutout victory.

 

Chicago (NL) (H) 5 Philadelphia 0 (GM 2) (No-Hitter!)

 

Not only did the Phillies get shut out in both ends of the doubleheader, but Moe Drabowsky (5-1, 3.27) also threw a no-hitter against them. Bobby Morgan hit a homerun to lead off for the Cubs in the bottom of the first and then Chicago led 5-0 after the third, turning things over to Drabowsky at that point.

 

Brooklyn 5 Cincinnati (H) 2

 

A three-run seventh put the Dodgers up 4-0 and even though the Reds broke through against Don Drysdale (7-4, 2.17) with two in the bottom of the inning Brooklyn easily held on for the victory.

 

Milwaukee (H) 5 New York (NL) 0

 

The Braves plated two in the first and Bob Buhl (8-2, 1.14) held the Giants to only two hits as he went all the way for the shutout. Hank Aaron (#28) and Frank Torre (#3) added solo homeruns in the sixth to provide a little cushion.

 

St. Louis (H) 3 Pittsburgh 2 (10) (GM 1)

 

Sam Jones (4-1, 2.56) struck out twelve in ten innings and picked up the win when veteran pinch-hitter Walker Cooper hit a pinch-hit homerun in the bottom of the tenth.

 

St. Louis (H) 3 Pittsburgh 1 (GM 2)

 

The Cardinals took the doubleheader from the pesky Pirates as they took an early 2-1 lead and Lindy McDaniel (10-1, 1.89) continued his marvelous season to pick up the win. Ken Boyer hit homerun #9 late as an insurance run.

 

Note: I think this was Boyer's first home homerun of the season.

 

Thursday, June 20, 1957

 

Transaction List:

 

Cleveland pitcher Hank Aguirre made his final early season appearance on 06/19/1957.

 

Kansas City second baseman Milt Graff made his final early-season appearance on 06/15/1957

 

Philadelphia pitcher Saul Rogovin made his final major league appearance on 06/19/1957

 

Detroit pitcher John Tsitouris made his final season appearance on 06/19/1957

 

St. Louis pitcher Bob L. Miller made his major league debut on 06/26/1957. Miller had been signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) on 06/20/1957

Gus Triandos

Baltimore (H) 5 Chicago (AL) 3

 

The Orioles put up three runs in the fourth but then the White Sox do what they do best - they never quit as Chicago scored single runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh to tie the score at 3-3. Baltimore struck next though when catcher Gus Triandos tripled home two runs in the bottom of the eighth and then George Zuverink was able to nail down the win for Billy Loes (6-3, 2.50).

 

Cleveland 1 Boston (H) 0

 

The Indians broke a scoreless tie in the top of the ninth when shortstop Chico Carrasquel dribbled a single to left that scored Gene Woodling and Early Wynn (5-9, 3.40) was able to finish what he started for the win.

 

New York (AL) (H) 9 Detroit 6

 

The Tigers scored twice in the top of the first but in the bottom half of the inning back-to-back errors opened the doors for the Yankees to score seven unearned runs. Al Kaline hit a three-run homerun (#10) in the fifth to cut the lead to 8-6, but Bob Turley (4-2, 2.27) didn’t allow any more damage and went all the way for the win.

 

Washington (H) 3 Kansas City 2 (11)

 

The A's had an early 2-0 lead, but Roy Sievers it a two-run homerun (#20) in the sixth to tie the score at 2-2 and the game eventually went into extra innings. In the bottom of the eleventh left fielder Faye Throneberry singled, stole second and then scored on a single by center fielder Bob Usher to give the Senators the hard-fought win.

 

Philadelphia 4 Chicago (NL) (H) 2

 

After having been shut out twice yesterday the Phillies finally got on the scoreboard in the eighth when Harry Anderson tripled home Granny Hamner and then Anderson soon scored and tied the score at 2-2 on a single by Rip Repulski. With the Cubs pitching spell now broken, Philadelphia scored two more times in the ninth to make a winner of Harvey Haddix (4-5, 5.53).

 

Cincinnati (H) 7 Brooklyn 6 (Grand Slam!)

 

Duke Snider hit a two-run homerun (#14) in the top of the first to give the visitors an early lead, but big first baseman George Crowe put the Reds back on top with a grand slam homerun (#9) in the bottom of the inning. The Dodgers came right back and tied the score at 4-4 after the second, and there the score stayed until the fifth when Snider hit his second two-run homerun (#15) of the game. It looked like that might be how the game ended but Bob Thurman hit a two-out pinch-hit three-run homerun (#5) in the bottom of the eighth to put the Reds back on top for good.

 

Milwaukee (H) 3 New York (NL) 2

 

Willie Mays hit a two-run homerun in the top of the third to give the Giants a temporary 2-1 lead, but backup catcher Carl Sawatski later hit two sacrifice flies to put the Braves back ahead. Juan Pizarro (4-4, 6.00) went all the way for the win.

 

St. Louis (H) 11 Pittsburgh 4

 

The Pirates had visions of coming into St. Louis and being able to move past the Cardinals into first place but instead find themselves nursing their bruised pride after losing all four games. The Pirates had a slim 2-1 lead when the Cardinals exploded for nine runs in the bottom of the fourth. A three-run homerun by Ken Boyer was the big hit.

 

Friday, June 21, 1957

 

Transaction List:

 

Pittsburgh infielder Ken Hamlin made his final season appearance on 06/20/1957

 

Chicago (AL) catcher Sherm Lollar was injured (?) on 06/20/1957 and did not return to play until 08/01/1957

 

Boston pitcher Dean Stone was injured (?) on 06/20/1957 and did not return to the mound until 07/04/1957

 

New York (NL) pitcher Ramon Monzant made his season debut on 06/22/1957

 

Detroit 8 Baltimore (H) 2

 

After just having swept the first-place White Sox at home the Orioles had hopes of repeating the feat against the second-place Tigers, but when Al Kaline hit a two-run triple in the first those hopes soon faded. Jim Bunning (8-3, 3.54) didn't have his best game on the mound but did get the win.

 

Boston (H) 13 Kansas City 4

 

The A's had fourteen hits to the Red Sox seventeen, but Boston kept coming through with key hits while Kansas City kept stranding runners or hitting into key double plays. Willard Nixon (7-2, 3.81) kept pitching into and then out of trouble and ended up with the win.

 

New York (AL) (H) 2 Chicago (AL) 1

 

After having started the road trip with three losses in Baltimore the White Sox were well aware that trying to rebound in New York would be tough. The visitors broke a scoreless tie with one in the top of the sixth only to see the Yankees come back to tie with one in the seventh. In the bottom of the eighth Yogi Berra singled home Mickey Mantle to put the Yankees on top and Bob Grim (4-2, 2.23) picked up the win in relief plus he nailed things down in the ninth.

 

Washington (H) 4 Cleveland 3

 

Roy Sievers, getting some games in at first base, hit a three-run homerun (#21) in the bottom of the sixth to break open a 1-1 tie and the Senators held on for the win. Chuck Stobbs (5-6, 4.14) got the victory with Bud Byerly coming in for the save.

 

Chicago (NL) (H) 8 New York (NL) 2

 

The Cubs cracked out nineteen hits on the day but could never get that one crucial hit to blow the game open. As it was they scored in six of their eight at-bats, but it was still more than enough for Bob Rush (5-5, 3.21) to grab the win.

 

Pittsburgh 11 Cincinnati (H) 6

 

Pirates shortstop Dick Groat had missed a month recently and had only just started to make appearances recently, but today was his first day back in the starting lineup and he returned with a bang - 4-for-5, four runs scored, three RBI's, and two homeruns. The Pirates led 11-0 after the top of the sixth and although the Reds made some noise late, Bob Friend (14-2, 2.03) was able to win handily.

 

Milwaukee (H) 13 Philadelphia 2

 

The Braves collected eighteen hits on the day and pounded the Phillies pitchers pretty darn good. Milwaukee led 5-0 after the second, 10-1 after the fourth, and Philadelphia was never really in it. It could have been worse - the Braves hit into three double plays. The best news for the Braves was another strong outing from Lew Burdette (4-6, 4.68).

 

Note: The BBR Box Score has Andy Pafko as the starting left fielder for Milwaukee while ATMgr has Wes Covington.

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St. Louis (H) 2 Brooklyn 1 (11)

 

Rookie pitchers Danny McDevitt (0-2, 4.50) and Von McDaniel (2-0, 1.59) took a 1-1 game into the eleventh inning when Cardinals left fielder Wally Moon tripled to start off the inning and then promptly scored on a single by catcher Hal R. Smith. This was McDaniel's first major league start and the second for McDevitt.

 

Saturday, June 22, 1957

 

Transaction List:

 

Detroit infielder Ron Samford returned to play on 06/23/1957 following his injury (?) of 06/09/1957

 

Detroit 6 Baltimore (H) 0

 

Al Kaline hit a three-run homerun (#11) in the top of the first and Paul Foytack (9-3, 2.66) threw his second shutout of the season to defeat the Orioles.

 

Boston (H) 5 Kansas City 4

 

The Red Sox put up a three-spot in the second and then held on for the win against an A's team that refused to fold. Mike Fornieles (3-3, 3.89) got the win plus he had three hits on the day and two crucial runs scored, all necessary in a one-run game.

 

New York (AL) (H) 8 Chicago (AL) 7 (10)

 

The White Sox were eager to end their four-game losing streak and jumped off to a one-run lead in the top of the first, but the Yankees came right back with two in the bottom half of the first. Chicago quickly regained the lead, but then quickly lost when Bill Skowron hit a three-run homerun (#9) in the bottom of the fifth. The White Sox did manage to tie the score at 7-7 in the top of the seventh and there it stayed until Skowron came through again, this time as he led off the bottom of the tenth with his second homerun (#10) of the game.

 

Cleveland 6 Washington (H) 3

 

Vic Wertz gave the visitors a two-run lead with homerun #xx in the first and the Indians soon led 6-0 after the fourth. The Senators tried to climb back into it as they scored three times, then had the bases loaded in the eighth and then has runners on first and second with no outs in the ninth, but could not get the crucial hit when they really needed it.

 

Chicago (NL) (H) 2 New York (NL) 1

 

New York left fielder Bobby Thomson broke up the scoreless tie with a solo homerun (#10) in the sixth, but the Cubs tied the score on back-to-back doubles by Bobby Morgan and Lee Walls in the bottom of the eighth. In the bottom of the ninth an error by Giants shortstop Andre Rodgers led to Chicago shortstop Jack Littrell coming to bat with the bases loaded and he responded with a game-winning single to right.

 

Cincinnati (H) 2 Pittsburgh 0

 

The Reds got a strong performance from Don Gross (4-3, 3.87) as he limited the Pirates to only three hits on the day. A two-run double by first baseman George Crowe in the bottom of the sixth was enough to get the loss for Vern Law (7-4, 2.29).

 

Philadelphia 10 Milwaukee (H) 6 (13) (Grand Slam!)

 

The Braves got the lead early lead when shortstop Johnny Logan hit a grand slam in the bottom of the first but by the end of the fifth it was the Phillies with a 6-5 lead. The Braves tied and the game was soon off to extra-inning where the Phillies mixed homeruns by Rip Repulski and Stan Lopata with some sloppy Milwaukee defense to get the win.

 

Brooklyn 2 St. Louis (H) 1

 

Duke Snider broke open a 1-1 tie with a solo homerun (#16) in the top of the eighth and Clem Labine (3-2, 3.12) closed out the game and picked up the win in relief.

 

Sunday, June 23, 1957

 

Transaction List:

 

Milwaukee infielder Bobby Malkmus made his final season appearance on 06/22/1957

 

Note: Another doubleheader Sunday, with six doubleheaders on the docket for today, fourteen games in all.

 

Detroit 5 Baltimore (H) 2

 

The Tigers scored all five of their runs in the first three innings, with Al Kaline driving in three of those runs on two doubles. Billy Hoeft (8-2, 2.59) got the win as Detroit wanted to keep the pressure on first-place Chicago.

 

Boston (H) 8 Kansas City 4 (GM 1)

 

Ted Williams drove in two runs in the first and then two more in the second as the Red Sox took an early 6-0 lead. Tom Brewer (6-6, 4.23) had a couple of shaky innings in the middle of the game but finished strong for the game one win.

 

Kansas City 4 Boston (H) 3 (GM 2)

 

The Red Sox jumped ahead 2-1 after the first but the A's came back and didn’t relinquish the lead to gain a split in the doubleheader. Ralph Terry (2-0, 3.73) got the win and Virgil Trucks contributed a three inning save.

 

Note: Ted Williams went 6-for-7 on the day and ended the week with a .429 batting average.

 

New York (AL) (H) 3 Chicago (AL) 2 (GM 1)

 

The Yankees scored first, the White Sox retook the lead, and then in the bottom of the seventh a Yogi Berra homerun (#11) tied the score at 2-2 and then before the inning was over Bobby Richardson tripled home the lead run. Bobby Shantz (4-4, 2.89) got the win with Bob Grim coming in to get the final five outs.

 

Chicago (AL) 4 New York (AL) (H) 0 (GM 2)

 

The White Sox scored four times in the top of the first and Dick Donovan (10-1, 2.34) ended Chicago's six game losing streak by holding the Yankees to only four hits in the game two shutout.

Early Wynn

Cleveland 7 Washington (H) 6 (13) (GM 1)

 

The Indians were comfortable with a 6-4 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth and Early Wynn was on cruise control, but the Senators came up with a little two-out magic and tied the game at 6-6 and sent the game into extra innings. Cleveland deployed a little two-out magic of their own in the top of the thirteenth as Cal McLish (2-1, 3.05) got the game-winning hit and then finished the inning to secure the win.

 

Washington (H) 7 Cleveland 0 (GM 2)

 

Washington starter Russ Kemmerer (2-8, 4.82) held the Indians to only four hits in game two and went all the way for the shutout victory. The Senators put up a four-spot in the third and cruised home from there.

 

New York (NL) 4 Chicago (NL) (H) 2 (GM 1)

 

A two-run homerun by Bobby Thomson (#12) in the fourth put the visiting Giants ahead to stay and Johnny Antonelli (3-8, 6.62) went all the way for the game one win.

 

New York (NL) 10 Chicago (NL) (H) 3

 

In his previous appearance Moe Drabowsky (5-2, 3.63) threw a no-hitter - today he didn't make it out of the third inning and the Giants ran away to an easy win. Curt Barclay (4-6, 4.83) went all the way for the game two win.

 

Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati (H) 4 (GM 1)

 

The Reds had several chances to blow this one open but didn’t and then Bill Mazeroski smacked a two-out two-run triple in the eighth and the Pirates had their first lead of the game. Roy Face and came in and got a 1-2-3 ninth for the visitors to put an end to it.

 

Cincinnati (H) 7 Pittsburgh 4 (GM 2)

 

George Crowe got the Reds off to a quick start with a three-run homerun in the first, but by the end of the sixth the Pirates had climbed back into it and tied the score at 4-4. In the bottom of the eighth Reds third baseman Don Hoak had the big hit with a two-run single and Raul Sanchez (5-0, 4.84) picked up the win in relief.

 

Milwaukee (H) 7 Philadelphia 2 (GM 1)

 

Braves starter Bob Buhl (9-2, 1.22) gave up only three hits, but two of them were solo homeruns, one in the first and the second in the ninth. Milwaukee put up a four-spot in the fourth and then walked away with the easy win.

 

Milwaukee (H) 5 Philadelphia 1 (GM 2)

 

Taylor Phillips (1-3, 7.32) got his first win of the season by allowing only one run on a homerun to Phillies right fielder Rip Repulski. The Braves blew open a tight game with a three-run sixth and the Milwaukee bullpen kept the Phillies scoreless thereafter.

 

St. Louis (H) 2 Brooklyn 0

 

Larry Jackson (5-2, 1.36) threw his third shutout of the season, limiting the Dodgers to only four hits. The Cardinals only had six hits as Don Drysdale (7-5, 2.11) had another strong outing, but Stan Musial homered in the first (#21) and St. Louis pushed across an insurance run in the eighth.