Monday, July 15, 1957
Transaction List:
New
York (AL) infielder Andy Carey
was injured (?) on 07/14/1957 and did not return to play until 08/04/1957
Detroit
third baseman (and Quincy, IL native) Jim Finigan
made a PH appearance on 07/14/1957 and was injured (?) again until 07/28/1957.
Detroit pitcher Don Lee
made his final season appearance on 07/14/1957
Boston
pitcher Dean
Stone was injured (?) on 07/14/1957 and did not return to the mound until
08/03/1957
Pittsburgh
pitcher Joe
Trimble made his final major league appearance on 07/14/1957. Pittsburgh
catcher Hardy
Peterson made his season debut on 07/16/1957
Philadelphia
pitcher Jack
Meyer was recalled before 07/16/1957
Washington
3 Kansas City (H) 2
The
Senators thumped the A's in both games yesterday but had to win a close one
today to end the series. Washington scored twice in the top of the eighth to
get the win for Russ
Kemmerer (3-11, 4.45) with Bud Byerly
getting through the ninth with no further damage.
Brooklyn
(H) 5 Milwaukee 4 (11)
The
score was tied 4-4 after the fourth and then a pitcher's duel broke out between
Don
Drysdale and Bob
Trowbridge. The Dodgers won in the bottom of the eleventh when Duke Snider
drove home Randy Jackson with a bases-loaded single.
New
York (NL) (H) 1 Chicago (NL) 0
New York shortstop Daryl Spencer singled home Whitey Lockman in the bottom of the first and that was it for the scoring I this game. Johnny Antonelli (5-9, 5.15) allowed four hits and outlasted Don Elston (3-1, 2.25) who only allowed five hits on the day.
Philadelphia
(H) 2 St. Louis 0
The
Phillies didn’t have any runs until Rip
Repulski hit a solo blast (#11) in the bottom of the seventh but that was
all Jack
Sanford (9-5, 2.54) needed as he two-hit the visiting Cardinals and got the
shutout victory.
Tuesday,
July 16, 1957
Baltimore
7 Chicago (AL) (H) 5
The
White Sox may have a collective 33-5 record versus the sixth through eighth
place teams in the AL but they started the day with only a 5-5 record versus
fifth place Baltimore. The Orioles played the White Sox tough again, building
up a 6-2 lead through the first four innings and then holding on for dear life.
Left fielder Bob Neiman
had four RBI's with a triple and a homerun to support Ray Moore
(5-8, 5.28) who got the win and Billy Loes
got the save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Cleveland
(H) 7 Washington 4
Washington
came into the game breathing the rarified air of a three-game winning streak
and took a 1-0 lead after the top of the first, but then Indians burst the
Senators bubble and ran away with it. Early Wynn
(8-10, 3.86) got the win but required help in the ninth from Ray Narleski.
Detroit
(H) 4 New York (AL) 0
Frank Lary
(7-8, 3.71) earned his sobriquet as "The Yankee Killer" by shutting
out the Yankees despite the Yankees outhitting the Tigers 10-6. A two-run
single by Ray
Boone in a three-run sixth turned out to be the big hit of the game.
Boston
2 Kansas City (H) 1
The
Red Sox tied the game with a run in the sixth and then scored again in the
eighth to grab the lead when Mickey
Vernon doubled Ted
Williams home from third. Mike
Fornieles (7-3, 3.08) had another outstanding outing to get the win.
Note:
Williams' games on-base streak has reached 77 games. The record? 84 games (Ted
Williams, 1949). Williams hasn't played in every game, but in the one’s he
had played in he has reached base via a hit, a walk, or a HBP. This would
include the 3-4 times he has been used as a pinch-hitter (i.e., in the second
games a doubleheader's).
St.
Louis 2 Brooklyn (H) 0
The
Cardinals scored single runs in the sixth and seventh and Lindy
McDaniel (14-1, 1.63) continued his streak of torrid pitching appearances
as he shutout the Dodgers on five hits.
New
York (NL) (H) 4 Cincinnati 3
Cincinnati
scored twice in the top of the sixth to take a 3-1 lead but homeruns by Willie
Mays (#20) and Daryl
Spencer (#12) in the bottom half of the inning put New York ahead to stay. Ruben Gomez
(10-9, 3.78) got the win with Marv
Grissom finishing things off in the ninth.
Milwaukee
4 Philadelphia (H) 3
Warren
Spahn (11-4, 3.28) not only got the complete-game victory but he also got
the game-winning hit when he singled home Wes
Covington in the top of the ninth.
Pittsburgh
(H) 8 Chicago (NL) 4
Cubs
first baseman Dale Long
hit a pair of two-run homeruns (#11, #12) but that was all the visitors could
do against Bob Friend
(18-3, 2.10). Two-run doubles by Frank
Thomas and Bill Virdon
put the Pirates ahead to stay in the middle of the game and the home team
walked away with the easy victory.
Wednesday,
July 17, 1957
Transaction
List: Detroit first baseman Bobo
Osborne made his final season appearance on 07/16/1957
Chicago
(AL) (H) 2 Baltimore 0
The
White Sox got back in the win column as Bob Keegan
(8-3, 2.74) shutout the Orioles, scattering seven hits. Nellie Fox
and Les
Moss both had run-scoring singles to give Chicago their lead.
Cleveland
(H) 8 Washington 0 (Grand Slam!)
The
Indians got their first hit and their first run in the fifth and before the
inning was over an Al Smith
grand slam (#5) put the game out of reach. Vic Wertz
added a two-run shot (#19) two innings later and Don Mossi
(4-8, 5.29) was able to cruise home for the shutout victory.
Detroit
(H) 7 New York (AL) 5Bob Turley
New
York starter Bob Turley
(6-3, 2.95) walked four Tigers in the first inning and then walked the first
two he faced in the second, necessitating his removal and Tommy Byrne
was brought in to stem the tide. Byrne then walked two of the first three he
faced and the Tigers had a 4-1 lead after the second. The Yankees tried to claw
their way back into it but Jim Bunning
(11-4, 3.22) headed them off and got the win.
Boston
3 Kansas City 1 (H) (10)
Both
teams scored a single run in the fifth and then in the tenth Ted Williams
smashed a two-run homerun (#24) to put the visitors ahead to stay. Frank
Sullivan (12-3, 2.15) had another stellar outing.
Note:
Williams extended his games on-base streak to 78.
Brooklyn
(H) 5 St. Louis 1
Shortstop
Charley
Neal broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run homerun (#9) in the fifth and Gil Hodges
added some insurance with a two-run homerun (#16) in the eighth. Don
Newcombe (8-8, 3.34) went all the way for the win.
New
York (NL) (H) 7 Cincinnati 4
The
Giants scored six times in the bottom of the fifth, the big hit being a two-run
triple by third baseman Danny
O'Connell. Curt
Barclay (5-9, 5.63) got the win but needed help from Marv
Grissom to put out a Reds rally attempt in the ninth.
Milwaukee
9 Philadelphia (H) 3
Eddie
Mathews hit a two-run homerun (#25) in a three-run third and the Braves ran
away with an easy win in Philadelphia. Lew
Burdette (9-7, 4.02) continued his winning ways as he went eight strong
innings.
Pittsburgh
(H) 2 Chicago (NL) 0
Ron Kline
(4-11, 4.71) went all the way to defeat Moe
Drabowsky (7-4, 3.48) in a pitcher's duel, with both teams ending up with
four hits on the day. The Pirates first run scored on a double play and then Bill
Mazeroski added a run late to provide a little cushion.
Note:
The Cubs finally reached the 80 games played mark.
Thursday,
July 18, 1957
Transaction
List:
Cleveland
catcher Jim
Hegan returned to play on 07/19/1957 following his injury (?) of 06/16/1957
Philadelphia
infielder Ted
Kazanski returned to play on 07/19/1957 following his injury (?) of
06/26/1057
Chicago
(AL) (H) 3 Baltimore 2
Billy
O'Dell (5-2, 2.59) made one mistake, a three-run homerun to Walt Dropo
in the bottom of the fourth, and that was all Jack
Harshman (5-9, 6.79) needed to win the rubber game of the series.
Washington
3 Cleveland (H) 0
The
Senators didn’t do much but they did enough to support Camilio
Pascual (6-9, 5.12) who threw a four-hit shutout on the road in Cleveland. Roy Sievers
hit a late solo homerun (#28) to add some insurance.
Note:
The BBR
Box Score shows Lou
Berberet as the starting catcher for Washington while ATMgr shows Ed FitzGerald.
Detroit
(H) 4 New York (AL) 3
Both
teams scored twice in the first and then in the second Billy Hoeft
(10-3, 2.68) hit a solo homerun to give Detroit a lead they would not lose. Don Larsen
(5-4, 5.35) was placed in the seventh spot in the lineup for his second
consecutive start (he is hitting .385 for the season).
Kansas
City (H) 3 Boston 2
Another
close game as the A's took the lead in the bottom of the eighth when Tom Brewer
(8-9, 3.97) walked Bob Martyn
to score the winning run. Tom Gorman
(3-2, 5.06) went all the way for the tough win.
Brooklyn
(H) 8 St. Louis 1
The
Cardinals made an uncharacteristic four errors (first baseman Stan Musial
had two) and Jim Gilliam
and Sandy
Amoros both had a pair of RBI's to spark the Dodgers win. Johnny
Podres (8-5, 3.43) went all the way while shutting down the St. Louis
offense.
Cincinnati
5 New York (NL) (H) 0
A
three-run seventh inning blew a 1-0 game for the Reds as Johnny
Klippstein (5-8, 5.85) and Tom Acker
combined on a two-hit shutout of the Giants,
Note:
The BBR
Box Score shows George
Crowe batting fourth and Ed Bailey
hitting fifth for the Reds while ATMgr shows the opposite.
Milwaukee
5 Philadelphia (H) 3
A
two-out three-run triple by Wes
Covington in the top of the sixth was the big hit and Bob Buhl
(13-4, 1.38) and Don McMahon
held back the Phillies to get the win and creep one game closed to first place.
Pittsburgh
(H) 4 Chicago (NL) 2
The
Pirates continue to hang tough as they took advantage of a three-run fourth and
then Bob
Purkey (7-6, 3.68) held off the Cubs thereafter for the win.
Friday,
July 19, 1957
Chicago
(AL) (H) 6 Boston 3
The
Red Sox have started the season by going 3-8 versus Chicago and they hoped to
change their fortunes today, but Billy
Pierce (13-5, 2.34) and the White Sox bullpen had other plans.
Note:
Ted
Williams extended his games on-base streak to 80.
New
York (AL) 9 Cleveland (H) 1
Two-run
singles by Bill Skowron
and Bobby
Richardson were the big hits in a six-run Yankees third inning and Whitey Ford
(4-3, 2.38) gave up eight hits and three walks in seven innings of work but
only allowed one run to cross the plate for the Indians.
Detroit
(H) 8 Washington 1
Charley
Maxwell hit a two-run homerun (#17) in the first and then Frank
Bolling added a two-run homerun in the second as the Tigers took an early
lead and then ran away from the visiting Senators. Paul
Foytack (12-6, 3.26) was glad to get back in the win column.
Baltimore 4 Kansas City (H) 1
Billy Loes
(7-7, 2.61) shut down the A's attack and helped keep Baltimore's hot start to
the second half of the season going.
Chicago
(NL) 8 Brooklyn (H) 2 (GM 1)
The
Cubs play the Dodgers five times in the next three days and Brooklyn would love
nothing more than to get on a hot streak, but the Cubs would like to get some
wins as well. Moose Moryn
hit a three-run homerun (#9) in the first and then added a solo shot (#10) in
the third, but the big play of the game was a two-run error by left fielder Sandy
Amoros that put the game out of reach. Don Elston
(4-1, 2.08) went all the way for the game one win.
Chicago
(NL) 3 Brooklyn (H) 2 (GM 2)
Both
teams scored a run in the fourth and that was it until Duke Snider
put the Dodgers ahead with a solo shot in the bottom of the eighth. Brooklyn
was unable to hold the lead though as Moose Moryn,
the hitting hero of game one for the Cubs, drove home two runs with a double to
put the Cubs ahead to stay.
Milwaukee
6 New York (NL) (H) 1
Two-run
doubles in the third by Eddie
Mathews and Frank Torre
put the Braves up 5-1 and Gene Conley (4-3, 3.79) was able to go all the way
for the win.
Philadelphia
(H) 4 Cincinnati 2
Two-run
homeruns by Willie
Jones (#7) and Bob Bowman
(#7) offset a two-run double by Smoky Burgess and the Phillies got the win at
home against the Reds. Jack
Sanford (10-5, 2.51) went all the way.
Pittsburgh
(H) 5 St. Louis 1
The
Cardinals scored one in the first but that was all Vern Law
(9-5, 2.74) would allow as the Pirates quickly rallied and led 5-1 after the
fourth.
Saturday,
July 20, 1957
Transaction
List:
Cleveland catcher Dick Brown made his final early-season appearance on 07/19/1957
Boston
shortstop Billy
Klaus was injured (?) on 07/19/1957 and did not return to play until
08/09/1957
Pittsburgh
outfielder Roberto
Clemente returned to play on 07/21/1957 following his injury (?) of
06/23/1957
Chicago
(AL) (H) 5 Boston 2
Dick
Donovan (14-2, 2.23) went all the way as the White Sox continued their
dominance over the Red Sox. A four-run seventh inning made the difference as Dave Sisler
(0-10, 7.93) walked nine on the day but otherwise held the White Sox scoring to
a minimum, but once he started walking home runners he was pulled, but by then
it was too late.
Note:
Ted
Williams went 0-4 (.414) to end his games on-base streak at 80. Today was
the Red Sox 89th game, so that means he has been on base every game since
around the end of April.
New
York (AL) 6 Cleveland (H) 3
The
Yankees took the lead with two in the fifth and then took control with three in
the sixth. Bobby
Shantz (8-4, 2.38) bested Early Wynn
(8-11, 3.89), although three of the runs Wynn allowed were of the unearned
variety.
Detroit
(H) 6 Washington 1
The
game was a scoreless pitcher's duel until the Tigers scored six times in the
sixth, the big hit being an Al Kaline
three-run homerun (#12). Frank Lary
(8-8, 3.50) got the win to keep Detroit in third-place, ahead of Boston.
Kansas
City (H) 1 Baltimore 0
Arnie
Portocarrero (3-5, 4.14) came out on top over Connie
Johnson (9-6, 2.22) after A's outfielder Woodie Held
led off the bottom of the ninth with a triple, followed by two intentional
walks to load the bases and set-up the force at home, but Tim
Thompson dribbled a pinch-hit single through the drawn-in infield to get
Kansas City the win.
Brooklyn
(H) 14 Chicago 0
It
may feel good to put up 14 runs in a game, but the Dodgers sure wish they could
have had some of these runs yesterday when they were losing two to Chicago.
Chicago committed five errors, but the Dodgers offense supplied the power and Don Drysdale
(9-6, 1.85) got the shutout win.
Milwaukee
7 New York (NL) (H) 3
Two-run
homeruns from Eddie
Mathews in the first and Wes
Covington in the fifth sparked the Braves and continued their hot streak. Bob
Trowbridge (4-3, 3.47) didn't allow a run until the eighth on got the win. Del
Crandall started in right field for the Braves as their outfielders are
nicked up - Bill Bruton
is out for the remainder of the season, Hank Aaron
hasn’t played all week, and Andy Pafko
needed a day-off before tomorrow's doubleheader.
Philadelphia
(H) 4 Cincinnati 0
Phillies
center fielder Richie
Ashburn had three RBI's on the day, including two on a single in the bottom
of the seventh to provide some late-game insurance. Jim Hearn
(2-1, 3.810 got a spot start and made it count with the shutout victory.
Pittsburgh
(H) 6 St. Louis 0
St.
Louis, Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh all began the day with 51 wins, with the
Cardinals holding on to first because they have a few less losses than the
other two. Pittsburgh knew that a win today would pull them to within one-half
game of the league-leading Cardinals, so they started off with a pair of
two-run doubles in the first and they were off and running. St. Louis second
baseman Don
Blasingame singled to start the game and that ended up being the only hit
allowed by Bob Friend
(19-3, 2.00).
Sunday,
July 21, 1957
Transaction
List:
Philadelphia
pitcher Jim
Hearn was injured (?) on 07/20/1957 and did not return to the mound until
08/09/1957
Boston
9 Chicago (AL) (H) 1
Mike
Fornieles (8-3, 2.98) had another nice outing as he limited the White Sox
to one first-inning run and got a much-needed victory for the Red Sox. The day
after his game's on-base streak was broken Ted Williams
went 3-for-3 with two runs scored, an RBI, and a double, and a homerun (#26).
Cleveland
(H) 7 New York (AL) 5 (GM 1)
Two-run
homeruns from Yogi Berra (#17) and Mickey
Mantle (#15) both game the Yankees a temporary lead, but homeruns by Jim Hegan
(#7) and Vic
Wertz (#20) reclaimed the leads back for the Indians. In his first game
back in a month, Hegan went 3-for-3 with two doubles and his homerun and Wertz
add a second homerun (#21) late for a little padding.
New
York (AL) 6 Cleveland (H) 4 (GM 2)
Mickey
Mantle had a pair of two-run triples in game two but it was a two-run
single by Tony
Kubek in the top of the ninth finally put them ahead to stay. Bob Turley
(7-3, 2.98) (but I see that the game didn’t award him with a blown save).
Detroit
(H) 6 Washington 0
The
Tigers used a pair of three-run innings to build a big lead and to allow Jim Bunning
(12-4, 3.00) to cruise home with the shutout victory.
Baltimore
12 Kansas City (H) 2 (GM 1)
The first six Baltimore batters all reached base and four of them scored before the
inning was up, allowing the Orioles to take a 9-2 lead after the third inning.
The A's came back on the strength of five homeruns, but Hal Brown
(8-4, 3.25) held on for the game one win.
Kansas
City (H) 4 Baltimore 3 (GM 2)
In
the past few week’s the A's have turned tenacious. Their record may still be
lacking but opposing teams have become aware they are no longer facing a
walkover. Baltimore got the scoring started with two in the third but the A's
came right back with three in the bottom half. An unearned run in the top of
the eighth tied the score at 3-3, but in the bottom of the ninth Bob Cerv
lined a pinch-hit single off the wall to score Joe
DeMaestri with the game-winner.
Chicago
(NL) 6 Brooklyn (H) 5 (GM 1)Bob Speake
Chicago
first baseman Bob Speake
got the Cubs an early lead with a three-run homerun (#5) in the third and then
he put the Cubs ahead to stay with a second three-run homerun (#6), this one in
the top of the ninth. The groaning of the frustrated Dodgers fans could be
heard all the way in Chicago.
Brooklyn
(H) 7 Chicago (NL) 3 (GM 2)
The
Cubs grabbed an early lead with another three-run homerun, this one from Lee Walls
(#3) in the second inning. Don
Newcombe (9-8, 3.32) didn't allow any more though and this time backup
catcher Rube Walker responded with a three-run homerun (#3) of his own to put
the Dodgers ahead to stay.
Milwaukee
8 New York (NL) (H) 3 (GM 1)
More
three-run homeruns, this time two by Wes
Covington (#13, #14) in the first and fifth innings to support Warren
Spahn (12-4, 3.31).
New
York (NL) (H) 3 Milwaukee 2 (GM 2)
Lew
Burdette (9-8, 3.97) continued his string of strong performances on the
mound for the Braves but Curt
Barclay (6-9, 5.22) was better today and go the win in game two.
Cincinnati
13 Philadelphia (H) 1 (GM 1)
The
Phillies committed six errors on the day to keep the Reds offense at-bat and Brooks
Lawrence (11-5, 3.16) only allowed three hits as he went all the way for
the victory. Smoky
Burgess went 4-for-4 (.338) with four runs scored, three RBI's, and two
homeruns to spark the Reds offense.
Cincinnati
6 Philadelphia (H) 0 (GM 2)
Another
three-hitter as Art Fowler
(5-3, 3.86) hand-cuffed the hometown Phillies and got the game two shutout win.
It was a close one all the way until Gus Bell
hit a three-run homerun (#9) in the ninth.
St.
Louis 15 Pittsburgh (H) 4 (GM 1)
A
three-run homerun by Del Ennis
(#15) in the first got the Cardinals the early lead, a three-run homerun by Wally Moon
(#18) in the fifth cemented that lead and a three-run homerun by Stan Musial
(#30) in the ninth put the game clearly out of reach.
Pittsburgh
(H) 5 St. Louis 2 (GM 2)
The
Pirates avoided the doubleheader sweep by scoring three times in the seventh
and then holding off the Cardinals to gain the split. Red Swanson
(3-2, 5.40) got the win in relief over Lindy
McDaniel (14-2, 1.81).
Note:
The BBR
Box Score shows that this game was completed on August 27, 1957. For replay
purposes this game was completed today and no schedule adjustment will take
place.
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