Sunday, July 28, 1957- Roy Sievers continues to dominate American League pitching, this time subjecting the great Ralph Terry to his lethal bat. In the bottom of the 6th in the second game of the Sunday double header, Roy hits a solo shot into the familiar confines of the left field “beer gardens” in Griffith Stadium in a 3-2 loss to the Athletics.
Roy’s home run heroics this day would tie his 1955 franchise home run mark at 25 and would be a harbinger of more good things.
Kansas City Athletics 3, Washington Senators 2
Day
Game Played on Sunday, July 28, 1957 (D) at Griffith Stadium
KC A 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 9 1 WAS A 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 14 1
BATTING
Kansas City Athletics AB R H RBI BB SO PO A DeMaestri ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 Lopez 3b 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 Skizas rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Smith c 5 1 3 1 0 0 5 2 Martin 2b 5 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 Power 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 8 1 Held cf 3 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 Groth lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Cerv ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Terry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Zernial ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Burnette p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Totals 37 3 9 3 2 6 33 16
FIELDING - DP: 1. Lopez-Martin-Power. E: Smith (7).
BATTING - 2B: Smith (16,off Pascual). 3B: DeMaestri (4,off Pascual). SH: Power (2,off Pascual); Skizas (3,off Byerly). GDP: Skizas (8,off Pascual); Power (7,off Byerly); Martin (9,off Byerly). Team LOB: 5.
Washington Senators AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bolling 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 Plews 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Lemon rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 Sievers lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Becquer 1b 5 1 3 0 0 0 12 1 Berberet c 5 0 1 0 0 2 8 0 Schoonmaker pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Usher cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 Courtney ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bridges ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 Pascual p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Runnels ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byerly p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 42 2 14 2 1 5 33 15
FIELDING - DP: 4. Bolling-Bridges-Becquer, Pascual-Becquer, Bridges-Bolling-Becquer, Bridges-Becquer. E: Plews (7).
BATTING - HR: Sievers (25,6th inning off Terry 0 on 1 out). SF: Usher (2,off Terry). GDP: Bridges (10,off Terry). Team LOB: 9.
BASERUNNING - SB: Becquer (2,2nd base off Terry/Smith). CS: Plews (2,2nd base by Terry/Smith).
PITCHING
Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Terry 6 8 2 2 1 3 1 24 Burnette W(6-8) 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 20 Totals 11 14 2 2 1 5 1 44
Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Pascual 7 6 2 1 1 4 0 27 Byerly L(3-5) 4 3 1 1 1 2 0 14 Totals 11 9 3 2 2 6 0 41
WP: Pascual (4).
Umpires: HP - Bill Summers, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Nestor Chylak
Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 7651
