Aug 02

DAY 6: THE SIEVERS STREAK

Friday, August 2, 1957- The Tigers come to town and it’s not even Circus Time! On another balmy 90+ degree Washington summer’s eve, Camilo Pascual would earn a 2-1 victory over the Tigers, The Tigers’ Paul Foytack surrended a solo home run in the bottom of the 2nd inning to our hero Roy Sievers. This would prove to be the Nats only offense for the night. With that solo shot, Roy would have 29 homers for the year, tying his franchise home run mark in 1956. Showing us where all the cliché came from in the hit movie “Bull Durham,” Roy tells the Washington Post, “I’m only trying to help the ball club.”

Washington Senators 2, Detroit Tigers 1

Day

Game Played on Friday, August 2, 1957 (N) at Griffith Stadium

DET A    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
WAS A    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  6  2

BATTING
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Kuenn ss                      4   0   0   0       0   1       0   4
Tuttle cf                     4   0   1   0       0   1       4   0
Bolling 2b                    4   0   1   0       0   1       1   4
Kaline rf                     4   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Boone 1b                      3   0   0   0       1   0      11   0
House c                       4   1   2   0       0   0       8   0
Philley lf                    3   0   1   1       0   1       1   0
Finigan 3b                    2   0   0   0       1   0       0   1
Foytack p                     3   0   0   0       0   2       0   1
Totals                       31   1   5   1       2   6      26  10

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Boone.
E: Finigan (3).

BATTING - 
3B: Tuttle (4,off Pascual).
GDP: House (8,off Pascual).
IBB: Finigan (2,by Pascual).
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING - 
CS: Bolling (8,2nd base by Pascual/Berberet).

Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Yost 3b                       4   0   1   0       0   0       1   3
Throneberry cf                4   0   0   0       0   4       2   0
Lemon rf                      4   0   0   0       0   3       3   0
Sievers lf                    3   1   1   1       1   0       0   0
Berberet c                    4   0   1   0       0   0       8   1
  Ramos pr                    0   1   0   0       0   0       0   0
Schult 1b                     4   0   0   0       0   0      10   0
Bolling 2b                    3   0   1   0       0   0       2   1
  Courtney ph                 0   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
Bridges ss                    2   0   0   0       1   1       1   5
  Becquer ph                  1   0   1   1       0   0       0   0
Pascual p                     3   0   1   0       0   0       0   1
Totals                       32   2   6   2       3   8      27  11

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Bolling-Bridges-Schult.
E: Lemon (7), Schult (5).

BATTING - 
2B: Bolling (6,off Foytack); Berberet (9,off Foytack).
HR: Sievers (29,2nd inning off Foytack 0 on 0 out).
IBB: Bridges (3,by Foytack); Courtney (3,by Foytack).
Team LOB: 7.

PITCHING
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Foytack L(12-10)              8.2   6   2   2   3   8   1  35

IBB: Foytack 2 (12,Bridges,Courtney).

Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Pascual W(8-11)               9     5   1   0   2   6   0  33

IBB: Pascual (4,Finigan).

Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Eddie Rommel, 3B - Johnny Stevens

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 4693

Paul Scimonelli