Games on August 17, 1957

8 games

The games of August 17, 1957

Retrosheet's records show 8 games on August 17, 1957. The most lopsided result was the Washington Senators' 16-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. One-run games: the Chicago Cubs 2-1 over the Cincinnati Redlegs, the Detroit Tigers 9-8 over the Chicago White Sox, the Kansas City Athletics 4-3 over the Cleveland Indians, and the Milwaukee Braves 5-4 over the St. Louis Cardinals. The rest of the slate: the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-3, the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-2, and the Philadelphia Phillies topped the New York Giants 3-1. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 16, 1957 and the next, Aug 18, 1957. For the wider picture, see the 1957 season.

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