Baseballville: February 2006

Big Gene fired a nifty 5 hitter at the Phillies and won his 3rd game of the season as the Braves beat the Phils 4-1. Coupled with the Redlegs first loss after 8 straight wins, the Braves are now only one half game behind the front runners from Cincinnati.

# posted by Baseballville : 9:09 AM 0 comments

Dick Drott had been getting bombed everytime he took the mound so far in the young 1957 season. He was 0 and 4 with two of those loses coming in relief. "I just didn't feel comfortable out there", said the young right hander. In one outting he gave up 4 homeruns and really struggled with his control. "I started to take something off my fastball, and when I did that they teed off on my mistakes", he added. Well, the Cubs have been struggling all year long and going into the game at Forbes Field on Wednesday they had a lock on last place with a 3 and 16 mark. In Pittsburgh, it was cool and raining and Drott had his good stuff as he limited the Bucs to 1 hit, a blooper by Bill Virdon, struck out 6 and walked 2. The Cubs won the game thanks to former Pirate Dale Long, who notched each of the Cubs 3 runs with two singles.

# posted by Baseballville : 9:05 AM 0 comments

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1957 National League Date: 5/9/1957

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1957 CIN 14 6 F.Robinso CIN .474 F.Robinso CIN 10 F.Robinso CIN 21
1957 MLN 13 6 E.Bouchee PHN .410 W.Post CIN 6 D.Long *** 20
1957 PHN 12 8 D.Groat PIN .378 E.Mathews MLN 6 C.Furillo BRN 19
1957 BRN 10 9 R.Ashburn PHN .371 R.Schoend NYN 6 C.Fernand PHN 18
1957 PIN 10 10 S.Musial SLN .370 OTHERS TIED W 5 S.Musial SLN 18
1957 NYN 9 13
1957 SLN 7 11 WINS SAVES ERA
1957 CHN 4 16 D.Drysdal BRN 3 M.Grissom NYN 3 D.Drysdal BRN 0.68
H.Jeffcoa CIN 3 C.Labine BRN 2 G.Conley MLN 1.86
A.Fowler CIN 3 H.Freeman CIN 2 B.Buhl MLN 2.16
G.Conley MLN 3 D.Gross CIN 2 D.Cardwel PHN 2.19
W.Spahn MLN 3 N.King PIN 2 A.Worthin NYN 2.45

CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
F.Robinso CIN 12 W.Mays NYN 4 R.Roberts PHN 29
R.Ashburn PHN 9 J.Temple CIN 3 B.Lawrenc CIN 24
W.Moryn CHN 8 OTHERS TIED W 2 H.Wehmeie SLN 23
E.Mathews MLN 8 W.Spahn MLN 21
OTHERS TIED W 7 B.Friend PIN 21

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
SLN 5 at NYN 7
CIN 6 at BRN 8
MLN 4 at PHN 1
CHN 3 at PIN 0

WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
F.Robinson CIN .537 41 22 14 2 6 D.Drysdale BRN 18 7 2 6 14 1 200
D.Long CHN .368 38 14 16 2 4 W.Spahn MLN 17 15 2 1 10 1 110
G.Harris NYN .281 32 9 11 5 3 B.Buhl MLN 17 12 3 6 12 1 100
D.Hoak CIN .324 37 12 5 5 4 D.Cardwell PHN 16 12 3 4 14 0 110
D.Snider BRN .269 26 7 6 8 1 R.Face PIN 7 3 0 2 5 0 100

WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
C.Neeman CHN .171 35 6 0 0 0 C.Simmons PHN 8 16 8 2 3 2 010
E.Winceniak CHN .121 33 4 2 1 0 B.Rush CHN 5 10 6 0 3 2 000
G.Baker PIN .167 36 6 2 1 0 S.Jones SLN 10 14 8 5 6 1 020
J.Logan MLN .206 34 7 0 2 0 L.McDaniel SLN 7 7 6 3 2 0 010
O.Virgil NYN .233 30 7 2 0 0 H.Wehmeier SLN 8 9 9 4 6 2 110

INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1957 National League

WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1957 Cincinnati CIN 14 6 .700 ---- 135 80 74 .519
1957 Milwaukee MLN 13 6 .684 .5 95 59 .617
1957 Philadelphia PHN 12 8 .600 2.0 77 77 .500
1957 Brooklyn BRN 10 9 .526 3.5 84 70 .545
1957 Pittsburgh PIN 10 10 .500 4.0 62 92 .403
1957 New York NYN 9 13 .409 6.0 69 85 .448
1957 St. Louis SLN 7 11 .389 6.0 87 67 .565
1957 Chicago CHN 4 16 .200 10.0 62 92 .403

OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BRN 10 9 .526 9- 6 1- 3 0- 1 10- 8 1- 1 2- 2 6-4 Won 1
CHN 4 16 .200 2- 1 2-15 1- 2 3-14 2- 2 2- 7 2-8 Won 1
CIN 14 6 .700 4- 2 10- 4 7- 3 7- 3 2- 0 4- 3 8-2 Lost 1
MLN 13 6 .684 5- 1 8- 5 0- 1 13- 5 1- 0 7- 3 6-4 Won 2
NYN 9 13 .409 5-11 4- 2 2- 3 7-10 0- 3 6- 4 5-5 Won 1
PHN 12 8 .600 8- 7 4- 1 2- 2 10- 6 3- 2 6- 4 6-4 Lost 2
PIN 10 10 .500 6- 7 4- 3 4- 3 6- 7 2- 0 3- 1 4-6 Lost 1
SLN 7 11 .389 4- 1 3-10 2- 5 5- 6 0- 3 0- 6 3-7 Lost 1
TOTAL 79 79 .500

TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+
BRN 5- 6 5- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
CHN 2- 9 2- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
CIN 7- 5 7- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
MLN 8- 3 5- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
NYN 5- 8 4- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
PHN 7- 5 5- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
PIN 8- 4 2- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
SLN 4- 6 3- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0

WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:

TEAM BRN CHN CIN MLN NYN PHN PIN SLN
BRN - 2 1 1 0 1 3 2
CHN 0 - 0 0 1 0 1 2
CIN 1 2 - 2 3 2 2 2
MLN 1 3 4 - 0 2 2 1
NYN 1 2 0 2 - 3 0 1
PHN 1 3 0 0 5 - 1 2
PIN 4 1 0 1 3 0 - 1
SLN 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1957 National League Date: 5/9/1957

ST. LOUIS AT NEW YORK
Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 - 5 6 1
Giants.......... 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 7 10 1
Win:Antonelli(2-2) Loss:Jackson(0-1) Save:Grissom(3rd)
Homeruns- D.Ennis(2nd), G.Harris(5th)

In a good matchup it was the New York Giants 7, the St. Louis Cardinals 5 at
the Polo Grounds.

New York jumped on top of St. Louis in the 7th inning when they tallied 2 runs
on 2 hits. New York had 10 hits for the game and St. Louis had 6.

The win was credited to Johnny Antonelli(2-2) who went 7 and 1/3 innings
allowing 5 runs. Antonelli was helped out by Marv Grissom who recorded his
3rd save. Larry Jackson(0-1) was charged with the loss in relief. He
allowed 2 runs and 2 hits in 2 innings.

CINCINNATI AT BROOKLYN
Redlegs......... 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 6 9 1
Dodgers......... 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 - 8 10 0
Win:Newcombe(2-2) Loss:Hacker(1-1)
Homeruns- F.Robinson(10th), B.Thurman(5th), G.Hodges(4th), D.Zimmer(5th),
D.Newcombe(1st)

Don Newcombe was able to finish what he started and was credited with a
complete game and Rube Walker had 2 base hits as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat
the Cincinnati Redlegs by a score of 8 to 6.

Brooklyn jumped on top of Cincinnati in the bottom of the 7th inning when they
scored 2 runs on 2 hits. The key at-bat was by Don Zimmer who brought a roar
from the partisan Ebbets Field fans when he popped a two-run clout over the
fence (his 5th of the season). Cincinnati made it exciting in the 9th, but
they were unable to push the needed runs across.

The victory went to Newcombe(2-2) who went the distance allowing 6 runs.
Warren Hacker(1-1) was the losing pitcher. Walter Alston was in a talkative
mood in the clubhouse, 'Great game! If only we could win all of the close
ones - wouldn't that be nice! Since that's not going to happen, I think I'll
savor this one for a little while.'

MILWAUKEE AT PHILADELPHIA
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 - 4 10 0
Phillies........ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1
Win:Conley(3-0) Loss:Cardwell(1-1)

Gene Conley tossed a complete game at Connie Mack Stadium where the Milwaukee
Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 4 to 1.

Milwaukee came up with 3 runs in the top of the 6th inning when they had 3
base hits. They ended up being the winning runs. Milwaukee managed 10 in
their victory.

Conley(3-0) allowed 1 run on the game. The loss was charged to Don
Cardwell(1-1). Milwaukee now has a record of 13-6. With this loss,
Philadelphia has a 6-4 record of late, 12-8 overall.

CHICAGO AT PITTSBURGH
Cubs............ 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 1
Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
Win:Drott(1-4) Loss:Law(1-1)

Dick Drott held Pittsburgh scoreless on just 1 hit as the Chicago Cubs topped
the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 3 to 0 at Forbes Field.

Drott(1-4) escaped virtually unscathed against the Pittsburgh hitters. He was
stingy on the mound, allowing just 1 hit and 2 walks in 9 innings.
Pittsburgh went down quietly in the bottom of the 9th.

Vern Law(1-1) was charged with the loss. He pitched 5 innings and surrendered
5 hits and no walks. Bobby Bragan was obviously impressed with the pitching
of Drott, 'That guy made us look a little silly out there tonight. We just
couldn't get to him at all - everything was working for him. I just hope
that he got that kinda performance out of his system.'

1957 St. Louis Cardinals At 1957 New York Giants 5/8/1957

Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG
D.Blasingame 2B 4 0 2 1 .338 R.Schoendienst 2B 3 2 1 0 .302
L.Jackson P 0 0 0 0 .250 W.Lockman CF 4 3 3 0 .300
D-J.King PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Rhodes RF 3 1 0 0 .119
A.Dark SS 4 0 0 0 .361 G.Harris 1B 3 1 2 2 .231
S.Musial 1B 3 0 0 0 .370 D.Spencer SS 4 0 2 4 .266
C-J.Cunningham PR,1B 0 0 0 0 .250 R.Katt C 3 0 0 0 .235
D.Ennis RF 4 1 1 1 .257 O.Virgil LF 4 0 1 0 .320
K.Boyer 3B 3 1 0 0 .206 F.Castleman 3B 4 0 1 0 .083
W.Moon LF 3 1 1 0 .232 J.Antonelli P 3 0 0 0 .053
H.Smith C 4 0 0 1 .237 S.Ridzik P 1 0 0 0 .333
B.Smith CF 4 2 2 1 .217 M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 ----
T.Cheney P 0 0 0 0 .000
V.Mizell P 1 0 0 0 .000
A-E.Miksis PH 0 0 0 0 .000
W.Schmidt P 0 0 0 0 .200
B-E.Kasko PH,2B 0 0 0 1 .364
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 31 5 6 5 Totals 32 7 10 6

A-Pinch Hit For Mizell In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Schmidt In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Musial In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Jackson In 9th Inning

Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 - 5 6 1
Giants.......... 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 7 10 1

Cardinals (7-11) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Cheney 0 1/3 3 3 3 1 0 0 20 6.55
V.Mizell 3 2/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 56 0.00
W.Schmidt BS(1st) 2 3 2 2 1 2 0 25 6.63
L.Jackson LOSS(0-1) 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 40 1.17
Totals 8 10 7 7 3 6 1

Giants (9-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Antonelli WIN(2-2) 7 1/3 6 5 5 3 1 1 123 5.82
S.Ridzik HOLD(1st) 1 1/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 24 6.75
M.Grissom SAVE(3rd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.75
Totals 9 6 5 5 5 2 1

ATTENDANCE- 7,166 DATE- Wednesday, May 8th 1957 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Bill Jackowski, Vic Delmore, Tom Gorman, Shag Crawford
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 5 Giants: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 1 Giants: 1
ERRORS- D.Ennis, F.Castleman
DOUBLES- D.Blasingame(6th), D.Spencer(2nd)
TRIPLES- B.Smith(1st), W.Lockman(2nd), D.Spencer(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Ennis(2nd), G.Harris(5th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Kasko, G.Harris
WALKS- S.Musial, K.Boyer, W.Moon, E.Miksis, E.Kasko, R.Schoendienst, D.Rhodes,
R.Katt
STRIKE OUTS- K.Boyer, B.Smith, G.Harris, O.Virgil, F.Castleman, J.Antonelli-3
GIDP- V.Mizell, F.Castleman
WILD PITCHES- J.Antonelli
1957 Cincinnati Redlegs At 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers 5/8/1957

Redlegs AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 5 1 2 0 .300 J.Gilliam 2B 4 1 1 0 .195
J.Lynch RF 5 0 0 0 .143 P.Reese SS 3 2 0 0 .000
G.Bell CF 4 2 2 0 .212 D.Snider CF 3 1 1 2 .262
F.Robinson LF 4 1 3 3 .474 C.Furillo RF 4 0 1 0 .308
G.Crowe 1B 4 0 0 1 .271 G.Hodges 1B 4 1 1 3 .253
E.Bailey C 3 0 0 0 .270 S.Amoros LF 4 0 2 0 .286
D.Hoak 3B 3 1 1 0 .324 R.Walker C 4 1 2 0 .200
R.McMillan SS 2 0 0 0 .310 D.Zimmer 3B 4 1 1 2 .239
A-B.Thurman PH 1 1 1 2 .375 D.Newcombe P 3 1 1 1 .250
W.Hacker P 3 0 0 0 .200
R.Sanchez P 0 0 0 01.000
H.Freeman P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-T.Kluszewski PH 1 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 6 9 6 Totals 33 8 10 8

A-Pinch Hit For McMillan In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Freeman In 9th Inning

Redlegs......... 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 6 9 1
Dodgers......... 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 - 8 10 0

Redlegs (14-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
W.Hacker LOSS(1-1) 6 1/3 7 5 5 1 3 2 87 4.88
R.Sanchez 0 2/3 0 2 1 1 1 0 19 1.17
H.Freeman 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 17 5.14
Totals 8 10 8 7 2 4 3

Dodgers (10-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Newcombe WIN(2-2) 9 9 6 6 2 1 2 153 4.76
Totals 9 9 6 6 2 1 2

ATTENDANCE- 12,798 DATE- Wednesday, May 8th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Augie Donatelli, Ed Sudol, Hal Dixon, Larry Goetz
T- 2:33
LEFT ON BASE- Redlegs: 5 Dodgers: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Redlegs: 2 Dodgers: 1
ERRORS- R.Sanchez
DOUBLES- F.Robinson(7th), D.Snider(7th), R.Walker(2nd)
TRIPLES- G.Bell(1st)
HOME RUNS- F.Robinson(10th), B.Thurman(5th), G.Hodges(4th), D.Zimmer(5th),
D.Newcombe(1st)
WALKS- E.Bailey, D.Hoak, P.Reese, D.Snider
HIT BY PITCH- R.McMillan
STRIKE OUTS- G.Bell, S.Amoros-2, D.Newcombe-2
GIDP- W.Hacker, R.Walker, D.Zimmer
1957 Milwaukee Braves At 1957 Philadelphia Phillies 5/8/1957

Braves AB R H RBI AVG Phillies AB R H RBI AVG
D.O'Connell 2B 4 1 1 0 .291 R.Ashburn CF 4 0 1 0 .371
H.Aaron RF 4 1 3 1 .288 G.Hamner 2B 3 0 1 0 .375
E.Mathews 3B 4 1 1 0 .362 J.Hearn P 0 0 0 0 .000
F.Torre 1B 3 0 1 0 .429 H.Anderson LF 4 0 0 0 .175
C.Tanner LF 3 0 0 1 .250 E.Bouchee 1B 3 0 0 0 .410
J.Logan SS 4 0 1 0 .292 W.Jones 3B 4 0 1 0 .289
B.Bruton CF 4 1 2 0 .351 S.Lopata C 3 0 0 0 .200
D.Crandall C 4 0 1 0 .304 B.Bowman RF 3 1 1 0 .305
G.Conley P 3 0 0 1 .250 C.Fernandez SS 3 0 1 0 .298
D.Cardwell P 1 0 0 1 .167
A-S.Hemus PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .143
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 4 10 3 Totals 29 1 5 1

A-Pinch Hit For Cardwell In 8th Inning

Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 - 4 10 0
Phillies........ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1

Braves (13-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
G.Conley WIN(3-0) 9 5 1 1 2 4 0 114 1.86
Totals 9 5 1 1 2 4 0

Phillies (12-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Cardwell LOSS(1-1) 8 8 3 2 1 5 0 115 2.19
J.Hearn 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 18 4.20
Totals 9 10 4 3 1 6 0

ATTENDANCE- 20,044 DATE- Wednesday, May 8th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tony Venzon, Dusty Burkhart, Hal Dixon, Shag Crawford
T- 2:18
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 6 Phillies: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 1 Phillies: 0
ERRORS- H.Anderson
DOUBLES- D.O'Connell(7th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Bruton(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Fernandez
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Tanner, G.Conley, D.Cardwell
WALKS- F.Torre, G.Hamner, E.Bouchee
HIT BY PITCH- D.O'Connell
STRIKE OUTS- F.Torre, J.Logan, B.Bruton, D.Crandall, G.Conley-2, R.Ashburn,
H.Anderson, E.Bouchee, S.Lopata
GIDP- G.Hamner
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Bill Bruton robbed Harry Anderson of an extra base hit.
1957 Chicago Cubs At 1957 Pittsburgh Pirates 5/8/1957

Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
C.Wise 2B 5 0 0 0 .219 R.Clemente RF 4 0 0 0 .312
E.Banks SS 3 2 2 0 .303 B.Virdon CF 4 0 1 0 .171
L.Walls CF,LF 3 1 1 0 .321 D.Groat SS 3 0 0 0 .378
D.Long 1B 4 0 2 3 .310 F.Thomas 3B 3 0 0 0 .247
W.Moryn RF 3 0 1 0 .276 D.Fondy 1B 2 0 0 0 .297
B-B.Del Greco CF 1 0 0 0 .029 J.Powers LF 3 0 0 0 .273
J.Bolger LF,RF 4 0 2 0 .333 H.Foiles C 3 0 0 0 .286
E.Winceniak 3B 4 0 0 0 .135 R.Swanson P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Neeman C 4 0 1 0 .247 G.Baker 2B 3 0 0 0 .208
D.Drott P 4 0 0 0 .000 V.Law P 1 0 0 0 .143
B.Kuzava P 0 0 0 0 ----
L.Pepper P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-G.Freese PH 0 0 0 0 .370
B.Purkey P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-D.Kravitz C 1 0 0 0 .200
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 27 0 1 0

A-Pinch Hit For Pepper In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Moryn In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Purkey In 9th Inning

Cubs............ 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 1
Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0

Cubs (4-16) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Drott WIN(1-4) 9 1 0 0 2 6 0 95 8.34
Totals 9 1 0 0 2 6 0

Pirates (10-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
V.Law LOSS(1-1) 5 5 3 3 0 3 0 83 3.47
B.Kuzava 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.00
L.Pepper 0 2/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 0.00
B.Purkey 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 27 5.23
R.Swanson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00
Totals 9 9 3 3 1 4 0

ATTENDANCE- 9,355 DATE- Wednesday, May 8th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Augie Donatelli, Bill Baker, Tom Gorman, Larry Goetz
T- 1:59
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 7 Pirates: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Pirates: 1
ERRORS- C.Neeman
DOUBLES- L.Walls(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- D.Fondy(2nd)
WALKS- L.Walls, D.Fondy, G.Freese
HIT BY PITCH- E.Banks
STRIKE OUTS- C.Wise, W.Moryn, C.Neeman, D.Drott, R.Clemente, D.Fondy, J.Powers,
H.Foiles-2, V.Law
GIDP- D.Long, R.Clemente
WILD PITCHES- V.Law

# posted by Baseballville : 8:46 AM 0 comments

Gene Freese hit a pinch hit "Walk-off" homerun against Jim Brosnan and the hard luck Chicago Cubs to win the game at Forbes Field 7-6 for the Pirates. Pittsburgh won their tenth game of the season, good for 4th place in the National League

# posted by Baseballville : 8:33 PM 0 comments

The "Coushatta Clubber", Joe Adcock was off to a terrible start for the Milwaukee Braves this season. Joe had 68 official at bats going into Tuesday's game with the Phillies off of ace Robin Roberts. Fred Haney asked him if he wanted to sit this game against one of the games great right handed pitchers. Adcock declined and took extra batting practice in the cage around 4:00 and it paid off. On his 69th official at bat for 1957, Joe clubbed his first homerun of the season off Roberts and then came back on his 70th at bat and slammed his second homerun of the season. Roberts has been tagged with ten "Dingers" so far this season and four times in the game against the Braves. Henry Aaron and Eddie Mathews had "boundry belts" for the Braves other two.

# posted by Baseballville : 8:29 PM 0 comments

Hal Jeffcoat had dream game at Ebbets Field on May 7th. He pitched a complete game 3 hit shutout of the Brooklyn Dodgers and hit the game winning homerun in the 8th inning to give the Redlegs their 8th straight win and a game an a half lead on second place Milwaukee.

# posted by Baseballville : 8:17 PM 0 comments

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1957 National League Date: 5/8/1957

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1957 CIN 14 5 F.Robinso CIN .458 F.Robinso CIN 9 C.Furillo BRN 19
1957 MLN 12 6 E.Bouchee PHN .425 W.Post CIN 6 F.Robinso CIN 18
1957 PHN 12 7 D.Groat PIN .392 E.Mathews MLN 6 C.Fernand PHN 18
1957 PIN 10 9 S.Musial SLN .386 R.Schoend NYN 6 S.Musial SLN 18
1957 BRN 9 9 A.Dark SLN .382 OTHERS TIED W 5 D.Long *** 17
1957 SLN 7 10
1957 NYN 8 13 WINS SAVES ERA
1957 CHN 3 16 D.Drysdal BRN 3 C.Labine BRN 2 D.Drysdal BRN 0.68
H.Jeffcoa CIN 3 H.Freeman CIN 2 B.Buhl MLN 2.16
A.Fowler CIN 3 D.Gross CIN 2 A.Worthin NYN 2.45
W.Spahn MLN 3 M.Grissom NYN 2 W.Spahn MLN 2.66
OTHERS TIED W 2 N.King PIN 2 H.Haddix PHN 2.95

CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
F.Robinso CIN 11 W.Mays NYN 4 R.Roberts PHN 29
R.Ashburn PHN 8 J.Temple CIN 3 B.Lawrenc CIN 24
W.Moryn CHN 7 R.Ashburn PHN 2 H.Wehmeie SLN 23
E.Mathews MLN 7 C.Fernand PHN 2 W.Spahn MLN 21
OTHERS TIED W 6 OTHERS TIED W 1 B.Friend PIN 21

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CIN 1 at BRN 0 SLN-Cheney(1-1, 4.22) at NYN-Antonel(1-2, 5.75)
SLN 12 at NYN 3 CIN-Nuxhall(1-0, 1.93) at BRN-Newcomb(1-2, 4.40)
MLN 7 at PHN 1 MLN-Conley(2-0, 2.61) at PHN-Cardwel(1-0, 2.16)
CHN 6 at PIN 7 CHN-Drott(0-4,13.83) at PIN-Kline(1-3, 5.08)

WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
F.Robinson CIN .513 39 20 11 4 5 D.Drysdale BRN 18 7 2 6 14 1 200
D.Long CHN .353 34 12 13 2 4 V.ValentinettiCHN 6 4 0 0 6 0 000
E.Mathews MLN .375 32 12 6 7 3 W.Spahn MLN 17 15 2 1 10 1 110
D.Hoak CIN .342 38 13 7 4 4 D.Cardwell PHN 8 4 1 3 9 0 100
E.Banks CHN .333 42 14 8 9 3 B.Buhl MLN 17 12 3 6 12 1 100

WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Del Greco CHN .000 25 0 1 2 0 C.Simmons PHN 8 16 8 2 3 2 010
E.Winceniak CHN .167 30 5 2 1 0 P.Burnside NYN 7 13 7 3 9 2 010
J.Logan MLN .235 34 8 0 2 0 G.Jones NYN 5 9 6 1 3 2 010
B.Smith SLN .195 41 8 4 0 0 S.Ridzik NYN 9 6 8 7 6 2 020
B.Virdon PIN .171 35 6 1 5 0 S.Jones SLN 10 14 8 5 6 1 020

INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1957 National League

WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1957 Cincinnati CIN 14 5 .737 ---- 135 80 74 .519
1957 Milwaukee MLN 12 6 .667 1.5 95 59 .617
1957 Philadelphia PHN 12 7 .632 2.0 77 77 .500
1957 Pittsburgh PIN 10 9 .526 4.0 62 92 .403
1957 Brooklyn BRN 9 9 .500 4.5 84 70 .545
1957 St. Louis SLN 7 10 .412 6.0 87 67 .565
1957 New York NYN 8 13 .381 7.0 69 85 .448
1957 Chicago CHN 3 16 .158 11.0 62 92 .403

OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BRN 9 9 .500 8- 6 1- 3 0- 1 9- 8 1- 1 2- 2 6-4 Lost 1
CHN 3 16 .158 2- 1 1-15 1- 2 2-14 2- 2 2- 7 2-8 Lost 2
CIN 14 5 .737 4- 2 10- 3 7- 3 7- 2 2- 0 4- 3 9-1 Won 8
MLN 12 6 .667 5- 1 7- 5 0- 1 12- 5 1- 0 7- 3 5-5 Won 1
NYN 8 13 .381 4-11 4- 2 2- 3 6-10 0- 3 6- 4 4-6 Lost 1
PHN 12 7 .632 8- 6 4- 1 2- 2 10- 5 3- 2 6- 4 6-4 Lost 1
PIN 10 9 .526 6- 6 4- 3 4- 3 6- 6 2- 0 3- 1 4-6 Won 1
SLN 7 10 .412 4- 1 3- 9 2- 4 5- 6 0- 3 0- 6 3-7 Won 1
TOTAL 75 75 .500

TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+
BRN 5- 6 4- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
CHN 2- 9 1- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
CIN 7- 5 7- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
MLN 8- 3 4- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
NYN 5- 8 3- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
PHN 7- 5 5- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
PIN 8- 4 2- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
SLN 4- 6 3- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0

WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:

TEAM BRN CHN CIN MLN NYN PHN PIN SLN
BRN - 2 0 1 0 1 3 2
CHN 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 2
CIN 1 2 - 2 3 2 2 2
MLN 1 3 4 - 0 1 2 1
NYN 1 2 0 2 - 3 0 0
PHN 1 3 0 0 5 - 1 2
PIN 4 1 0 1 3 0 - 1
SLN 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1957 National League Date: 5/8/1957

ST. LOUIS AT NEW YORK
Cardinals....... 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 - 12 15 1
Giants.......... 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 5 1
Win:Wehmeier(2-2) Loss:Burnside(0-2) Save:Smith(1st)
Homeruns- K.Boyer(3rd), R.Schoendienst-2(6th)

Right fielder Del Ennis had 3 base hits and 3 RBI at The Polo Grounds where
the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Giants 12 to 3.

St. Louis drew first blood jumping out to an early lead in the first inning
when they tallied 5 runs on 5 hits. That was all the runs Herm Wehmeier(2-2)
needed. St. Louis had 15 hits for the game and New York had 5.

Wehmeier got relief help from Bob Smith who gained credit for his 1st save.
The losing pitcher was Pete Burnside(0-2). He gave up 4 hits and no walks
without retiring a batter.

MILWAUKEE AT PHILADELPHIA
Braves.......... 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 - 7 10 0
Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 1
Win:Spahn(3-2) Loss:Roberts(2-2)
Homeruns- H.Aaron(4th), E.Mathews(6th), J.Adcock-2(2nd), G.Hamner(1st)

Joe Adcock smashed 2 homeruns and Warren Spahn went the distance at Connie
Mack Stadium as the Milwaukee Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies by the
count of 7 to 1.

Milwaukee started with a bang, jumping out to an early lead in their half of
the first scoring a single run. Milwaukee had a total of 10 hits for the
game.

The win was credited to Spahn(3-2) who went the whole way allowing 1 run.
Robin Roberts(2-2) absorbed the loss. He was touched for 4 homeruns in his 8
and 2/3 innings of work.

CINCINNATI AT BROOKLYN
Redlegs......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 0
Dodgers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
Win:Jeffcoat(3-0) Loss:Podres(2-2)
Homeruns- H.Jeffcoat(1st)

Hal Jeffcoat allowed only 3 hits resulting in a big goose egg on the
scoreboard for Brooklyn as the streaking Cincinnati Redlegs outscored the
Brooklyn Dodgers 1 to 0.

Jeffcoat(3-0) was indeed brilliant as he hand-cuffed the Brooklyn offense. He
gave up just 3 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings seeing his ERA drop from 5.09 to
3.66. The Brooklyn bats were silent in the bottom of the 9th.

Johnny Podres(2-2) took the loss. He pitched 8 innings giving up only 5 hits
and 1 walk.Cincinnati extended their winning streak to 8 games. Birdie
Tebbetts was in a great frame of mind in the clubhouse after the game,
'Everybody's contributing now. Timely hitting, some slick fielding plays and
good pitching when we need it. Man, when that's happening, this sure is an
easy job!'

CHICAGO AT PITTSBURGH
Cubs............ 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 16 4
Pirates......... 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 13 3
Win:Face(2-0) Loss:Brosnan(1-1)
Homeruns- G.Freese(1st)

The Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Chicago Cubs in 13 innings at Forbes Field by
the score of 7 to 6.

The game was deadlocked at 6 after nine full innings. Pittsburgh won it in the
13th inning. After an out was recorded, Gene Freese became the sole author
of the rally when he cracked a bases-empty home run (his 1st of the season)
resulting in an exciting win for Pittsburgh and a raucous post-game
celebration by the home town fans. Chicago had 16 hits in the game while
Pittsburgh had 13, but Pittsburgh had the more timely hits.

Roy Face(2-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 3 innings and allowing no
runs. Jim Brosnan(1-1) was charged with the loss in relief.

1957 St. Louis Cardinals At 1957 New York Giants 5/7/1957

Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG
D.Blasingame 2B 4 2 1 0 .329 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 2 2 3 .301
A.Dark SS 5 2 2 2 .382 W.Lockman CF 4 0 0 0 .231
S.Musial 1B 4 2 3 0 .386 D.Rhodes RF 4 0 0 0 .128
D.Ennis RF 5 2 3 3 .257 H.Sauer LF 4 0 0 0 .254
K.Boyer 3B 3 1 1 4 .215 G.Harris 1B 3 0 0 0 .213
W.Moon LF 5 1 1 1 .227 F.Castleman 3B 4 0 0 0 .000
H.Smith C 5 1 2 1 .265 D.Spencer SS 3 0 1 0 .250
B.Smith CF 5 1 1 0 .200 R.Katt C 3 1 2 0 .286
H.Wehmeier P 3 0 1 0 .200 P.Burnside P 0 0 0 0 .000
B.Smith P 1 0 0 1 .000 A.Worthington P 1 0 0 0 .000
A-R.Jablonski PH 1 0 0 0 .091
S.Ridzik P 0 0 0 0 .500
B-W.Mays PH 1 0 0 0 .321
W.McCall P 0 0 0 0 ----
G.Jones P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 40 12 15 12 Totals 32 3 5 3

A-Pinch Hit For Worthington In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ridzik In 7th Inning

Cardinals....... 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 - 12 15 1
Giants.......... 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 5 1

Cardinals (7-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
H.Wehmeier WIN(2-2) 5 1/3 4 3 3 0 3 2 72 5.06
B.Smith SAVE(1st) 3 2/3 1 0 0 1 4 0 46 2.16
Totals 9 5 3 3 1 7 2

Giants (8-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Burnside LOSS(0-2) 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 24 6.00
A.Worthingto 6 7 4 4 0 4 1 92 2.45
S.Ridzik 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7.71
W.McCall 0 2/3 4 4 4 2 0 0 37 54.00
G.Jones 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 8.10
Totals 9 15 12 12 3 4 1

ATTENDANCE- 8,576 DATE- Tuesday, May 7th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill Baker, Tom Gorman, Larry Goetz, Augie Donatelli
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 6 Giants: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 1 Giants: 1
ERRORS- K.Boyer, D.Spencer
DOUBLES- D.Blasingame(5th), A.Dark(7th), W.Moon(4th), H.Smith(3rd),
B.Smith(3rd)
HOME RUNS- K.Boyer(3rd), R.Schoendienst-2(6th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- K.Boyer, B.Smith
WALKS- D.Blasingame, S.Musial, K.Boyer, G.Harris
STRIKE OUTS- D.Blasingame, K.Boyer, B.Smith, H.Wehmeier, H.Sauer-2,
F.Castleman-2, D.Spencer, A.Worthington, W.Mays
GIDP- B.Smith, R.Katt
BALKS- P.Burnside
1957 Milwaukee Braves At 1957 Philadelphia Phillies 5/7/1957

Braves AB R H RBI AVG Phillies AB R H RBI AVG
D.O'Connell 2B 5 0 0 0 .293 R.Ashburn CF 4 0 1 0 .376
H.Aaron RF 4 2 2 1 .263 G.Hamner 2B 4 1 2 1 .400
E.Mathews 3B 4 1 1 2 .369 W.Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 .291
J.Adcock 1B 4 2 2 2 .197 E.Bouchee 1B 4 0 1 0 .425
A-F.Torre 1B 0 0 0 0 .500 B.Bowman RF 4 0 0 0 .304
C.Tanner LF 4 0 1 0 .333 S.Lopata C 4 0 1 0 .208
J.Logan SS 4 1 1 0 .294 H.Anderson LF 4 0 0 0 .194
B.Bruton CF 4 1 2 1 .343 C.Fernandez SS 3 0 1 0 .296
D.Crandall C 4 0 0 0 .308 R.Roberts P 3 0 1 0 .118
W.Spahn P 4 0 1 1 .222 T.Farrell P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 37 7 10 7 Totals 34 1 7 1

A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Adcock In 9th Inning

Braves.......... 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 - 7 10 0
Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 1

Braves (12-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
W.Spahn WIN(3-2) 9 7 1 1 0 8 1 134 2.66
Totals 9 7 1 1 0 8 1

Phillies (12-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Roberts LOSS(2-2) 8 2/3 10 7 5 0 7 4 117 3.14
T.Farrell 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.00
Totals 9 10 7 5 0 7 4

ATTENDANCE- 29,151 DATE- Tuesday, May 7th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Shag Crawford, Tony Venzon, Dusty Burkhart, Hal Dixon
T- 2:08
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 3 Phillies: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0 Phillies: 1
ERRORS- B.Bowman
DOUBLES- C.Tanner(1st), J.Logan(4th), B.Bruton(5th), W.Spahn, E.Bouchee(5th),
R.Roberts
TRIPLES- H.Aaron(2nd)
HOME RUNS- H.Aaron(4th), E.Mathews(6th), J.Adcock-2(2nd), G.Hamner(1st)
STRIKE OUTS- D.O'Connell, J.Adcock, D.Crandall-2, W.Spahn-3, E.Bouchee-2,
B.Bowman-3, H.Anderson-2, R.Roberts
GIDP- D.Crandall
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Chico Fernandez robbed Del Crandall of a base hit.
1957 Cincinnati Redlegs At 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers 5/7/1957

Redlegs AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG
J.Temple 2B 4 0 2 0 .293 J.Gilliam 2B 4 0 1 0 .192
W.Post RF 4 0 0 0 .228 P.Reese SS 4 0 0 0 .000
G.Bell CF 4 0 0 0 .198 D.Snider CF 3 0 0 0 .258
F.Robinson 1B 4 0 1 0 .458 C.Furillo RF 4 0 0 0 .311
A.Schult LF 3 0 1 0 .273 G.Hodges 1B 3 0 0 0 .254
C-P.Whisenant PR,LF 0 0 0 0 .316 G.Cimoli LF 3 0 0 0 .230
E.Bailey C 3 0 0 0 .282 R.Walker C 3 0 0 0 .091
D.Hoak 3B 4 0 0 0 .324 D.Zimmer 3B 3 0 1 0 .239
R.McMillan SS 3 0 0 0 .319 J.Podres P 2 0 1 0 .300
H.Jeffcoat P 3 1 1 1 .167 A-E.Valo PH 0 0 0 0 .333
B-C.Erskine PR 0 0 0 0 ----
E.Roebuck P 0 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 29 0 3 0

A-Pinch Hit For Podres In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Valo In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Schult In 9th Inning

Redlegs......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 0
Dodgers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0

Redlegs (14-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
H.Jeffcoat WIN(3-0) 9 3 0 0 2 2 0 115 3.66
Totals 9 3 0 0 2 2 0

Dodgers (9-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Podres LOSS(2-2) 8 5 1 1 1 5 1 128 3.81
E.Roebuck 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 1.04
Totals 9 5 1 1 1 7 1

ATTENDANCE- 12,196 DATE- Tuesday, May 7th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Ed Sudol, Ken Burkhart, Frank Secory, Dusty Boggess
T- 1:57
LEFT ON BASE- Redlegs: 6 Dodgers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Redlegs: 1 Dodgers: 0
DOUBLES- F.Robinson(6th)
HOME RUNS- H.Jeffcoat(1st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Temple(3rd)
WALKS- E.Bailey, D.Snider, E.Valo
HIT BY PITCH- A.Schult
STRIKE OUTS- W.Post, G.Bell-2, E.Bailey, D.Hoak, R.McMillan, H.Jeffcoat,
G.Hodges, D.Zimmer
GIDP- J.Podres
WILD PITCHES- J.Podres
1957 Chicago Cubs At 1957 Pittsburgh Pirates 5/7/1957

Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
J.Kindall SS 7 0 1 0 .231 R.Clemente RF 6 1 3 0 .329
E.Banks 3B 7 1 2 1 .288 B.Virdon CF 5 1 1 0 .167
L.Walls CF 4 0 2 1 .321 D.Groat SS 5 1 1 1 .392
T.Lown P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Powers LF 3 1 1 1 .375
H-C.Wise PH 1 0 0 0 .235 F.Thomas 1B,3B 4 0 0 1 .257
E.Singleton P 0 0 0 0 .500 G.Baker 3B,2B 6 1 2 1 .216
I-B.Lennon PH 1 0 0 0 .211 H.Foiles C 6 0 2 1 .302
J.Brosnan P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Mazeroski 2B 1 0 0 0 .290
D.Long 1B 7 0 2 1 .296 A-D.Fondy PH,1B 5 0 1 1 .306
W.Moryn RF 6 1 2 0 .274 B.Friend P 1 0 1 0 .231
J.Bolger LF 6 1 2 0 .314 B-B.Skinner PH 2 1 0 0 .265
E.Winceniak 2B 6 0 1 0 .152 B.Purkey P 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Neeman C 6 1 2 0 .246 E-D.Kravitz PH 1 0 0 0 .211
T.Poholsky P 2 1 1 1 .167 L.Arroyo P 0 0 0 0 .500
D.Hillman P 0 0 0 0 .000 N.King P 0 0 0 0 .000
D.Littlefield P 0 0 0 0 .000 G-P.Smith PH 1 0 0 0 .174
C-B.Speake PH 0 0 0 0 .139 R.Face P 0 0 0 0 ----
V.Valentinetti P 0 0 0 0 ---- J-G.Freese PH 1 1 1 1 .370
D-B.Will PH,CF 1 1 1 0 .154
F-B.Del Greco PH,CF 1 0 0 0 .029
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 55 6 16 4 Totals 47 7 13 7

A-Pinch Hit For Mazeroski In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Friend In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Littlefield In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Valentinetti In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Purkey In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Will In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For King In 10th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Lown In 11th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Singleton In 13th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Face In 13th Inning

Cubs............ 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 16 4
Pirates......... 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 13 3

Cubs (3-16) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Poholsky 4 2/3 6 6 0 4 0 0 82 3.60
D.Hillman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.00
D.Littlefiel 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 4.63
V.Valentinet 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 29 0.75
T.Lown 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 33 4.76
E.Singleton 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 3.60
J.Brosnan LOSS(1-1) 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 3.71
Totals 12 1/3 13 7 1 4 5 1

Pirates (10-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Friend 5 9 5 1 1 4 0 75 3.86
B.Purkey BS(1st) 3 4 1 1 0 2 0 52 5.79
L.Arroyo 1 2/3 2 0 0 1 1 0 30 4.10
N.King 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00
R.Face WIN(2-0) 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 40 0.00
Totals 13 16 6 2 2 12 0

ATTENDANCE- 10,399 DATE- Tuesday, May 7th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Augie Donatelli, Ed Sudol, Hal Dixon, Larry Goetz
T- 3:44
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs:13 Pirates:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 3 Pirates: 2
ERRORS- J.Kindall, E.Banks, E.Winceniak-2, G.Baker-2, B.Mazeroski
DOUBLES- E.Banks(7th), R.Clemente(3rd), D.Groat(7th), H.Foiles(4th), B.Friend
TRIPLES- E.Banks(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Freese(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Thomas
SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Thomas
WALKS- L.Walls, B.Del Greco, B.Virdon, D.Groat, J.Powers-2
HIT BY PITCH- B.Speake, J.Powers
STRIKE OUTS- J.Kindall-2, E.Banks, B.Lennon, D.Long-3, W.Moryn-2, E.Winceniak-2,
C.Neeman, R.Clemente, F.Thomas, H.Foiles, D.Fondy, B.Skinner
GIDP- W.Moryn, J.Bolger, B.Virdon-2, F.Thomas
WILD PITCHES- T.Poholsky, R.Face
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Dick Groat robbed Cal Neeman of a base hit.
Top 12th: Gene Baker robbed Bobby Del Greco of a base hit.

# posted by Baseballville : 8:16 PM 0 comments

Don Drysdale moved his record to a perfect 3 and oh with a microscopic 0.68 era in 27 innings of work for the Brooklyn Dodgers. So far this year he has tossed 3 complete games one a 2 hitter, a second a three hitter and today with a five hitter...thats' ten hits in 27 innings of work. Pretty impressive, especially pitching at tiny Ebbetts Field.

# posted by Baseballville : 11:05 AM 0 comments

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1957 National League Date: 5/7/1957

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1957 CIN 13 5 F.Robinso CIN .471 F.Robinso CIN 9 C.Furillo BRN 19
1957 PHN 12 6 E.Bouchee PHN .434 W.Post CIN 6 F.Robinso CIN 18
1957 MLN 11 6 D.Groat PIN .405 OTHERS TIED W 5 C.Fernand PHN 18
1957 BRN 9 8 R.Ashburn PHN .383 S.Musial SLN 18
1957 PIN 9 9 A.Dark SLN .381 D.Long *** 16
1957 NYN 8 12
1957 SLN 6 10 WINS SAVES ERA
1957 CHN 3 15 D.Drysdal BRN 3 C.Labine BRN 2 D.Drysdal BRN 0.68
A.Fowler CIN 3 H.Freeman CIN 2 B.Buhl MLN 2.16
OTHERS TIED W 2 D.Gross CIN 2 R.Roberts PHN 2.70
M.Grissom NYN 2 V.Law PIN 2.95
N.King PIN 2 H.Haddix PHN 2.95

CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
F.Robinso CIN 10 W.Mays NYN 4 B.Lawrenc CIN 24
H.Sauer NYN 10 J.Temple CIN 2 R.Roberts PHN 22
C.Furillo BRN 9 R.Ashburn PHN 2 H.Haddix PHN 20
D.O'Conne MLN 7 C.Fernand PHN 2 J.Sanford PHN 20
R.Ashburn PHN 7 OTHERS TIED W 1 H.Wehmeie SLN 20

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CHN 2 at NYN 3 CIN-Jeffcoa(2-0, 5.09) at BRN-Podres(2-1, 4.87)
MLN 1 at BRN 10 SLN-Wehmeie(1-2, 5.06) at NYN-Miller(0-0, ----)
MLN-Spahn(2-2, 3.09) at PHN-Roberts(2-1, 2.70)
CHN-Drott(0-4,13.83) at PIN-Friend(2-3, 4.15)

WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
F.Robinson CIN .538 39 21 15 4 6 D.Drysdale BRN 18 7 2 6 14 1 200
D.Long CHN .370 27 10 12 2 4 D.Cardwell PHN 8 4 1 3 9 0 100
E.Banks CHN .343 35 12 7 9 3 B.Buhl MLN 17 12 3 6 12 1 100
E.Mathews MLN .406 32 13 5 8 2 R.Gomez NYN 17 16 4 2 12 2 200
D.Hoak CIN .342 38 13 7 4 4 A.Fowler CIN 11 11 1 4 3 0 300

WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Del Greco CHN .000 24 0 1 1 0 C.Simmons PHN 8 16 8 2 3 2 010
E.Winceniak CHN .167 24 4 2 1 0 S.Ridzik NYN 8 6 8 7 6 2 020
B.Smith SLN .194 36 7 4 0 0 B.Purkey PIN 7 11 6 5 3 1 020
B.Speake CHN .100 20 2 0 5 0 S.Jones SLN 10 14 8 5 6 1 020
S.Lopata PHN .200 35 7 1 5 0 L.McDaniel SLN 13 15 11 6 5 3 010

INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1957 National League

WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1957 Cincinnati CIN 13 5 .722 ---- 136 80 74 .519
1957 Philadelphia PHN 12 6 .667 1.0 77 77 .500
1957 Milwaukee MLN 11 6 .647 1.5 95 59 .617
1957 Brooklyn BRN 9 8 .529 3.5 84 70 .545
1957 Pittsburgh PIN 9 9 .500 4.0 62 92 .403
1957 New York NYN 8 12 .400 6.0 69 85 .448
1957 St. Louis SLN 6 10 .375 6.0 87 67 .565
1957 Chicago CHN 3 15 .167 10.0 62 92 .403

OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BRN 9 8 .529 8- 5 1- 3 0- 1 9- 7 1- 1 2- 1 6-4 Won 1
CHN 3 15 .167 2- 1 1-14 1- 2 2-13 2- 1 2- 6 3-7 Lost 1
CIN 13 5 .722 4- 2 9- 3 6- 3 7- 2 2- 0 3- 3 8-2 Won 7
MLN 11 6 .647 5- 1 6- 5 0- 1 11- 5 1- 0 7- 3 5-5 Lost 1
NYN 8 12 .400 4-10 4- 2 2- 3 6- 9 0- 3 6- 4 5-5 Won 1
PHN 12 6 .667 8- 5 4- 1 2- 1 10- 5 3- 2 6- 4 6-4 Won 5
PIN 9 9 .500 5- 6 4- 3 4- 3 5- 6 1- 0 2- 1 4-6 Lost 2
SLN 6 10 .375 4- 1 2- 9 1- 4 5- 6 0- 3 0- 6 2-8 Lost 3
TOTAL 71 71 .500

TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+
BRN 5- 6 4- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
CHN 2- 9 1- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
CIN 7- 5 6- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
MLN 8- 3 3- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
NYN 5- 8 3- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
PHN 7- 5 5- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
PIN 8- 4 1- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
SLN 4- 6 2- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0

WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:

TEAM BRN CHN CIN MLN NYN PHN PIN SLN
BRN - 2 0 1 0 1 3 2
CHN 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 2
CIN 0 2 - 2 3 2 2 2
MLN 1 3 4 - 0 0 2 1
NYN 1 2 0 2 - 3 0 0
PHN 1 3 0 0 5 - 1 2
PIN 4 0 0 1 3 0 - 1
SLN 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1957 National League Date: 5/7/1957

CHICAGO AT NEW YORK
Cubs............ 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 2
Giants.......... 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
Win:Gomez(2-1) Loss:Kaiser(0-3) Save:Grissom(2nd)
Homeruns- D.Long(4th)

Willie Mays had 2 base hits as the New York Giants outscored the Chicago Cubs
3 to 2.

New York wasted no time and took the lead in the first inning plating an
isolated run utilizing 2 base hits. After an out was recorded, Don Mueller
doubled. After another out, Hank Sauer stepped in and he drew a walk. Gail
Harris then reached on an error. Ozzie Virgil was up next and he stroked a
base-hit scoring the run. After the 4th inning, neither team was able to
score.

The winning pitcher was Ruben Gomez(2-1) who allowed 2 runs in 8 and 1/3
innings. Marv Grissom recorded the save, his 2nd. Don Kaiser(0-3) was the
loser.

MILWAUKEE AT BROOKLYN
Braves.......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1
Dodgers......... 1 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 10 14 1
Win:Drysdale(3-0) Loss:Burdette(1-2)
Homeruns- G.Cimoli(1st), S.Amoros(1st), C.Neal(1st)

Don Drysdale allowed Walter Alston to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete
game and Gino Cimoli had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated
the Milwaukee Braves 10 to 1 at Ebbets Field.

Brooklyn set the tone of the game in the first inning scoring one runner.
Brooklyn managed 14 in their victory.

The victory went to Drysdale(3-0) who went the distance allowing 1 run. Lew
Burdette(1-2) was charged with the loss. He was not very effective,
surrendering 7 runs in 2 innings.

1957 Chicago Cubs At 1957 New York Giants 5/6/1957

Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG
J.Kindall SS 4 0 0 0 .333 R.Schoendienst 2B 5 0 1 0 .292
E.Banks 3B 4 0 3 0 .288 D.Mueller RF 4 1 1 0 .286
L.Walls CF 4 1 1 0 .306 W.Mays CF 4 1 2 0 .325
D.Long 1B 4 1 2 2 .298 H.Sauer LF 3 1 1 0 .269
W.Moryn RF 4 0 1 0 .269 A-W.Lockman LF 0 0 0 0 .273
J.Bolger LF 3 0 2 0 .310 G.Harris 1B 2 0 0 0 .222
E.Winceniak 2B 3 0 0 0 .148 O.Virgil 3B 4 0 1 1 .326
C.Neeman C 3 0 0 0 .238 D.Spencer SS 4 0 1 1 .246
D.Kaiser P 2 0 0 0 .000 W.Westrum C 2 0 1 0 .094
B-E.Mickelson PH 1 0 0 0 .000 C-D.Rhodes PH 1 0 0 0 .143
E.Singleton P 0 0 0 0 .500 D-R.Katt C 0 0 0 0 .182
R.Gomez P 3 0 0 0 .000
M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 2 9 2 Totals 32 3 8 2

A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Sauer In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kaiser In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Westrum In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Rhodes In 9th Inning

Cubs............ 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 2
Giants.......... 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0

Cubs (3-15) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Kaiser LOSS(0-3) 7 8 3 2 4 2 0 122 8.53
E.Singleton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.50
Totals 8 8 3 2 4 2 0

Giants (8-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Gomez WIN(2-1) 8 1/3 9 2 2 0 3 1 113 4.40
M.Grissom SAVE(2nd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.86
Totals 9 9 2 2 0 3 1

ATTENDANCE- 7,871 DATE- Monday, May 6th 1957 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Tony Venzon, Dusty Burkhart, Hal Dixon, Shag Crawford
T- 2:39
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 3 Giants:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Giants: 3
ERRORS- J.Kindall, E.Singleton
DOUBLES- E.Banks(6th), J.Bolger(1st), D.Mueller(4th), W.Westrum(2nd)
HOME RUNS- D.Long(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Gomez
WALKS- H.Sauer, G.Harris-2, W.Westrum
STRIKE OUTS- J.Kindall, L.Walls, E.Mickelson, O.Virgil, W.Westrum
GIDP- L.Walls, J.Bolger, E.Winceniak, O.Virgil
WILD PITCHES- D.Kaiser
1957 Milwaukee Braves At 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers 5/6/1957

Braves AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG
D.O'Connell 2B 4 0 1 1 .314 J.Gilliam 2B 5 1 1 0 .188
H.Aaron RF 3 0 0 0 .250 G.Cimoli CF 5 3 4 2 .239
E.Mathews 3B 4 0 1 0 .377 S.Amoros LF 4 3 2 3 .200
J.Adcock 1B 4 0 0 0 .179 C.Furillo RF 5 0 3 1 .329
E-F.Torre 1B 0 0 0 0 .500 G.Hodges 1B 4 0 1 1 .265
B.Thomson LF 4 0 1 0 .152 R.Campanella C 3 1 1 0 .273
J.Logan SS 4 0 0 0 .297 B-R.Walker C 1 0 0 0 .125
B.Bruton CF 4 0 1 0 .333 D.Zimmer SS,3B 4 0 0 0 .234
D.Crandall C 3 0 0 0 .328 C.Neal 3B 3 1 1 2 .300
L.Burdette P 0 0 0 0 .100 D-P.Reese PR,SS 0 0 0 0 ----
A-W.Covington PH 1 1 1 0 .667 D.Drysdale P 4 1 1 0 .182
R.Murff P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-C.Sawatski PH 1 0 0 0 .000
R.Crone P 0 0 0 0 .000
F-C.Tanner PH 1 0 0 0 .400
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 1 5 1 Totals 38 10 14 9

A-Pinch Hit For Burdette In 3rd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Campanella In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Murff In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Neal In 7th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Adcock In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Crone In 9th Inning

Braves.......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1
Dodgers......... 1 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 10 14 1

Braves (11-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Burdette LOSS(1-2) 2 7 7 6 1 0 2 51 6.68
R.Murff 4 6 3 3 0 3 1 62 3.09
R.Crone 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 32 3.18
Totals 8 14 10 9 1 4 3

Dodgers (9-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Drysdale WIN(3-0) 9 5 1 1 3 6 0 148 0.68
Totals 9 5 1 1 3 6 0

ATTENDANCE- 17,605 DATE- Monday, May 6th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Lee Ballanfant, Lon Warneke, Bill Baker, Tony Venzon
T- 2:24
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 8 Dodgers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0 Dodgers: 0
ERRORS- H.Aaron, G.Hodges
DOUBLES- D.O'Connell(6th), B.Thomson(1st), W.Covington(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Cimoli(1st), S.Amoros(1st), C.Neal(1st)
WALKS- H.Aaron, D.Crandall, R.Murff, S.Amoros
HIT BY PITCH- C.Neal
STRIKE OUTS- D.O'Connell-2, J.Adcock, B.Thomson, J.Logan-2, J.Gilliam, S.Amoros,
R.Campanella, D.Zimmer

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