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NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1957 National League                 Date: 5/16/1957
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1957 MLN  18   7    F.Robinso CIN .442  G.Crowe   CIN   11  D.Long    ***   24
1957 PHN  17   9    E.Bouchee PHN .415  F.Robinso CIN   10  G.Crowe   CIN   24
1957 CIN  15  10    S.Musial  SLN .398  H.Aaron   MLN    8  C.Fernand PHN   24
1957 BRN  14  10    R.Ashburn PHN .373  D.Zimmer  BRN    7  C.Furillo BRN   23
1957 PIN  11  14    D.Groat   PIN .356  E.Mathews MLN    7  F.Robinso CIN   23
1957 SLN   9  15
1957 NYN   9  18    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1957 CHN   7  17    G.Conley  MLN    5  M.Grissom NYN    3  D.Drysdal BRN 0.81
                    W.Spahn   MLN    4  OTHERS TIED W    2  G.Conley  MLN 1.48
                    OTHERS TIED W    3                      A.Worthin NYN 2.30
                                                            H.Haddix  PHN 2.37
                                                            B.Buhl    MLN 2.53
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    R.Ashburn PHN   15  J.Temple  CIN    4  B.Lawrenc CIN   38
                    C.Fernand PHN    9  W.Mays    NYN    4  R.Roberts PHN   31
                    H.Aaron   MLN    8  R.Ashburn PHN    3  H.Haddix  PHN   30
                    W.Moon    SLN    8  C.Fernand PHN    3  W.Spahn   MLN   29
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  D.Fondy   ***    3  R.Kline   PIN   27
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BRN  1  at  MLN  2  BRN-McDevit(0-0, ----) at CHN-Drabows(1-3, 5.47)
PHN  1  at  CIN  5  NYN-Miller(0-0, ----) at CIN-Jeffcoa(3-1, 3.66)
NYN  3  at  SLN  6  PIN-Friend(2-4, 4.14) at MLN-Spahn(4-2, 2.55)
                    PHN-Haddix(2-0, 2.37) at SLN-McDanie(0-2, 6.41)
 
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
G.Crowe       CIN .417 24 10  9  2  6  S.Maglie      BRN  9  0  0  0  3  0 100
H.Aaron       MLN .359 39 14  9  5  5  H.Haddix      PHN  9  3  1  0 10  0 100
S.Lopata      PHN .375 32 12 10  3  2  G.Conley      MLN 20 11  2  7 13  0 300
J.Adcock      MLN .269 26  7  4  3  3  J.Podres      BRN 17  8  1  4 14  1 110
D.Ennis       SLN .278 36 10 13  0  3  W.Spahn       MLN 18 15  3  2 16  1 200
 
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 .200 25  5  1  0  0  R.Murff       MLN  7 14 11  2  3  2 000
J.Gilliam     BRN .189 37  7  0  3  0  W.Hacker      CIN  8 10  9  2  3  3 020
G.Baker       PIN .200 25  5  2  0  0  L.Merritt     SLN  6  7  5  5  2  1 010
R.Clemente    PIN .212 33  7  1  2  0  H.Wehmeier    SLN  7 10  9  1  4  3 100
D.O'Connell   MLN .220 41  9  1  3  0  L.Burdette    MLN 10 18 10  6  1  2 110
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1957 National League
 
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#   ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1957 Milwaukee MLN           18   7  .720 ----   128         95      59   .617
1957 Philadelphia PHN        17   9  .654  1.5               77      77   .500
1957 Cincinnati CIN          15  10  .600  3.0               80      74   .519
1957 Brooklyn BRN            14  10  .583  3.5               84      70   .545
1957 Pittsburgh PIN          11  14  .440  7.0               62      92   .403
1957 St. Louis SLN            9  15  .375  8.5               87      67   .565
1957 New York NYN             9  18  .333 10.0               69      85   .448
1957 Chicago CHN              7  17  .292 10.5               62      92   .403
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BRN     14   10  .583  9- 6  5- 4  1- 1 13- 9  2- 1  3- 3     7-3     Lost 1
CHN      7   17  .292  5- 2  2-15  2- 2  5-15  2- 2  4- 7     5-5     Lost 1
CIN     15   10  .600  5- 3 10- 7  7- 3  8- 7  2- 0  4- 5     5-5     Won 1
MLN     18    7  .720  6- 2 12- 5  0- 1 18- 6  2- 1 10- 4     8-2     Won 1
NYN      9   18  .333  5-14  4- 4  2- 5  7-13  0- 3  6- 5     3-7     Lost 5
PHN     17    9  .654  8- 7  9- 2  3- 2 14- 7  4- 2  6- 4     7-3     Lost 1
PIN     11   14  .440  6-11  5- 3  4- 5  7- 9  2- 1  3- 1     3-7     Won 1
SLN      9   15  .375  6- 5  3-10  3- 7  6- 8  0- 4  1- 8     3-7     Won 2
TOTAL  100  100  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+
BRN      5- 6  9- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
CHN      2- 9  5- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
CIN      7- 5  8- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
MLN      8- 3 10- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
NYN      5- 8  4-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
PHN      7- 5 10- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
PIN      8- 4  3-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0 
SLN      4- 6  5- 9  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   2   3   1   3   2
CHN   0   -   3   0   1   0   1   2
CIN   1   2   -   2   3   3   2   2
MLN   2   3   4   -   0   2   2   5
NYN   1   2   0   2   -   3   0   1
PHN   1   3   1   0   5   -   5   2
PIN   4   2   0   1   3   0   -   1
SLN   1   3   1   0   3   0   1   -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1957 National League                Date: 5/16/1957
 

BROOKLYN AT MILWAUKEE
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  0
Braves.......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 1    -  2  7  0
Win:Conley(5-0) Loss:Labine(0-1)
Homeruns- H.Aaron-2(8th)
 
Hank Aaron smashed 2 homeruns and Gene Conley went 9 strong innings as the
Milwaukee Braves defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 2 to 1 at County
Stadium.
 
Conley(5-0) escaped virtually unscathed against the Brooklyn hitters.  He
allowed just 4 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings reducing his ERA from 1.69 to
1.48.  The Brooklyn offense proved no trouble in the 9th.  
 
Clem Labine(0-1) suffered the loss in relief.  He pitched 1 inning giving up 2
hits and no walks.
 
PHILADELPHIA AT CINCINNATI
Phillies........ 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  6  0
Redlegs......... 0 1 0  2 1 1  0 0    -  5  8  0
Win:Lawrence(3-3) Loss:Sanford(3-2)
Homeruns- H.Anderson(5th), G.Crowe-2(11th), D.Hoak(6th)
 
First baseman George Crowe ripped 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI and Brooks Lawrence
whiffed 10 batters at Crosley Field as the Cincinnati Redlegs beat the
Philadelphia Phillies 5 to 1.
 
Crowe enjoyed a fine evening at the plate.  He lofted a solo-blast 'downtown'
in the 2nd inning and smashed a solo-shot out of the park (his 11th of the
season) in the 4th inning.  Cincinnati managed 8 in their victory.
 
Lawrence(3-3) got the victory, allowing 1 run for the game. Jack Sanford(3-2)
absorbed the loss.  He allowed 3 homeruns in 6 innings of work.
 
'Everything felt great' Lawrence said. 'I had a good fastball, I felt I could
throw it by everybody tonight.'
 
NEW YORK AT ST. LOUIS
Giants.......... 0 0 1  1 1 0  0 0 0  -  3  9  0
Cardinals....... 0 5 0  1 0 0  0 0    -  6  8  0
Win:Davis(1-0) Loss:Antonelli(2-3) Save:Wilhelm(2nd)
Homeruns- W.Mays(2nd), G.Harris(6th), D.Blasingame(3rd)
 
At Sportsman's Park the St. Louis Cardinals outscored the New York Giants 6 to
3.
 
St. Louis brought 5 runs across the plate in the 2nd inning when they had 5
base hits.  The crucial at-bat was provided by Don Blasingame who thrilled
the crowd when he cleared the bases with a Grand Slam homerun (his 3rd of the
season).  St. Louis banged out 8 on the night.  
 
Jim Davis(1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 2 and 1/3 innings. Davis got
help from Hoyt Wilhelm who earned his 2nd save.  Johnny Antonelli(2-3)
suffered the loss.  He was knocked around by St. Louis, allowing 7 hits and 2
walks in 4 innings.  
 
 

1957 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1957 Milwaukee Braves 5/15/1957 Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG J.Gilliam 2B,LF 4 0 1 0 .188 D.O'Connell 2B 3 0 0 0 .280 P.Reese SS 4 0 1 0 .226 H.Aaron RF 4 2 2 2 .296 D.Snider CF 2 0 0 0 .244 E.Mathews 3B 3 0 1 0 .347 A-C.Neal 2B 2 0 0 0 .278 J.Adcock 1B 3 0 2 0 .213 C.Furillo RF 3 1 0 0 .280 B-F.Mantilla PR 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Hodges 1B 3 0 1 0 .292 C-F.Torre 1B 1 0 0 0 .214 S.Amoros LF,CF 2 0 1 1 .250 C.Tanner LF 4 0 2 0 .206 R.Campanella C 3 0 0 0 .276 J.Logan SS 4 0 0 0 .297 D.Zimmer 3B 3 0 0 0 .253 B.Bruton CF 3 0 0 0 .333 D.Drysdale P 2 0 0 0 .154 D.Crandall C 3 0 0 0 .322 D-R.Walker PH 1 0 0 0 .176 G.Conley P 2 0 0 0 .200 C.Labine P 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 29 1 4 1 Totals 30 2 7 2 A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Snider In 5th Inning B-Pinch Ran For Adcock In 6th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Mantilla In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Drysdale In 8th Inning Dodgers......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 Braves.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 0 Dodgers (14-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Drysdale 7 5 1 1 2 5 1 110 0.81 C.Labine LOSS(0-1) 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 22 2.25 Totals 8 7 2 2 2 5 2 Braves (18-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA G.Conley WIN(5-0) 9 4 1 1 2 8 0 131 1.48 Totals 9 4 1 1 2 8 0 ATTENDANCE- 15,908 DATE- Wednesday, May 15th 1957 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad UMPIRES- Dusty Boggess, Ed Sudol, Ken Burkhart, Frank Secory T- 1:44 LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 4 Braves: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0 Braves: 1 DOUBLES- G.Hodges(4th), S.Amoros(1st), J.Adcock-2(7th) HOME RUNS- H.Aaron-2(8th) STOLEN BASES- J.Gilliam(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- G.Conley WALKS- C.Furillo, S.Amoros, D.O'Connell, E.Mathews HIT BY PITCH- G.Hodges STRIKE OUTS- C.Furillo, G.Hodges, R.Campanella, D.Zimmer-2, D.Drysdale-2, R.Walker, H.Aaron-2, J.Logan, D.Crandall-2 GIDP- D.Snider WILD PITCHES- D.Drysdale PASSED BALLS- R.Campanella WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Jim Gilliam robbed Danny O'Connell of a Homerun!

1957 Philadelphia Phillies At 1957 Cincinnati Redlegs 5/15/1957 Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Redlegs AB R H RBI AVG R.Ashburn CF 4 0 1 0 .373 J.Temple 2B 3 1 0 0 .287 G.Hamner 2B 4 0 0 0 .216 W.Post RF 3 0 0 0 .222 C.Simmons P 0 0 0 0 .500 G.Bell CF 4 0 2 0 .210 H.Anderson LF 4 1 1 1 .190 F.Robinson LF 3 0 0 0 .442 E.Bouchee 1B 3 0 1 0 .415 G.Crowe 1B 3 2 2 3 .338 W.Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 .282 S.Burgess C 4 0 0 0 .143 S.Lopata C 3 0 2 0 .260 D.Hoak 3B 3 2 1 1 .322 B.Bowman RF 4 0 0 0 .318 R.McMillan SS 4 0 2 0 .321 C.Fernandez SS 4 0 1 0 .309 B.Lawrence P 4 0 1 1 .278 J.Sanford P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-T.Kazanski PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .286 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 1 6 1 Totals 31 5 8 5 A-Pinch Hit For Sanford In 7th Inning Phillies........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 Redlegs......... 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 - 5 8 0 Phillies (17-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Sanford LOSS(3-2) 6 6 5 5 4 1 3 109 4.84 C.Simmons 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 25 2.97 Totals 8 8 5 5 4 4 3 Redlegs (15-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Lawrence WIN(3-3) 9 6 1 1 2 10 1 133 4.01 Totals 9 6 1 1 2 10 1 ATTENDANCE- 18,645 DATE- Wednesday, May 15th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Jocko Conlan, Vinnie Smith, Frank Dascoli, Stan Landes T- 2:15 LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 7 Redlegs: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 0 Redlegs: 0 DOUBLES- E.Bouchee(10th), R.McMillan(3rd) HOME RUNS- H.Anderson(5th), G.Crowe-2(11th), D.Hoak(6th) STOLEN BASES- D.Hoak(2nd) WALKS- E.Bouchee, S.Lopata, W.Post, F.Robinson, G.Crowe, D.Hoak HIT BY PITCH- J.Temple STRIKE OUTS- R.Ashburn-2, G.Hamner, H.Anderson, W.Jones-2, B.Bowman, C.Fernandez, J.Sanford-2, F.Robinson, G.Crowe, S.Burgess, B.Lawrence

1957 New York Giants At 1957 St. Louis Cardinals 5/15/1957 Giants AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 0 0 .274 D.Blasingame 2B 4 1 1 4 .308 D.Rhodes RF,LF 2 1 1 0 .167 A.Dark SS 4 0 0 0 .337 C-W.Lockman LF 1 0 0 0 .231 S.Musial 1B 3 0 0 0 .398 W.Mays CF 4 1 3 2 .309 E-T.Alston 1B 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Sauer LF 2 0 1 0 .238 D.Ennis RF 4 0 0 0 .248 B-D.Mueller RF 2 0 0 0 .293 K.Boyer 3B 3 0 1 0 .228 G.Harris 1B 4 1 3 1 .229 W.Moon LF 3 1 1 0 .272 R.Katt C 4 0 1 0 .229 H.Smith C 3 1 1 0 .291 D.Spencer SS 4 0 0 0 .220 B.Smith CF 3 2 2 1 .250 O.Virgil 3B 4 0 0 0 .288 S.Jones P 0 0 0 0 .286 J.Antonelli P 2 0 0 0 .048 A-E.Kasko PH 1 1 1 0 .429 A.Worthington P 1 0 0 0 .000 W.Schmidt P 1 0 1 1 .286 F-B.Taylor PH 1 0 0 0 .091 J.Davis P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-J.King PH 1 0 0 0 .000 H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 30 6 8 6 A-Pinch Hit For Jones In 2nd Inning B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Sauer In 3rd Inning C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Rhodes In 5th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Davis In 7th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Musial In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Worthington In 9th Inning Giants.......... 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 Cardinals....... 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 0 Giants (9-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Antonelli LOSS(2-3) 4 7 6 6 2 1 1 66 6.46 A.Worthingto 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 52 2.30 Totals 8 8 6 6 2 3 1 Cardinals (9-15) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Jones 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 33 5.63 W.Schmidt 2 2/3 5 3 3 0 3 2 49 6.75 J.Davis WIN(1-0) 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 22 3.37 H.Wilhelm SAVE(2nd) 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 34 4.76 Totals 9 9 3 3 1 9 2 ATTENDANCE- 14,589 DATE- Wednesday, May 15th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Lee Ballanfant, Jocko Conlan, Lon Warneke, Vic Delmore T- 2:09 LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 6 Cardinals: 2 DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 2 Cardinals: 1 DOUBLES- W.Mays(6th) TRIPLES- D.Rhodes(1st), B.Smith(2nd) HOME RUNS- W.Mays(2nd), G.Harris(6th), D.Blasingame(3rd) WALKS- D.Rhodes, S.Musial, K.Boyer STRIKE OUTS- H.Sauer, G.Harris, R.Katt-2, O.Virgil-3, J.Antonelli, A.Worthington, S.Musial, K.Boyer, W.Moon GIDP- D.Spencer, D.Blasingame, W.Moon WILD PITCHES- A.Worthington

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