Friday, July 21, 2006

Game on Monday, August 5th, 1957



Don Drysdale pitched well but hit even better, slugging a grand slam in leading Flock with a win on return home from Western swing. His only problem was Willie Mays, who continued his hot bat with his 19th homerun and raising his average to .329



NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1957 National League                 Date: 8/6/1957
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1957 MLN  66  39    F.Robinso CIN .360  G.Crowe   CIN   32  D.Snider  BRN   88
1957 CIN  62  42    S.Musial  SLN .356  E.Banks   CHN   29  H.Aaron   MLN   76
1957 PHN  64  44    D.Groat   PIN .334  H.Aaron   MLN   28  G.Hodges  BRN   72
1957 BRN  60  44    E.Bouchee PHN .333  D.Snider  BRN   27  E.Mathews MLN   70
1957 PIN  52  54    W.Mays    NYN .329  F.Robinso CIN   26  E.Bouchee PHN   70
1957 SLN  42  62
1957 CHN  39  65    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1957 NYN  36  71    W.Spahn   MLN   14  C.Labine  BRN   17  W.Spahn   MLN 2.33
                    D.Gross   CIN   12  H.Freeman CIN   12  J.Podres  BRN 2.56
                    D.Drysdal BRN   11  M.Grissom NYN   12  H.Haddix  PHN 2.63
                    H.Jeffcoa CIN   11  R.Face    PIN   12  A.Worthin NYN 2.87
                    OTHERS TIED W   10  OTHERS TIED W   10  D.Drysdal BRN 2.91
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    C.Neal    BRN   13  W.Mays    NYN   30  H.Haddix  PHN  139
                    S.Musial  SLN    8  J.Gilliam BRN   16  J.Sanford PHN  117
                    W.Mays    NYN    7  C.Fernand PHN   13  M.Drabows CHN  106
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  OTHERS TIED W   11  D.Drott   CHN  106
                                                            D.Drysdal BRN  104
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
NYN  4  at  BRN  9  NYN-Barclay(5-9, 4.26) at BRN-Podres(8-7, 2.56)
                    CIN-Jeffcoa(11-5, 3.97) at MLN-Spahn(14-7, 2.33)
                    PHN-Sanford(6-10, 4.24) at PIN-Kline(4-9, 3.75)
                    CHN-Rush(7-4, 3.83) at SLN-Jones(4-9, 4.79)
 
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
E.Bailey      CIN .360 25  9  5  5  2  B.Trowbridge  MLN  9  3  0  1  7  0 000
W.Covington   MLN .333 33 11  8  4  3  B.Purkey      PIN 24 20  4  1 10  0 300
W.Mays        NYN .417 48 20 10  9  3  J.Brosnan     CHN 17  8  2  5 12  2 200
B.Speake      CHN .317 41 13 11  1  4  B.Buhl        MLN 24 20  6 14 14  2 210
F.Thomas      PIN .412 34 14  8  6  1  V.Law         PIN 18 15  5  2  8  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
R.SchoendienstMLN .167 42  7  2  1  0  L.Merritt     SLN  5  9  8  2  4  3 000
W.Lockman     NYN .135 37  5  2  3  0  W.Schmidt     SLN  5 11  7  1  1  0 000
E.Bressoud    NYN .120 25  3  1  3  0  D.Newcombe    BRN  6  6  6  4  2  1 010
R.Clemente    PIN .214 28  6  2  0  0  D.McDevitt    BRN  8 15  9  4  6  2 000
E.Kasko       SLN .162 37  6  2  3  0  R.Crone       NYN 15 27 11  8  5  2 020
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1957 National League
 
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#   ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1957 Milwaukee MLN           66  39  .629 ----    47         95      59   .617
1957 Cincinnati CIN          62  42  .596  3.5               80      74   .519
1957 Philadelphia PHN        64  44  .593  3.5               77      77   .500
1957 Brooklyn BRN            60  44  .577  5.5               84      70   .545
1957 Pittsburgh PIN          52  54  .491 14.5               62      92   .403
1957 St. Louis SLN           42  62  .404 23.5               87      67   .565
1957 Chicago CHN             39  65  .375 26.5               62      92   .403
1957 New York NYN            36  71  .336 31.0               69      85   .448
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BRN     60   44  .577 29-22 31-22  2- 2 58-42  3- 3 13-15     4-6     Won 1
CHN     39   65  .375 24-26 15-39  8-19 31-46  3- 8 15-24     4-6     Lost 1
CIN     62   42  .596 30-22 32-20 21-13 41-29  5- 6 20-19     5-5     Won 2
MLN     66   39  .629 32-21 34-18  8- 9 58-30  6- 6 23-15     5-5     Won 1
NYN     36   71  .336 17-36 19-35  8-20 28-51  5- 7 14-18     4-6     Lost 3
PHN     64   44  .593 29-24 35-20 13- 9 51-35 13- 4 21-15     6-4     Won 2
PIN     52   54  .491 21-33 31-21 13-17 39-37  7- 3 21-15     8-2     Won 1
SLN     42   62  .404 22-33 20-29 10-22 32-40  3- 8 16-22     5-5     Lost 2
TOTAL  421  421  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+
BRN      5- 6 19- 8 18-13 15-15  3- 2  0- 0 
CHN      2- 9  8-17 10-20 18-16  1- 3  0- 0 
CIN      7- 5 19- 9 16-16 17-10  3- 2  0- 0 
MLN      8- 3 19-10 18-14 19-11  2- 1  0- 0 
NYN      5- 8  8-20 12-19  9-20  2- 4  0- 0 
PHN      7- 5 17-12 21-10 17-14  2- 3  0- 0 
PIN      8- 4 10-16 18-17 14-16  2- 1  0- 0 
SLN      4- 6 10-18 13-17 12-19  3- 2  0- 0 
 
 
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM BRN CHN CIN MLN NYN PHN PIN SLN
BRN   -  10   8   8   7   6   7  14
CHN   8   -   5   3   9   5   7   2
CIN   9   5   -   4  15   9  10  10
MLN   8  10   6   -  11  10  12   9
NYN   3   8   4   7   -   4   4   6
PHN   5  14   9   9  10   -   7  10
PIN   6  10   7   7   8   3   -  11
SLN   5   8   3   1  11   7   7   -






NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1957 National League                Date: 8/6/1957
 
NEW YORK AT BROOKLYN
Giants.......... 1 1 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  4  8  1
Dodgers......... 1 2 5  0 0 0  1 0    -  9 14  2
Win:Drysdale(11-3) Loss:Crone(4-9)
Homeruns- W.Mays(19th), D.Drysdale(3rd)
 
Don Drysdale cleared the bases with his grand slam and he was able to finish
what he started and was credited with a complete game at Ebbets Field where
the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Giants 9 to 4.
 
It was a good day for Brooklyn thanks to Drysdale.  He delivered a single
resulting in a run in the 2nd inning and launched a Grand Slam homerun in the
3rd inning.  Brooklyn finished with 14 hits in the victory.  
 
Drysdale(11-3) allowed 4 runs on the game. Ray Crone(4-9) absorbed the loss.
He got hit pretty hard, allowing 10 hits and 3 walks in 3 innings.  
 
 






 1957 New York Giants At 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers              8/5/1957
 
  Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.O'Connell 2B      4  1  1  0 .250     J.Gilliam 2B        5  1  2  0 .240  
  W.Mays CF           4  2  3  1 .329     G.Cimoli CF         5  0  2  0 .223  
  R.Jablonski 3B      4  0  1  1 .308     E.Valo LF           5  0  2  1 .205  
  G.Harris 1B         4  0  1  1 .251     G.Hodges 1B         5  0  0  0 .318  
  H.Sauer LF          3  1  0  0 .191     C.Furillo RF        4  2  2  0 .297  
  D.Spencer SS        3  0  1  0 .240     R.Campanella C      1  2  0  0 .246  
  D.Rhodes RF         2  0  1  0 .182     R.Jackson 3B        3  2  2  1 .231  
  A.Worthington P     0  0  0  0 .000   C-D.Zimmer PR,3B      0  0  0  0 .234  
B-B.Thomson PH,RF     2  0  0  0 .200     C.Neal SS           4  1  2  1 .288  
  V.Thomas C          4  0  0  0 .234     D.Drysdale P        4  1  2  5 .143  
  R.Crone P           1  0  0  0 .037                                          
A-D.Mueller RF        2  0  0  0 .263                                          
  R.Gomez P           1  0  0  0 .161                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  4  8  3                 Totals      36  9 14  8
 
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Crone In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Worthington In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Jackson In 7th Inning
 
Giants.......... 1 1 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  4  8  1
Dodgers......... 1 2 5  0 0 0  1 0    -  9 14  2
 
Giants (36-71)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Crone LOSS(4-9)         3      10   8   3   3   2   1  84   4.65
A.Worthingto              3       2   0   0   0   1   0  33   2.87
R.Gomez                   2       2   1   1   1   3   0  37   5.12
Totals                    8      14   9   4   4   6   1
 
Dodgers (60-44)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Drysdale WIN(11-3)      9       8   4   3   2   5   1 117   2.91
Totals                    9       8   4   3   2   5   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 30,594 DATE- Monday, August 5th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ed Sudol, Hal Dixon, Larry Goetz, Augie Donatelli
T- 2:40
LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 5  Dodgers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 2  Dodgers: 3
ERRORS- D.Spencer, G.Hodges, C.Neal
DOUBLES- D.Spencer(27th)
TRIPLES- J.Gilliam(3rd)
HOME RUNS- W.Mays(19th), D.Drysdale(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- H.Sauer(1st), C.Neal(4th)
WALKS- H.Sauer, D.Spencer, R.Campanella-3, R.Jackson
STRIKE OUTS- H.Sauer, D.Rhodes, B.Thomson, V.Thomas-2, G.Cimoli, G.Hodges-2,
             C.Furillo, D.Drysdale-2
GIDP- R.Jablonski, D.Spencer, V.Thomas, G.Cimoli, E.Valo
PASSED BALLS- V.Thomas



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