Baseball Historians

May 31, 1957 at County Stadium
Cardinals 4, Braves 3  (23-16)
Hank Aaron had a part in all three of the Braves runs in their 4-3 loss to the Cardinals.  He tripled, drove in two runs and scored one in the loss.  Bobby Thomson finished with two hits and he drove in a run.
Juan Pizarro took the […]

May 30, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 5, Cubs 2  (23-14)
The Braves won their third straight game the front end of a double header againt the Cubs.  Ray Crone picked up the win with a nice start.  He gave up two runs on eight hits and two walks with five strikeouts in a complete game.
Bill Bruton […]

May 29, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 6, Cubs 2  (22-14)
Bob Buhl improved to 3-1 on the season with a nice start against the Reds.  He gave up two runs on four hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in a complete game.
Felix Mantilla went three for four with a run and an RBI.  Bill Bruton had […]

May 28, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 1, Reds 0  (21-14)
Warren Spahn had a tough patch the past couple of weeks but he bounced back with an eight hit shutout win over the Reds.  He struck out two and he didn’t walk anyone.
Joe Torre drove home the only run of the game.  He singled home Bobby […]

May 27, 1957 at County Stadium
Reds 11, Braves 6  (20-14)
It’s hard to believe that this was a 2-1 game heading into the eighth but both teams put a bunch of runs on the board.  The Reds finally put themselves over the top and they scored five runs off of Ernie Johnson in the tenth inning.
Lew […]

May 26, 1957 at Wrigley Field
Cubs 7, Braves 5  (20-12)
The Braves lost the front end of their doubleheader to the Cubs with some rough pitching.  Gene Conley dropped to 0-2 and he gave up three runs in just two innings in his start.  Taylor Phillips gave up four runs in five innings of relief.
Chuck Tanner […]

May 25, 1957 at Wrigley Field
Braves 7, Cubs 6  (20-11)
The Braves came from behind to beat the Cubs 7-6 and Joe Adcock led the way at the plate.  He went three for three with a homerun, two walks, two RBIs and two runs.  Johnny Logan also had a nice game.  He went three for three […]

May 24, 1957 at Wrigley Field
Cubs 5, Braves 1  (19-11)
While Warren Spahn wasn’t lights out, it wasn’t his worst start in the past couple of weeks.  Regardless, he lost his second game of the season and he gave up three runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in five innings.
Joe Adcock doubled […]

May 22, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 4, Phillies 3  (19-10)
Chuck Tanner hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the thirteenth inning to win this one for the Braves.  Eddie Mathews provided most of the offense prior to that.  He went two for five with his seventh homerun and seven RBIs.
Lew Burdette had a rough […]

May 21, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 1, Phillies 1  (18-10)
The Braves and Phillies couldn’t finish their game because of the weather and after five full innings, the game ended in a tie.  Gene Conley actually did it all in this one.  He drove in the only run and then he held the Phillies to a […]

May 19, 1957 at County Stadium
Giants 6, Braves 3  (18-10)
Red Murff gave up three late runs to the Giants and he took the loss in a tough outing.  He gave up five hits and two walks with a strikeout.  Bob Buhl threw seven solid innings in his start but he left with the game tied.  […]

May 14, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 3, Dodgers 2  (17-7)
It wasn’t pretty but the Braves won their third straight behind a shaky game by Bob Buhl.  He only gave up two runs on five hits, but he walked nine in 6 2/3 innings.  The win pushes his record to 2-1 on the season.
Hank Aaron went […]

May 12, 1957 at Busch Stadium
Braves 4, Cardinals 2  (15-7)
The Brves got a nice start from Lew Burdette in the first game of their doubleheader with the Cardinals.  He gave up two runs on six hits and one walk with one strikeout in nine innings. 
Hank Aaron provided most of the offense. He went two for […]

May 11, 1957 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 8, Braves 7  (14-7)
Warren Spahn gave up seven runs in 6 2/3 innings and while he didn’t take the loss, it was his second tough start in a row.  Ray Crone gave up the winning run in the bottom of the tenth and he took the loss.
Hank Aaron hit […]

May 10, 1957 at Busch Stadium
Braves 10, Cardinals 5  (14-6)
Johnny Logan had a huge day at the plate in the Braves 10-5 win over the Cardinals. He went four for four with a homerun and five RBIs to almost single handedly provide enough offense to win the game.  Eddie Mathews also had a nice game […]

May 8, 1957 at Connie Mack Stadium
Phillies 2, Braves 1  (13-6)
The Braves were held to one run on seven hits in their 2-1 loss to the Phillies.  Johnny Logan was the only Brave with two hits in the game and he also scored their only run.
Gene Conley had a pretty good start but he dropped […]

May 7, 1957 at Connie Mack Stadium
Phillies 8, Braves 4  (13-5)
Warren Spahn lost his first start of the season and he dropped to 4-1 in four tough innings.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks with one strikeout.
Hank Aaron went two for four with a triple, a run and an RBI.  Joe […]

May 6, 1957 at Ebbets Field
Dodgers 5, Braves 4  (13-4)
Gino Cimoli homered off of reliever Red Murff in the bottom of the fourteenth inning as the Braves lost a long one to the Dodgers  Lew Burdette threw what now an unheard of twelve innings and he gave up four runs on eleven hits and six […]

May 4, 1957 at Forbes Field
Pirates 1, Braves 0  (12-3)
A really nice start by Juan Pizarro was wasted in the Braves 1-0 loss.  He gave up just one run on seven hits and one walk with six strikeouts in seven innings.
The Braves picked up just two hits in the loss.  Hank Aaron was the only […]

May 3, 1957 at Forbes Field
Brewers 8, Pirates 7   (12-2)
Gene Conley gave up three runs in the seventh and Taylor Phillips gave up three in the ninth as the Pirates came back from a six run deficit to tie it.  Fortunately, Bobby Thomson singled home Hank Aaron in the eleventh to win it 8-7.  Aaron […]

May 2, 1957 at Forbes Field
Braves 8, Pirates 5  (11-2)
Lew Burdette gave up three ninth inning runs to blow a three run lead but he still picked up the win because the Braves rallied for three runs in the tenth to win it.  Burdette improved to 3-1 and he gave up five runs on eleven hits […]

May 1, 1957 at the Polo Grounds
Braves 5, Giants 1  (10-2)
The Brewers rallied for four runs in the tenth inning to beat the Giants 5-1.  Warren Spahn was great in his ten inning start. He didn’t give up a run until the ninth and he gave up just eight hits and four walks with four […]