Baseball Historians

September 29, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 4, Reds 3  (95-59)
The Braves finished their regular season with an exciting win over the Reds.  Neither team scored until the seventh inning when Del Rice drew a bases loaded walk to push home the first run of the game.  The Braves added a second run in the bottomo […]

September 28, 1957 at County Stadium
Reds 6, Braves 0  (94-59)
Reds starter Johnny Klippstein had a career day as he held the Braves to just one hit and Warren Spahn was roughed up in his final start before the World Series.  Bob Hazle broke up the no-hitter with two outs in the eighth inning with a single […]

September 26, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 2, Reds 1  (94-58)
Lew Burdette did a nice job on the mound in his final tune up start before the World Series.  He improved to 17-9 and he gave up one run on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts in the complete game win.
The Braves scored both […]

September 16, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 5, Philies 1  (86-57)
The Braves ended their three game skid as they finally got their bats going in a nice offensive display.,  Del Rice hit his eighth homer of the season and he drove in two runs while Johnny Logan had a team high three hits and he scored […]

September 15, 1957 at County Stadium
Phillies 3, Braves 2  (85-57)
The Braves lost their third straight game and for the eighth time in eleven games and what was at one point an 8 1/2 game lead was now just 2 1/2 games.  The Braves jumped out to a 2-0 lead but the Phillies kept in it […]

September 14, 1957 at County Stadium
Dodgers 7, Braves 1  (85-56)
It’s a good thing the Braves built up a nice lead because at September was close to hitting the half way point, the Braves had lost seven of their last ten games and an 8 1/2 game lead then was now just four games.  Once again, […]

September 13, 1957 at County Stadium
Dodgers 5, Braves 1  (85-55)
The Braves were held in check once again at the plate as they managed just a single run on five hits.  It was the third straight game the Braves had scored two runs or less and the lone run was driven in by Johnny Logan with […]

September 12, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 2, Dodgers 1  (85-54)
The Braves were outhit 7-4 but they made them count as they won a controversial game in the bottom of the ninth.  With the game tied 1-1, Johnny Logan led off with a single and then Wes Covington hit into what could have been a double […]

September 10, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 4, Pirates 3  (84-53)
Hank Aaron belted his 40th homerun of the season as the Braves tried to get back on track with a win over the Pirates.  It was the first time the young centerfielder had hit 40 in a season.  Eddie Mathews had the big day at the […]

September 8, 1957 at County Stadium
Cubs 5, Braves 3  (83-53)
The Braves once again just couldn’t seem to get on track and while they scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to send the game in extra innings, Ernie Johnson gave up two runs in the top of the tenth as the Braves lost […]

September 7, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 7, Cubs 2  (83-52)
The Braves ended their three game losing streak as they got a three run blast in the third inning from Wes Covington which they never looked back from.  The homerun was the beginning of a five run inning.  The Andy Pafko added two runs in the […]

September 6, 1957 at County Stadium
Cubs 5, Braves 4  (82-52)
It wasn’t a sweet homecoming as the Cubs came to Milwaukee and handed the Braves their third straight defeat.  A three run lead turned into a 5-3 deficit in a hurry as Bob Trowbridge was tagged for five runs in just the seventh inning.  Trowbridge fell […]