Baseball Historians

August 4, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 9, Dodgers 7 (62-42)
The Braves got back on track and after the Cardinals split their doubleheader with the Phillies, the Braves now sat just a game back of first place in the National League.  Hank Aaron was one of four Braves to go yard but Aaron’s three run shot [...]

August 3, 1957 at County Stadium
Dodgers 7, Braves 1  (61-42)
Lew Burdette fell to 9-7 on the season with a tough start as the Braves five game winning streak came to an end.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks with one strikeout in 7 1/3 innings.
Del Crandall drove in the lone [...]

August 2, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 1, Dodgers 0  (61-41)
The Braves won their fifth game as Gene Conley got the better end of a pitcher’s duel with the Dodgers.  He gave up just four hits and five walks with three strikeouts in the complete game shutout.
Johnny Logan was three for three and he scored the [...]

July 31, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 4, Pirates 2  (60-41)
The Braves finished up the month of July with a four game winning streak and this time, it was Bob Buhl who got it done on the mound.  He improved to 13-6 and he gave up two runs (one earned) on eight hits and two walks [...]

July 30, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 5, Pirates 2  (59-41)
Lew Burdette improved to 9-6 on the season with a solid start as the Braves won their third straight game.  He gave up just two runs on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts in the complete game win.
Johnny Logan singled twice, drew a walk and [...]

June 30, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 7, Pirates 4  (41-29)
The Braves made it five straight as they won the first game of a doubleheader with the Pirates.  Hank Aaron hit homerun number 22 with a solo shot in the first inning.  Carl Sawatski also had a nice game and he went two for four with [...]

June 29, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 13, Pirates 6  (40-29)
Just about every Braves hitter made a contribution their fourth straight win but Hank Aaron was a notch above the rest as the Braves blewout the Pirates in their series opener.  Aaron went two for four with his 21st homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Eddie [...]

June 28, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 4, Dodgers 2  (39-29)
Warren Spahn bounced back from a tough start his last time out to hold the Dodgers in check for the Braves third straight win.  He gave up two runs on five hits and one walk with six strikeouts in the complete game win.  The solid outing [...]

June 27, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 2, Dodgers 1  (38-29)
Bob Buhl threw a gem of a game as he ended up on the better of a 2-1 pitcher’s duel with Dodgers starter Don Drysdale.  Buhl gave up one run on four hits and six walks with six strikeouts in the complete game.  The win pushed [...]

June 26, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 13, Dodgers 9  (37-29)
Eddie Mathews had a huge day at the plate as the Braves ended their two game skid with a dramatic comeback that saw the Braves scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.  Mathews went three for five with two homeruns, five RBIs and three [...]

June 25, 1957 at County Stadium
Dodgers 2, Braves 0  (36-29)
The Braves couldn’t get anything going at the plate as they lost to the Dodgers in their series opener.  Four different Braves picked up a single a piece and not one of their ten baserunners crossed the plate.
It’s too bad because a nice start by Lew [...]

June 22, 1957 at County Stadium
Phillies 4, Braves 2  (34-27)
The Braves slide continued as they lost their third straight game and they lost for the sixth time in seven games.  Bob Trowbridge took the loss and he fell to 2-1 on the season.  He gave up three runs on three hits and three walks with [...]

June 21, 1957 at County Stadium
Phillies 6, Braves 1  (34-26)
The Braves lost for the fifth time in six games as Lew Burdette was roughed up in the Braves series opener aginst the Phillies.  Burdette gave up five runs on ten hits and three walks with two strikeouts in five innings.  The loss dropped his record [...]

June 20, 1957 at County Stadium
Giants 4, Braves 3  (34-25)
Taylor Phillies gave up a run to the Giants in the top of the twelth inning as the Braves lost for the fourth time in five games.  Phillips fell to 2-2 on the season with the loss.
Bill Bruton was the hitting star in the loss.  He [...]

June 19, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 6, Giants 0  (34-24)
Bob Buhl improved to 7-2 on the season with a fantastic start that ended the Braves three game losing streak.  He gave up four hits and four walks with six strikeouts in the complete game shutout.
Hank Aaron went yard with his nineteenth homerun of the season.  [...]

June 18, 1957 at County Stadium
Giants 5, Braves 4  (33-24)
A pair of errors led to three unearned runs as Warren Spahn dropped to 7-4 in a tough start.  He gave up five runs in total (two earned) on four hits and four walks with one strikeouts in five innings.
Hank Aaron went three for four with a [...]

June 15, 1957 at Connie Mack Stadium
Braves 7, Philles 2 (32-21)
Hank Aaron belted his eighteenth homerun of the season as the Braves took care of the Phillies for their third straight win.  Bobby Thomson went four for five with two RBIs and Del Rice went three for five with a homerun, two runs and two [...]

June 14, 1957 at Connie Mack Stadium
Braves 10, Phillies 2 (31-21)
Hank Aaron led a ten run, thirteen hit attack as the Braves took their series opener against the Phillies.  He went three for five with his seventeenth homerun and four RBIs.  Johnny Logan went three for five with two runs and two RBIs.
Lost in all [...]

June 13, 1957 at Ebbets Field
Braves 8, Dodgers 5  (30-21)
Bill Bruton had a huge day at the plate as the Braves took care of the Dodgers.  He homered twice and drove in three runs while Carl Sawatski went three for four with a homerun, two doubles, four RBIs and two runs.
Bob Trowbridge improved to 2-0 [...]

June 12, 1957 at Ebbets Field
Dodgers 11, Braves 9  (29-21)
Nine runs usually gets it done and while that’s what the Braves hitters put on the board, it wasn’t enough as Gene Conley and Lew Burdette were pummelled for nine runs in the first two innings.  Conley took the loss and he fell to 0-4.  Burdette [...]

June 11, 1957 at Ebbets Field
Braves 7, Dodgers 2  (29-20)
Bobby Thomson led the Braves at the plate as they took their second straight game in Brooklyn.  The leftfielder went two for four with his fourth homerun and four RBIs.  Bill Bruton went three for five with two runs while Hank Aaron went two for four [...]

June 10, 1957 at Roosevelt Stadium
Braves 3, Dodgers 1  (28-20)
Bob Buhl improved to 5-2 on the season with an impressive start in the Braves win in their opener in Brooklyn.  Buhl gave up just one run on four hits and six walks with five strikeouts in the complete game win.
Eddie Mathews belted a two run shot [...]

June 9, 1957 at Forbes Field
Braves 2, Pirates 1 (27-19)
The Braves took care of the Pirates in the first game of their doubleheader, although they did need eleven innings to do it.  Bob Trowbridge was impressive in his first start of the season and he picked up the win.  He gave up just one run [...]

June 7, 1957 at Forbes Field
Braves 5, Pirates 0  (26-19)
Warren Spahn improved to 6-3 on the season with an impressive start as the Braves kicked off their series with the Pirates.  He gave up seven hits and one walk with two strikeouts in a complete game shutout, his second shutout of the season.
Joe Adcock doubled [...]

June 6, 1957 at the Polo Grounds
Giants 2, Braves 0  (25-19)
The Braves had a rough time getting anything going at the plate as they were held to just four hits in a shutout loss to the Giants.  Eddie Mathews was the only Braves hitter to even reach base twice and he did it with two [...]

June 5, 1957 at the Polo Grounds
Braves 9, Giants 8  (25-18)
The Braves used the long ball to peak effectiveness as they took care of the Giants on the road.  Joe Adcock and Ernie Johnson each had big blasts with two runners on base while Bobby Thomson went deep with a solo shot.
Ernie Johnson picked up starter [...]

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 [...]