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Cincinnati Reds @ Milwaukee Braves

1955-09-04 · Day game · County Stadium · Att: 22888 · 2:20

Milwaukee Braves defeated Cincinnati Redlegs 5–2. Milwaukee Braves put up 2 in the 1st. Chet Nichols earned the win. Hank Aaron went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9
ML1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		5	8

W: Chet Nichols L: Johnny Klippstein SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: Artie Gore · 2B: Augie Donatelli · 3B: Hal Dixon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Temple	5	0	0	0	0	0
Hobie Landrith	3	0	1	0	1	2
Ted Kluszewski	4	0	1	0	0	1
Wally Post	4	1	3	1	0	0
Gus Bell	4	1	2	0	0	0
Chuck Harmon	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rocky Bridges	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roy McMillan	4	0	2	1	0	0
Johnny Klippstein	1	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Palys	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Mele	0	0	0	0	1	0
Matt Batts	1	0	0	0	0	0
Smoky Burgess	1	0	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Bruton	4	1	2	0	0	1
Danny O'Connell	3	1	1	1	0	0
Eddie Mathews	4	1	1	1	0	2
Hank Aaron	4	2	3	3	0	0
Johnny Logan	3	0	0	0	1	0
George Crowe	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	3	0	0	0	0	2
Del Crandall	3	0	0	0	0	1
Chet Nichols	3	0	1	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Klippstein	3.0	5	1	3
Jackie Collum	1.0	0	0	0
Joe Black	2.0	2	0	2
Bud Podbielan	2.0	1	0	1

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chet Nichols	9.0	9	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Temple: 43
Hobie Landrith: S
Ted Kluszewski: K
Wally Post: 54(1)/FO

Bot 1

Bill Bruton: S
Danny O'Connell: S6.1-2
Eddie Mathews: K+CS3(25)/DP
Hank Aaron: HR.1-H
Johnny Logan: 53

Top 2

Gus Bell: D
Chuck Harmon: 63
Rocky Bridges: 63
Roy McMillan: S.2-H
Johnny Klippstein: K

Bot 2

George Crowe: 43
Bobby Thomson: K
Del Crandall: K

Top 3

Johnny Temple: 63
Hobie Landrith: W
Ted Kluszewski: S.1-2
Wally Post: S7.2XH(72);1-2#
Gus Bell: 8/F

Bot 3

Chet Nichols: 4/P
Bill Bruton: T
Danny O'Connell: 9/SF.3-H
Eddie Mathews: HR
Hank Aaron: 13

Top 4

Chuck Harmon: 53
Rocky Bridges: 63
Roy McMillan: 23

Bot 4

Johnny Logan: W
George Crowe: PO1(E1).1-2#
George Crowe: 3/G
Bobby Thomson: 63
Del Crandall: 7/F

Top 5

Stan Palys: 8/F
Johnny Temple: 63
Hobie Landrith: K

Bot 5

Chet Nichols: S
Bill Bruton: 9/F
Danny O'Connell: BK.1-2
Danny O'Connell: 7/F
Eddie Mathews: K

Top 6

Ted Kluszewski: 13
Wally Post: S
Gus Bell: S.1-2
Chuck Harmon: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Rocky Bridges: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Hank Aaron: HR
Johnny Logan: 7/F
George Crowe: 8/F
Bobby Thomson: K

Top 7

Roy McMillan: 13
Sam Mele: W
Johnny Temple: 9/F
Hobie Landrith: K/C

Bot 7

Del Crandall: 63
Chet Nichols: 63
Bill Bruton: K

Top 8

Ted Kluszewski: 8/F
Wally Post: HR
Gus Bell: 9/F
Chuck Harmon: W
Rocky Bridges: 53

Bot 8

Danny O'Connell: 7/F
Eddie Mathews: 8/F
Hank Aaron: S
Johnny Logan: 7/F

Top 9

Roy McMillan: S
Matt Batts: 3/P
Johnny Temple: 3/FL
Smoky Burgess: 5/FL

Notes & reviews

Protest=V
Reds manager Birdie Tebbets protested the game when the umpires refuse to call Bill Bruton out for interference with Roy McMillan fielding Danny O'Connell's grounder

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