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Milwaukee Braves @ Chicago Cubs

1957-05-24 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 6487 · 2:45

Chicago Cubs defeated Milwaukee Braves 5–1. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 4th. Moe Drabowsky earned the win. Frank Ernaga went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Moe Drabowsky L: Warren Spahn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Jackowski · 1B: Shag Crawford · 2B: Tony Venzon · 3B: Lee Ballanfant · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny O'Connell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Aaron	5	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Mathews	4	1	3	0	1	0
Joe Adcock	5	0	1	1	0	2
Chuck Tanner	3	0	0	0	2	0
Johnny Logan	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Bruton	4	0	1	0	0	1
Del Crandall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Warren Spahn	2	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Torre	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Sawatski	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Cole	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Morgan	3	0	2	0	1	1
Lee Walls	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ernie Banks	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dale Long	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Bolger	4	2	2	1	0	0
Frank Ernaga	3	2	2	2	1	0
Cal Neeman	3	0	1	2	0	0
Jack Littrell	3	0	1	0	0	1
Moe Drabowsky	3	0	0	0	0	2

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	5.0	6	2	4
Red Murff	2.0	3	0	3
Dave Jolly	1.0	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Moe Drabowsky	9.0	9	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Danny O'Connell: 43
Hank Aaron: 9
Eddie Mathews: W
Joe Adcock: D9.1-H;B-3(TH)
Chuck Tanner: W
Johnny Logan: K

Bot 1

Bobby Morgan: D8/8XD
Lee Walls: 43/SH/B.2-3
Ernie Banks: 8
Dale Long: 7

Top 2

Bill Bruton: K
Del Crandall: 63
Warren Spahn: S8
Danny O'Connell: 9/L

Bot 2

Jim Bolger: 31
Frank Ernaga: HR/7D
Cal Neeman: 7
Jack Littrell: D7
Moe Drabowsky: K

Top 3

Hank Aaron: 8
Eddie Mathews: S8
Joe Adcock: K/C
Chuck Tanner: W.1-2
Johnny Logan: 3/FL

Bot 3

Bobby Morgan: W
Lee Walls: K+CS2(24)/DP
Ernie Banks: W
Dale Long: 8/8XD

Top 4

Bill Bruton: 13
Del Crandall: 8
Warren Spahn: 8

Bot 4

Jim Bolger: S8/G
Frank Ernaga: T8/78D.1-H
Cal Neeman: 7/SF.3-H
Jack Littrell: K
Moe Drabowsky: 8

Top 5

Danny O'Connell: 13
Hank Aaron: S1/L
Eddie Mathews: 13.1-2
Joe Adcock: 63

Bot 5

Bobby Morgan: S6/G
Lee Walls: K
Ernie Banks: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Chuck Tanner: 53
Johnny Logan: W
Bill Bruton: 6/P
Del Crandall: S7.1-2
Frank Torre: HP.2-3;1-2
Carl Sawatski: 5/FL

Bot 6

Dale Long: D7/7LD
Jim Bolger: S9.2-H;B-2(TH)
Frank Ernaga: 6/P
Cal Neeman: S7.2-H
Jack Littrell: 16(1)/FO
Moe Drabowsky: K

Top 7

Hank Aaron: 3/P
Eddie Mathews: S8
Joe Adcock: 7
Chuck Tanner: 7

Bot 7

Bobby Morgan: K
Lee Walls: 3/P
Ernie Banks: K

Top 8

Johnny Logan: 6/P
Bill Bruton: D7
Del Crandall: 53.2-2
Dick Cole: S8.2-3
Bobby Thomson: K

Bot 8

Dale Long: 8
Jim Bolger: 6/P
Frank Ernaga: W
Cal Neeman: 8

Top 9

Hank Aaron: 63
Eddie Mathews: S6
Joe Adcock: K/C
Chuck Tanner: 43

Notes & reviews

Frank Ernaga homered in his first ML at bat

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