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Braves 7 @ Reds 6
Crosley Field
May 30, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Milwaukee Braves, played on May 30, 1955 at Crosley Field. The home team Reds were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMay 30, 1955 
Visiting Team
Milwaukee Braves
R: 7 H: 17 E: 1 LOB: 14
Runs: 7
Hits: 17
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 6 H: 12 E: 3 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherChet Nichols  
Losing PitcherHersh Freeman  
SaveRoberto Vargas  
Game Winning RBIGeorge Crowe 

Game Info

DateMay 30, 1955 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMilwaukee Braves 
Home TeamCincinnati Reds 
Visiting Starting PitcherWarren Spahn  
Home Starting PitcherArt Fowler  
BallparkCrosley Field 
CityCincinnati 
StateOH 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 9 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Engeln
1B: Babe Pinelli
2B: Dusty Boggess
3B: Tom Gorman

Milwaukee Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Bruton  Center Fielder 
Chuck Tanner  Right Fielder 
Hank Aaron  Second Baseman 
George Crowe  First Baseman 
Johnny Logan  Shortstop 
Bobby Thomson  Left Fielder 
Danny O'Connell  Third Baseman 
Del Crandall  Catcher 
Warren Spahn  Pitcher 
Charlie Grimm  Manager 

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Temple  Second Baseman 
Stan Palys  Left Fielder 
Gus Bell  Center Fielder 
Ted Kluszewski  First Baseman 
Wally Post  Right Fielder 
Smoky Burgess  Catcher 
Bobby Adams  Third Baseman 
Roy McMillan  Shortstop 
Art Fowler  Pitcher 
Birdie Tebbetts  Manager 

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Braves 7 @ Reds 6
Crosley Field
May 30, 1955

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         Game of 5/30/1955, game 1 -- Milwaukee at Cincinnati (N)

  Milwaukee          AB  R  H RBI    Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI
Bruton B, cf          5  1  2  0   Temple J, 2b          3  1  0  0   
Tanner C, rf-lf       6  0  2  0   Palys S, lf           5  3  2  1   
Aaron H, 2b           6  3  2  0   Bell G, cf            5  1  2  1   
Crowe G, 1b           5  2  3  2   Kluszewski T, 1b      5  0  2  2   
Logan J, ss           3  1  2  2   Post W, rf            5  1  2  0   
Thomson B, lf         4  0  1  1   Burgess S, c          4  0  1  1   
Mathews E, ph         0  0  0  0   Adams B, 3b           2  0  1  1   
Pafko A, pr-rf        0  0  0  0   Thurman B, ph         1  0  0  0   
O'Connell D, 3b       5  0  1  0   Bridges R, 3b         0  0  0  0   
Crandall D, c         4  0  2  0   Harmon C, ph-3b       1  0  1  0   
Spahn W, p            2  0  1  1   McMillan R, ss        3  0  0  0   
Buhl B, p             0  0  0  0   Fowler A, p           0  0  0  0   
Nichols C, p          0  0  0  0   Ridzik S, p           2  0  0  0   
Jolly D, p            0  0  0  0   Staley G, p           0  0  0  0   
Adcock J, ph          1  0  1  0   Borkowski B, ph       1  0  1  0   
Vargas R, p           0  0  0  0   Freeman H, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Jablonski R, ph       1  0  0  0   
                                   Klippstein J, p       0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  7 17  6                        38  6 12  6

Milwaukee        300 012 010 --  7
Cincinnati       110 002 200 --  6

  Milwaukee            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Spahn W*              5.0  6  4  4  1  3
Buhl B                1.1  2  2  2  1  0
Nichols C (W)         0.2  2  0  0  0  0
Jolly D               1.0  1  0  0  1  1
Vargas R (S)          1.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Fowler A              1.1  6  3  3  1  0
Ridzik S              4.0  7  3  2  2  1
Staley G              1.2  1  0  0  0  1
Freeman H (L)         1.0  2  1  1  1  0
Klippstein J          1.0  1  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 6th

E -- Aaron H, Bell G, Temple J 2
DP -- Milwaukee 1, Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Milwaukee 14, Cincinnati 9
2B -- Logan J, Palys S, Aaron H
3B -- Post W
HR -- Palys S
SH -- Buhl B, Logan J, McMillan R
SF -- Logan J
WP -- Ridzik S
T -- 3:09
A -- 0

    

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