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August 30, 1957

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Braves 6 7 0
Reds 3 8 1
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Braves 7 8 0
Reds 3 8 1

Wes Covington Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .280
OBP .333 .309
At Bats 3 232
Hits 1 65
• Singles 1 41
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 43

Raul Sanchez Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 2 5
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Crosley Field - August 30, 1957
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Home Run
Raul Sanchez
Ed Bailey
George Crowe
Johnny Temple
Don Hoak
Roy McMillan
Joe Taylor
Frank Robinson
Wally Post
Wes Covington
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Covington hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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Bottom 7 Hoak hits a popup towards short. Mantilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre fields it and throws to second for the out. Taylor moves to third.
Bottom 7 Don McMahon now pitching. Post strikes out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Aaron is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Mathews hits a line drive into left field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Raul Sanchez now pitching. Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Joe Nuxhall pinch runs for Ted Kluszewski. Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Don Gross. Kluszewski takes first base on ball four. Hoak moves to third. McMillan moves to second.
Bottom 6 McMillan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hoak moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bailey hits a fly ball into right field. Hazle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Crowe hits a popup towards short. Mantilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe juggles the ball. That's an error on Crowe. Mantilla scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Sawatski hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mantilla hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Taylor. Mantilla reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Hazle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops it up and throws to first, with Gross covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mantilla fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple moves to third.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Covington for the out.
Top 5 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Mathews strikes out.
Top 5 Torre strikes out.
Bottom 4 Gross strikes out.
Bottom 4 McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bailey hits a popup towards short. Mantilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Spahn hits a fly ball into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sawatski is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Post hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mantilla strikes out.
Top 3 Hazle takes first base on ball four. Covington moves to second.
Top 3 Covington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Aaron hits a line drive into left field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mathews hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Torre hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Don Gross now pitching. Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Spahn, and towards Mantilla, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Taylor takes first base on ball four. Hoak scores. Bailey moves to third. Whisenant moves to second.
Bottom 2 Temple hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pete Whisenant pinch hits for Bud Podbielan. Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre fields the ball and throws to Spahn covering. Safe. Crowe scores. Hoak moves to third. Bailey moves to second.
Bottom 2 McMillan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bailey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Crowe moves to third. Hoak moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Crowe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hazle. Crowe reaches second base with a double. Post goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Post hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sawatski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Mantilla hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hazle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Hazle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Covington strikes out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.