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Crosley Field, Attendance: 25,986 |
Sunday, August 19, 1956 Time of Game: 2:20 |
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Braves
3
69-45
Won 1
1st
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Braves 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 5 0
Reds 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1
W: Warren Spahn (14-9), L: Tom Acker (2-3) |
Reds
1
68-49
Lost 1
3rd, 2½ GB
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Milwaukee Braves AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details D O'Connell 2B 3 0 1 0 1 2 .255 .717 4 1 J Logan SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 .273 .760 5 5 SB H Aaron RF 4 1 1 2 0 0 .334 .943 4 0 HR E Mathews 3B 3 1 1 1 1 1 .257 .871 0 3 HR J Adcock 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .295 .981 6 2 F Torre 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 .593 2 0 B Thomson CF-LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .241 .731 1 0 A Pafko LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .611 1 0 SH B Bruton CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .291 .763 0 0 D Rice C 3 0 0 0 1 0 .222 .617 4 0 W Spahn P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .491 0 3 GDP Totals 31 3 5 0 3 8 27 14
Cincinnati Reds AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details J Temple 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .280 .677 1 1 GDP F Robinson CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .287 .933 3 0 GDP B Thurman LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .328 .990 3 0 T Kluszewski 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 .310 .932 4 0 HR W Post RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .243 .791 2 0 GDP E Bailey C 3 0 1 0 1 1 .306 .930 11 0 A Grammas 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .218 .552 1 2 S Palys PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255 .716 0 0 R Bridges 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .657 0 0 R McMillan SS 2 0 1 0 1 0 .272 .717 2 2 IW J Nuxhall P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174 .552 0 0 T Acker P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .077 0 1 GDP R Jablonski PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .253 .761 0 0 H Jeffcoat PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 .354 0 0 H Freeman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .231 0 0 Totals 31 1 8 0 2 3 27 6
Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA W Spahn, W (14-9) 9 8 1 1 2 3 1 2.74 33 - · · 11· 9· 1· 8 68 - 1.38 0.46 Totals 9 8 1 1 2 3 1 33 - · · 11· 9· 1· 8 -
Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA J Nuxhall 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.61 1 - · · 0· 0· 0· 1 48 - 0.87 -0.04 T Acker, L (2-3) 8 4 3 3 3 7 2 2.60 31 - · · 6·12· 2· 3 1-0 1.16 -0.02 H Freeman 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.96 3 - · · 0· 2· 0· 0 0-0 0.27 0.02 Totals 9 5 3 3 3 8 2 35 - · · 6·14· 2· 4 1-0
Milwaukee Braves Cincinnati Reds 1. Danny O'Connell 2B 1. Johnny Temple 2B 2. Johnny Logan SS 2. Frank Robinson CF 3. Hank Aaron RF 3. Bob Thurman LF 4. Eddie Mathews 3B 4. Ted Kluszewski 1B 5. Joe Adcock 1B 5. Wally Post RF 6. Bobby Thomson CF 6. Ed Bailey C 7. Andy Pafko LF 7. Alex Grammas 3B 8. Del Rice C 8. Roy McMillan SS 9. Warren Spahn P 9. Joe Nuxhall P
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| t8 | 1 | 1-- | RR | 35% | 85% | 1-1 | MLN | H. Aaron | T. Acker | Home Run; Logan Scores | |
| b9 | 0 | 12- | OO | 28% | 95% | 1-3 | CIN | W. Post | W. Spahn | Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B; Thurman to 3B | |
| t6 | 1 | --- | R | 17% | 47% | 0-1 | MLN | E. Mathews | T. Acker | Home Run | |
| b8 | 0 | 1-- | OO | 15% | 91% | 1-3 | CIN | J. Temple | W. Spahn | Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B | |
| b5 | 0 | --- | R | -14% | 29% | 0-0 | CIN | T. Kluszewski | W. Spahn | Home Run |
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| Top of the 1st, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Reds' Joe Nuxhall facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t1 | 0 | --- | 3% | 53% | 0-0 | MLN | D. O'Connell | J. Nuxhall | Single to P | ||
| Tom Acker replaces Joe Nuxhall pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t1 | 0 | 1-- | O | -3% | 50% | 0-0 | MLN | J. Logan | T. Acker | Popfly: LF | |
| t1 | 1 | 1-- | O | -3% | 47% | 0-0 | MLN | H. Aaron | T. Acker | Popfly: C | |
| t1 | 2 | 1-- | 2% | 49% | 0-0 | MLN | E. Mathews | T. Acker | Walk; O'Connell to 2B | ||
| t1 | 2 | 12- | O | -4% | 45% | 0-0 | MLN | J. Adcock | T. Acker | Strikeout Looking | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 1st, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b1 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 47% | 0-0 | CIN | J. Temple | W. Spahn | Flyball: CF | |
| b1 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 49% | 0-0 | CIN | F. Robinson | W. Spahn | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| b1 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 50% | 0-0 | CIN | B. Thurman | W. Spahn | Groundout: P-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Reds' Tom Acker facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| t2 | 0 | --- | 4% | 54% | 0-0 | MLN | B. Thomson | T. Acker | Single to CF | ||
| t2 | 0 | 1-- | O | -2% | 52% | 0-0 | MLN | A. Pafko | T. Acker | Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Thomson to 2B | |
| t2 | 1 | -2- | O | -4% | 48% | 0-0 | MLN | D. Rice | T. Acker | Flyball: LF | |
| t2 | 2 | -2- | O | -3% | 45% | 0-0 | MLN | W. Spahn | T. Acker | Flyball: RF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 2nd, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b2 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 47% | 0-0 | CIN | T. Kluszewski | W. Spahn | Foul Flyball: C | |
| b2 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 49% | 0-0 | CIN | W. Post | W. Spahn | Lineout: LF | |
| b2 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 50% | 0-0 | CIN | E. Bailey | W. Spahn | Flyball: 2B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Reds' Tom Acker facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t3 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 48% | 0-0 | MLN | D. O'Connell | T. Acker | Strikeout Looking | |
| t3 | 1 | --- | 5% | 52% | 0-0 | MLN | J. Logan | T. Acker | Reached on E7 (Fly Ball); Logan to 2B | ||
| t3 | 1 | -2- | 3% | 55% | 0-0 | MLN | H. Aaron | T. Acker | Logan Steals 3B | ||
| t3 | 1 | --3 | O | -6% | 49% | 0-0 | MLN | H. Aaron | T. Acker | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| t3 | 2 | --3 | O | -4% | 44% | 0-0 | MLN | E. Mathews | T. Acker | Lineout: CF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 3rd, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| b3 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 47% | 0-0 | CIN | A. Grammas | W. Spahn | Flyball: RF | |
| b3 | 1 | --- | -3% | 44% | 0-0 | CIN | R. McMillan | W. Spahn | Single to SS | ||
| b3 | 1 | 1-- | OO | 6% | 50% | 0-0 | CIN | T. Acker | W. Spahn | Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt 1B-SS-2B | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 4th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Reds' Tom Acker facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t4 | 0 | --- | O | -3% | 47% | 0-0 | MLN | J. Adcock | T. Acker | Lineout: 3B | |
| t4 | 1 | --- | O | -2% | 45% | 0-0 | MLN | B. Thomson | T. Acker | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t4 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 44% | 0-0 | MLN | A. Pafko | T. Acker | Foul Flyball: C | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 4th, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b4 | 0 | --- | -4% | 40% | 0-0 | CIN | J. Temple | W. Spahn | Single to LF | ||
| b4 | 0 | 1-- | OO | 9% | 49% | 0-0 | CIN | F. Robinson | W. Spahn | Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B | |
| b4 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 50% | 0-0 | CIN | B. Thurman | W. Spahn | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 5th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Reds' Tom Acker facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| t5 | 0 | --- | 5% | 55% | 0-0 | MLN | D. Rice | T. Acker | Walk | ||
| t5 | 0 | 1-- | OO | -10% | 45% | 0-0 | MLN | W. Spahn | T. Acker | Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B | |
| t5 | 2 | --- | 2% | 46% | 0-0 | MLN | D. O'Connell | T. Acker | Walk | ||
| t5 | 2 | 1-- | O | -3% | 43% | 0-0 | MLN | J. Logan | T. Acker | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 5th, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b5 | 0 | --- | R | -14% | 29% | 0-0 | CIN | T. Kluszewski | W. Spahn | Home Run | |
| b5 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 31% | 1-0 | CIN | W. Post | W. Spahn | Popfly: SS | |
| b5 | 1 | --- | -2% | 29% | 1-0 | CIN | E. Bailey | W. Spahn | Walk | ||
| b5 | 1 | 1-- | O | 2% | 30% | 1-0 | CIN | A. Grammas | W. Spahn | Groundout: 3B-1B; Bailey to 2B | |
| b5 | 2 | -2- | -1% | 30% | 1-0 | CIN | R. McMillan | W. Spahn | Intentional Walk | ||
| b5 | 2 | 12- | O | 4% | 34% | 1-0 | CIN | T. Acker | W. Spahn | Strikeout | |
| 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 6th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Reds' Tom Acker facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| t6 | 0 | --- | O | -4% | 30% | 0-1 | MLN | H. Aaron | T. Acker | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| t6 | 1 | --- | R | 17% | 47% | 0-1 | MLN | E. Mathews | T. Acker | Home Run | |
| t6 | 1 | --- | O | -2% | 44% | 1-1 | MLN | J. Adcock | T. Acker | Popfly: SS | |
| t6 | 2 | --- | O | -2% | 43% | 1-1 | MLN | B. Thomson | T. Acker | Flyball: CF | |
| 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 6th, Reds Batting, Tied 1-1, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Thomson moves from CF to LF; Bill Bruton replaces Andy Pafko (LF) playing CF batting 7th | |||||||||||
| b6 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 46% | 1-1 | CIN | J. Temple | W. Spahn | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| b6 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 48% | 1-1 | CIN | F. Robinson | W. Spahn | Flyball: RF | |
| b6 | 2 | --- | -2% | 46% | 1-1 | CIN | B. Thurman | W. Spahn | Single to LF | ||
| b6 | 2 | 1-- | O | 4% | 50% | 1-1 | CIN | T. Kluszewski | W. Spahn | Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 7th, Braves Batting, Tied 1-1, Reds' Tom Acker facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | --- | O | -4% | 46% | 1-1 | MLN | B. Bruton | T. Acker | Flyball: LF | |
| t7 | 1 | --- | O | -3% | 43% | 1-1 | MLN | D. Rice | T. Acker | Foul Flyball: C | |
| t7 | 2 | --- | O | -2% | 41% | 1-1 | MLN | W. Spahn | T. Acker | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 7th, Reds Batting, Tied 1-1, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| b7 | 0 | --- | O | 4% | 45% | 1-1 | CIN | W. Post | W. Spahn | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| b7 | 1 | --- | -4% | 41% | 1-1 | CIN | E. Bailey | W. Spahn | Single to RF | ||
| Stan Palys pinch hits for Alex Grammas (3B) batting 7th | |||||||||||
| b7 | 1 | 1-- | O | 5% | 46% | 1-1 | CIN | S. Palys | W. Spahn | Groundout: P-2B/Forceout at 2B | |
| b7 | 2 | 1-- | O | 4% | 50% | 1-1 | CIN | R. McMillan | W. Spahn | Flyball: RF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 8th, Braves Batting, Tied 1-1, Reds' Tom Acker facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| Rocky Bridges replaces Stan Palys (PH) playing 3B batting 7th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | --- | O | -5% | 45% | 1-1 | MLN | D. O'Connell | T. Acker | Strikeout unassisted | |
| t8 | 1 | --- | 5% | 50% | 1-1 | MLN | J. Logan | T. Acker | Single (LF-CF) | ||
| t8 | 1 | 1-- | RR | 35% | 85% | 1-1 | MLN | H. Aaron | T. Acker | Home Run; Logan Scores | |
| t8 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 84% | 3-1 | MLN | E. Mathews | T. Acker | Strikeout Looking | |
| t8 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 84% | 3-1 | MLN | J. Adcock | T. Acker | Strikeout Looking | |
| 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 8th, Reds Batting, Behind 1-3, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| Frank Torre replaces Joe Adcock playing 1B batting 5th; Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Tom Acker (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b8 | 0 | --- | -8% | 76% | 1-3 | CIN | R. Jablonski | W. Spahn | Single to LF | ||
| Hal Jeffcoat pinch runs for Ray Jablonski (PH) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b8 | 0 | 1-- | OO | 15% | 91% | 1-3 | CIN | J. Temple | W. Spahn | Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B | |
| b8 | 2 | --- | O | 2% | 93% | 1-3 | CIN | F. Robinson | W. Spahn | Flyball: RF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 9th, Braves Batting, Ahead 3-1, Reds' Hersh Freeman facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| Hersh Freeman replaces Hal Jeffcoat (PR) pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t9 | 0 | --- | O | -1% | 92% | 3-1 | MLN | B. Thomson | H. Freeman | Strikeout Looking | |
| t9 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 91% | 3-1 | MLN | B. Bruton | H. Freeman | Flyball: CF | |
| t9 | 2 | --- | O | -0% | 91% | 3-1 | MLN | D. Rice | H. Freeman | Flyball: RF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 9th, Reds Batting, Behind 1-3, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| b9 | 0 | --- | -9% | 82% | 1-3 | CIN | B. Thurman | W. Spahn | Single to CF | ||
| b9 | 0 | 1-- | -14% | 67% | 1-3 | CIN | T. Kluszewski | W. Spahn | Single to CF; Thurman to 2B | ||
| b9 | 0 | 12- | OO | 28% | 95% | 1-3 | CIN | W. Post | W. Spahn | Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B; Thurman to 3B | |
| b9 | 2 | --3 | O | 5% | 100% | 1-3 | CIN | E. Bailey | W. Spahn | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 1. | |||||||||||
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