Friday, July 06, 2007
Eddie Matthews 2 run shot in the 8th gave Milwaukee the lead and they hang on for a 6-2 win over Philadelphia.

Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Philadelphia Phillies At 1955 Milwaukee Braves 7/26/1955
Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
R.Ashburn CF 4 0 1 1 .338 B.Bruton CF 4 0 0 0 .285
B.Morgan 2B 4 0 0 0 .230 J.Logan SS 3 1 1 0 .282
S.Lopata 1B 4 0 1 0 .262 E.Mathews 3B 3 2 1 2 .262
D.Ennis LF 4 0 3 0 .337 H.Aaron RF 3 0 2 0 .314
W.Jones 3B 2 0 0 0 .292 J.Adcock 1B 3 1 0 0 .273
A.Seminick C 4 0 0 0 .178 C.Tanner LF 4 2 2 2 .299
J.Greengrass RF 3 0 0 0 .202 D.O'Connell 2B 4 0 2 2 .186
R.Smalley SS 3 2 1 0 .207 D.Crandall C 4 0 0 0 .260
H.Wehmeier P 2 0 1 1 .457 W.Spahn P 3 0 0 0 .210
R.Negray P 0 0 0 0 .250
A-P.Lowrey PH 1 0 0 0 .168
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Totals 31 2 7 2 Totals 31 6 8 6
A-Pinch Hit For Negray In 9th Inning
Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 0
Braves.......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 - 6 8 1
Phillies (43-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
H.Wehmeier LOSS(6-7) 7 2/3 8 6 6 2 2 2 5.28
R.Negray 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.84
Totals 8 8 6 6 2 2 2
Braves (60-37) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Spahn WIN(13-5) 9 7 2 2 6 4 0 2.31
Totals 9 7 2 2 6 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 37,442 DATE- Tuesday, July 26th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Lee Ballanfant, Al Barlick, Bill Jackowski, Stan Landes
T- 2:33
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 9 Braves: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 0 Braves: 3
ERRORS- J.Logan
DOUBLES- R.Smalley(10th), H.Aaron(25th), C.Tanner(6th), D.O'Connell(11th)
TRIPLES- S.Lopata(2nd), D.Ennis(10th)
HOME RUNS- E.Mathews(24th), C.Tanner(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- H.Wehmeier, H.Aaron
WALKS- R.Ashburn, B.Morgan, W.Jones-2, J.Greengrass, R.Smalley, J.Logan,
E.Mathews
HIT BY PITCH- J.Adcock
STRIKE OUTS- S.Lopata, A.Seminick, J.Greengrass, R.Smalley, C.Tanner, W.Spahn
GIDP- B.Morgan-2, W.Jones
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Willie Jones robbed Joe Adcock of a base hit.
Chuck Tanner went deep and had 2 RBI and Warren Spahn pitched a complete game
at County Stadium where the Milwaukee Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6
to 2.
Milwaukee had the winning rally in the bottom of the 8th inning when they
scored 4 runs on 5 hits. The critical plate appearance was by Eddie Mathews
who made the Milwaukee fans a happy lot when he smashed a two-run homer (his
24th of the season). Milwaukee had 8 hits for the night.
The victory went to Spahn(13-5) who went the distance allowing 2 runs. Herm
Wehmeier(6-7) ended up with the loss. He surrendered 6 runs and 8 hits in 7
and 2/3 innings.