The '57 Braves rallied to beat the Cubs at Wrigley Field 7-6 on May 25. Joe Adcock led the way with a 3-for-3 day and a home run.
Bob Buhl and Taylor Phillips got knocked around in the first four innings as the Cubs went up 5-1. Milwaukee started their comeback in the fifth.
Johnny Logan singled in a run. Then, in the sixth, Chuck Tanner singled in a run and an RBI grounder by Carl Sawatski made the score 5-4.
Adcock homered in the seventh to tie the game. Milwaukee took a 7-5 lead with a pair of runs in the eighth inning. Billy Bruton tripled in the go ahead run. Hank Aaron's sac fly gave the Braves a little insurance.
The Cubs got a run in the bottom of the ninth on a Bob Speake home run, but Warren Spahn closed the game out. Spahn, who had pitched five innings in a start and a loss the day before, got the final out of this game for the save.
Complete box score and play-by-play are HERE.
Milwaukee is now 20-11. They are in second place, one game behind the Reds.
Up next is a doubleheader with the Cubs at Wrigley on May 25.
Scheduled starters 5/25/57:
MIL: Gene Conley; Juan Pizarro
CHI: Dick Drott; Elmer Singleton
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