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Benched at the start because left-handed Whitey Ford was pitching for the Yanks, Bruton came in as a pinch hitter in the ninth but fanned. Given another chance after singles by Joe Adcock and Del Crandall in the 10th, he came through beautifully with a drive that probably would have been good for two bases if more were needed...
...other into the stadium to a man alongside Announcer Mel Allen, whose voice blatted through the control room above the hum of air conditioners. Smith kept a score card, called out what action possibilities lay in the next play. With two men out in the second inning, Joe Adcock was on second, and Milwaukee Catcher Crandall came up to bat. Smith sang out: "Next man up is the pitcher. They might walk Crandall...
...Adcock, benched yesterday because of a severe hitting slump, drove in the only run of the game off Whitey Ford in the sixth with a line single to right following singles by Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron...
Freckle-Fisted Winner. So the Braves won. They hung on in the National League pennant scramble even after First Baseman Joe Adcock broke his leg, and Outfielder Bill Bruton and Shortstop Johnny Logan limped over to join him on the sidelines. Somehow Manager Fred Haney kept on fielding a team. (At one time his outfield consisted of Catcher Del Crandall, Utility First Baseman Nippy Jones and Bonus Baby John DeMerit.) And somehow the Braves kept winning, put together a ten-game winning streak that knocked the St. Louis Cardinals out of the lead and broke up the fight...
...Even after they lost First Baseman Joe Adcock with a broken leg and Outfielder Bill Bruton with an injured kneecap, the Milwaukee Braves kept right on running -hanging on among the leaders of the tightest National League pennant race in years. Then they made a routine trade and picked up Veteran Second Baseman Red Schoendienst from the Giants. With the oldtimer (almost 13 years in the big leagues, most of them with the St. Louis Cardinals) chattering at second and telling them how, the Braves caught their second wind, sprinted down the August stretch with a ten-game winning streak...