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MILWAUKEE * WISCONSIN
JOURNAL SENTINEL

Wednesday 28 July 1959

BRAVES RUN WINNING STREAK
TO FIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO

Story by Lomas Robertson

The Milwaukee Braves continued their late-July push to stay in the pennant race yesterday, defeating the Giants 7-5 at Candlestick Park for their fifth consecutive win. After sweeping the Cardinals at home to end last week's action the Braves took an extra-innings nailbiter on Monday to open the current series before winning an offensive slugfest yesterday afternoon, the two ballclubs combining for 29 hits and four home runs.

The defending World Champions had six players that recorded at least two hits, leftfielder Wes Covington batting 3-for-4 with a run scored while Eddie Mathews, Joe Adcock and Del Crandall each knocked in two runs and all three of them homered. Giants 1st baseman Orlando Cepeda was 3-for-5 with two RBI, 2nd baseman Danny O'Connell also collecting three hits while scoring twice. Despite all the heavy hitting that was going on both starters went deep into the game, Braves hurler Warren Spahn giving up twelve hits, three earned runs and striking out six in eight innings of work, improving his record to 6-3. Stu Miller went 8.2 for the Giants, the Braves getting fifteen hits off him as he lost for the fifteenth time this season.

The win sees Milwaukee move into 3rd place in the National League at 55-45, just one game behind the Phillies and 4.5 back from the Cubs. After concluding their Californian business today they'll travel to Pittsburgh for a vital series against the Pirates that will bridge July and August...

Standings at the top of the National League,
as at end of play 27 July 1959...

1ST: CHICAGO CUBS 59-40
2nd: Philadelphia Phillies 56-44 (3.5 G.B.)
3rd: Milwaukee Braves 55-45 (4.5 G.B.)
4th: Pittsburgh Pirates 54-45 (5.0 G.B.)