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Milwaukee Braves grab lead with Sawatski homer in eighth
Milwaukee beat Brooklyn 8-5 as Carl Sawatski belted a three run homer in the eighth after a second inning flare up between Johnny Logan and Don Drysdale. Bruton also homered twice to fuel the Braves’ surge and move atop the NL ahead of Cincinnati.
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Johnny Logan
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Sawatski
Frank Torre
Bobby Thomson
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Junior Gilliam
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Billy Pierce
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Chicago
Larry Dobby
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Walt Dropo
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Enos Slaughter
Whitey Ford
John Stevens
Dropo
Slaughter
Casey Stengel
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Minnie Minoso
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al Lopez
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Bobby Richardson
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