Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 26, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1961 at Busch Stadium I. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 8, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
McMillan ss 6 2 3 2
Bolling 2b 6 2 2 0
Mathews 3b 3 0 0 0
Aaron cf 5 0 3 3
Adcock 1b 5 0 1 0
Covington lf 3 2 1 0
  Spangler lf 1 1 0 0
Lau c 5 0 2 0
DeMerit rf 5 1 2 2
Nottebart p 4 0 1 1
  Piche p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 8 15 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 2 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph,2b 3 0 1 1
Cunningham rf 0 0 0 0
White 1b 3 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Musial lf 3 0 0 0
Spencer ss 4 0 0 0
Flood cf 2 1 1 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
Smith c 1 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph,c 3 0 1 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  McDermott ph,p 3 0 0 0
  Cicotte p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Moryn ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Milwaukee 141 001 0018150
St. Louis 000 010 000143
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Nottebart  W (1-1) 7.2 3 1 1 7 2
  Piche  SV (1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
7
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (0-1) 1.2 4 5 4 1 1
  Gibson   1.1 3 1 0 1 1
  McDermott   4.0 5 1 1 1 2
  Cicotte   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel   1.0 2 1 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
8
5
3
6

  E–Boyer (5), Spencer 2 (2).  DP–Milwaukee 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Milwaukee Aaron (3,off Gibson); Lau (1,off McDermott), St. Louis Schoendienst (1,off Nottebart).  HR–Milwaukee DeMerit (1,2nd inning off Jackson 1 on, 1 out); McMillan (1,6th inning off McDermott 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–12.  Team–9.  SB–Bolling (1,2nd base off Jackson/Smith).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:43.  A–6,986.
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