Los Angeles Dodgers vs Milwaukee Braves
May 3, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1961 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Milwaukee Braves 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 4 0 1 1
Neal 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis lf 4 0 1 0
Howard rf 4 0 0 0
Demeter cf 3 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 2 0 0 0
Smith ss 2 1 0 0
Roseboro c 3 0 0 0
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Aspromonte ph 1 0 0 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 2 1
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Maye rf 5 1 2 1
Bolling 2b 3 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 1 2
Aaron cf 4 0 2 1
Adcock 1b 4 0 0 0
Roach lf 3 0 1 0
  Spangler lf 1 0 0 0
McMillan ss 4 0 0 0
Lau c 4 1 2 0
Spahn p 4 2 3 0
Totals 36 4 12 4
Los Angeles 001 000 000–120
Milwaukee 110 000 20x–4120
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (1-2) 7.0 10 4 4 1 4
  Craig   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
4
4
1
5
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  W (3-1) 9.0 2 1 1 2 9
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
2
9
  E–None.  PB–Roseboro (2).  2B–Los Angeles Gilliam (4,off Spahn), Milwaukee Maye (1,off Williams); Spahn (1,off Williams).  Team LOB–3.  Team–9.  U–Ed Sudol, Frank Dascoli, Frank Secory, Mel Steiner, Tony Venzon.  T–2:25.  A–8,668.
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