Cincinnati Reds vs Milwaukee Braves
May 7, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1961 at County Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, Milwaukee Braves 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 0 0
Pinson cf 4 0 2 0
Robinson lf 4 1 1 2
Post rf 4 1 1 1
Freese 3b 4 0 2 0
Cardenas ss 4 1 1 1
Coleman 1b 2 1 2 1
Zimmerman c 4 0 0 0
Hunt p 1 0 0 0
  Bevan ph 1 0 0 0
  Hook p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 1 0 0
  Nunn p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Maye rf 5 1 1 0
Bolling 2b 2 0 0 1
Mathews 3b 2 0 1 1
Aaron cf 4 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 1 1 0
Roach lf 3 1 0 0
  Spangler lf 0 0 0 0
McMillan ss 3 0 0 0
Lau c 4 0 1 1
Spahn p 3 1 1 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Crandall ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 5 3
Cincinnati 000 000 032593
Milwaukee 101 200 000451
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hunt   5.0 4 4 2 1 3
  Hook   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Nunn  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
4
2
2
5
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L (3-2) 8.0 9 5 5 3 4
  Drabowsky   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
4

  E–Zimmerman (1), Hunt 2 (3), Lau (2).  DP–Milwaukee 2.  PB–Zimmerman (1).  2B–Milwaukee Spahn (2,off Hunt).  3B–Cincinnati Pinson (1,off Spahn).  HR–Cincinnati Robinson (5,8th inning off Spahn 1 on, 2 out); Post (4,8th inning off Spahn 0 on, 2 out); Cardenas (1,9th inning off Spahn 0 on, 0 out); Coleman (6,9th inning off Spahn 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Bolling (1,off Hunt); Roach (1,off Hunt); McMillan (2,off Hunt).  SF–Mathews (1,off Hunt); Bolling (1,off Hunt).  Team–6.  SB–Pinson (6,2nd base off Spahn/Lau); Mathews (2,2nd base off Hunt/Zimmerman).  U–Mel Steiner, Tony Venzon, Ed Sudol, Frank Dascoli, Frank Secory.  T–2:40.
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