Milwaukee Braves vs San Francisco Giants
May 12, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1961 at Candlestick Park. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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Milwaukee Braves 5, San Francisco Giants 4

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Maye rf 5 2 2 1
Bolling 2b 4 0 3 0
Mathews 3b 4 2 1 1
Aaron cf 5 1 1 2
Adcock 1b 4 0 0 0
Thomas lf 4 0 2 0
McMillan ss 4 0 0 0
Lau c 3 0 0 0
Spahn p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 4 1 2 1
Amalfitano 2b 4 0 1 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 0
Alou F. rf 3 0 1 1
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 1
Kuenn lf 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 4 0 0 0
Pagan ss 3 2 1 0
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Alou M. ph 1 0 0 0
  Duffalo p 0 0 0 0
  Bressoud ph 1 0 1 1
  O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Milwaukee 201 100 001591
San Francisco 100 010 101481
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  W (4-2) 9.0 8 4 4 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
1
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (3-2) 3.2 5 4 4 4 1
  Miller   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Duffalo   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  O'Dell   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
2

  E–Lau (3), Amalfitano (1).  DP–Milwaukee 2.  2B–Milwaukee Maye (2,off Jones), San Francisco Davenport (4,off Spahn); F Alou (6,off Spahn); Pagan (3,off Spahn).  HR–San Francisco Cepeda (6,9th inning off Spahn 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Adcock (1,by Jones).  Team LOB–9.  Team–4.  WP–Jones (3).  IBB–Jones (3,Adcock).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:22.  A–35,046.
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