Milwaukee Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
May 21, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1961 at Crosley Field. 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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Milwaukee Braves 6, Cincinnati Reds 7

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Maye rf 5 1 3 2
Bolling 2b 5 1 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 1 1 1
Aaron cf 4 1 1 1
Adcock 1b 4 0 2 0
Torre c 4 1 1 1
Thomas lf 4 0 1 0
McMillan ss 3 0 0 0
Spahn p 2 0 0 0
  Logan ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 1 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 0 0
Kasko ss 5 1 2 0
Robinson lf 2 2 2 1
  Chacon pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 1 1
Post rf 4 1 0 0
Freese 3b 4 2 3 1
Coleman 1b 2 0 0 0
Pinson cf 4 1 3 3
Zimmerman c 3 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt c 0 0 0 0
Jay p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 6
Milwaukee 000 201 0036102
Cincinnati 010 410 0017111
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn   6.0 8 6 4 2 3
  Raymond   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Drabowsky  L (0-2) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
11
7
5
4
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Jay  W (4-3) 9.0 10 6 5 1 4
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
1
4

  E–Mathews (5), Aaron (2), Blasingame (4).  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Milwaukee Maye (3,off Jay), Cincinnati Freese (7,off Spahn); Pinson (5,off Spahn); Bell (4,off Drabowsky).  HR–Milwaukee Mathews (8,6th inning off Jay 0 on, 0 out); Torre (1,9th inning off Jay 0 on, 0 out); Maye (4,9th inning off Jay 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Robinson (10,5th inning off Spahn 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Robinson (4,by Raymond).  IBB–Lynch (2,by Raymond).  Team–7.  SB–Bolling (2,2nd base off Jay/Zimmerman); Pinson (8,3rd base off Spahn/Torre).  CS–Kasko (1,2nd base by Spahn/Torre); Chacon (1,2nd base by Raymond/Torre).  HBP–Raymond (1,Robinson).  IBB–Raymond (1,Lynch).  U–Tony Venzon, Ed Sudol, Frank Dascoli, Frank Secory, Mel Steiner.  T–2:45.
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