Philadelphia Phillies vs Milwaukee Braves
May 24, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1961 at County Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 7, Milwaukee Braves 1

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Malkmus 2b 5 1 2 2
Walters rf 5 0 0 1
Callison lf 3 0 0 0
Herrera 1b 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez cf 3 1 1 0
Smith ss 4 1 1 3
Dalrymple c 4 1 1 0
Woods 3b 4 2 2 1
Mahaffey p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 8 7
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Maye rf 3 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 3 1 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 1 0
Aaron cf 3 0 1 1
Torre c 4 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 0 1 0
Thomas lf 3 0 0 0
McMillan ss 2 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 0 0 0 0
  Logan ss 0 0 0 0
Nottebart p 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 0 0 0
  Morehead p 0 0 0 0
  Lau ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Philadelphia 001 600 000781
Milwaukee 000 100 000140
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Mahaffey  W (5-3) 9.0 4 1 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
5
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Nottebart  L (2-3) 3.0 6 5 5 1 2
  Drabowsky   3.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Morehead   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  McMahon   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
3
3

  E–C Smith (6).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–Philadelphia Herrera (4,off Nottebart).  3B–Philadelphia Malkmus (2,off Drabowsky), Milwaukee Bolling (3,off Mahaffey).  HR–Philadelphia Woods (2,3rd inning off Nottebart 0 on, 0 out); C Smith (3,4th inning off Nottebart 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Mahaffey (4,off Drabowsky).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Aaron (4,off Mahaffey).  Team–5.  SB–Aaron (4,3rd base off Mahaffey/Dalrymple).  U–Vinnie Smith, Dusty Boggess, Tom Gorman, Al Forman, Stan Landes.  T–2:17.  A–9,120.
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