Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 26, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1961 at Busch Stadium I. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 9, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Cimoli cf 4 2 2 0
Bolling 2b 4 3 2 1
Mathews 3b 5 1 1 1
Aaron rf 4 1 2 2
Thomas lf 4 1 2 2
Adcock 1b 4 1 2 3
Torre c 4 0 0 0
McMillan ss 4 0 1 0
Burdette p 4 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Warwick cf 4 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph 1 0 0 0
McCarver c 5 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 2 2 0
Musial lf 4 1 1 0
James rf 4 2 2 1
Grammas ss 3 0 1 1
  Cunningham ph 1 1 1 1
Lillis 2b 1 0 0 1
  Schoendienst ph,2b 3 0 2 1
Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Cicotte p 0 0 0 0
  McDermott ph,p 2 0 0 0
  Flood ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 38 6 10 6
Milwaukee 006 011 0019121
St. Louis 020 000 0046101
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  W (7-5) 8.1 9 6 6 0 2
  McMahon  SV (2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
0
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (3-8) 3.0 6 6 6 1 2
  Cicotte   2.0 1 1 1 2 3
  McDermott   4.0 5 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
4
5

  E–Adcock (7), Warwick (3).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Milwaukee Cimoli 2 (7,off McDermott 2), St. Louis Boyer (11,off Burdette); Schoendienst (5,off Burdette).  3B–Milwaukee Thomas (2,off Jackson).  HR–Milwaukee Adcock (11,3rd inning off Jackson 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  SB–Bolling (4,2nd base off Cicotte/McCarver).  CS–McMillan (3,2nd base by McDermott/McCarver).  WP–McDermott (2).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:53.  A–10,300.
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