Pittsburgh Pirates vs Milwaukee Braves
July 7, 1961 Box Score

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

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Milwaukee Braves 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 0 2 1
Groat ss 3 1 1 2
Nelson 1b 5 1 1 0
Burgess c 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Moryn lf 4 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Schofield 3b 2 1 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 2 2 0
Haddix p 1 1 1 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  McBean p 0 0 0 0
  Christopher ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 6 9 3
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Mantilla 3b 4 0 2 0
Bolling 2b 4 2 2 0
Maye lf 4 1 0 0
  Spahn p 0 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 2 2 5
Adcock 1b 4 0 1 0
Torre c 4 0 0 0
Cimoli cf 3 0 0 0
  Boyd ph 1 0 1 0
McMillan ss 3 0 1 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 1 0
  DeMerit pr 0 0 0 0
Cloninger p 3 0 0 0
  Spangler lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Pittsburgh 001 010 112690
Milwaukee 302 000 0005101
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix   4.0 5 5 5 1 3
  Labine   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  McBean  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 4
  Face  SV (12) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
10
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger   8.0 6 4 4 3 3
  Spahn  L (8-11) 1.0 3 2 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
4
3
3

  E–Mantilla (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Virdon (13,off Cloninger); Mazeroski (8,off Cloninger), Milwaukee Mantilla (2,off Labine).  HR–Pittsburgh Groat (6,5th inning off Cloninger 0 on, 2 out), Milwaukee Aaron 2 (20,1st inning off Haddix 2 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Haddix 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Groat (3,off Cloninger).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  WP–Cloninger 2 (3).  BK–Cloninger (1).  U–Chris Pelekoudas, Augie Donatelli, Jocko Conlan, Ken Burkhart, Mel Steiner.  T–2:37.  A–17,622.
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