Milwaukee Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 22, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1961 at Forbes Field. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jones cf 4 1 1 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 1 1
Mathews 3b 5 0 0 0
Aaron rf 5 1 2 0
Adcock 1b 4 1 1 2
Thomas lf 2 1 1 0
Torre c 4 0 1 1
  White c 0 0 0 0
McMillan ss 3 0 1 0
Spahn p 2 1 1 1
  Cloninger p 0 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 0 0
  Nottebart p 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 3 1 0 0
Christopher lf 4 2 4 0
Clemente rf 4 1 2 3
Stuart 1b 3 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 0 1
Smith c 3 0 0 0
  Burgess ph,c 1 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 2 0
Schofield ss 3 0 0 0
Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Logan ph 1 0 0 0
  McBean p 0 0 0 0
  Mizell p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Moryn ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Milwaukee 410 000 0005100
Pittsburgh 201 000 010481
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn   3.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Cloninger  W (2-2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Nottebart  SV (3) 4.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Shantz  L (5-2) 0.2 5 4 4 0 0
  Witt   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  McBean   3.2 1 0 0 5 4
  Mizell   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Labine   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
6
6

  E–Mazeroski (14).  DP–Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Milwaukee Aaron (22,off Mizell), Pittsburgh Clemente (14,off Spahn).  3B–Milwaukee Jones (2,off Shantz); Torre (4,off Witt).  HR–Milwaukee Adcock (21,1st inning off Shantz 1 on, 2 out); Spahn (3,2nd inning off Witt 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Clemente (15,1st inning off Spahn 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Jones (1,by McBean).  Team LOB–9.  SH–McBean (1,off Cloninger).  Team–5.  CS–Thomas (2,2nd base by Mizell/Smith).  IBB–McBean (2,Jones).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:56.  A–16,417.
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