Pittsburgh Pirates vs Milwaukee Braves
August 14, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1961 at County Stadium. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Milwaukee Braves 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 1 1 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 2 0
Skinner lf 4 0 0 1
Stuart 1b 3 1 1 1
Clemente rf 3 1 1 1
Burgess c 4 0 1 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Haddix p 1 0 0 0
  McBean p 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Moryn ph 1 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Cimoli cf 4 0 1 0
Bolling 2b 5 1 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 2 2 2
Aaron rf 4 2 2 0
Adcock 1b 5 2 3 1
Thomas lf 3 0 0 1
Torre c 3 1 0 0
McMillan ss 4 0 2 4
Buhl p 0 0 0 0
  Cloninger p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 8
Pittsburgh 021 000 000360
Milwaukee 010 320 02x8111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  L (8-6) 3.1 5 4 3 1 5
  McBean   1.1 2 2 2 4 1
  Labine   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Shantz   2.0 2 2 2 0 3
Totals
8.0
11
8
7
5
9
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl   2.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Cloninger  W (3-2) 6.2 2 0 0 3 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
3

  E–Bolling (9).  DP–Milwaukee 1.  PB–Burgess (3).  2B–Milwaukee Aaron (28,off Haddix); Cimoli (8,off Haddix); Adcock (17,off Haddix); McMillan 2 (14,off Haddix,off McBean).  HR–Pittsburgh Stuart (18,2nd inning off Buhl 0 on, 0 out); Clemente (21,2nd inning off Buhl 0 on, 0 out), Milwaukee Mathews (24,8th inning off Shantz 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Thomas (3,off Haddix).  Team–9.  WP–Cloninger (6).  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:34.  A–14,648.
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