San Francisco Giants vs Milwaukee Braves
August 29, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1961 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 6, Milwaukee Braves 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 6 2 3 0
Kuenn rf 5 1 2 0
  Bowman pr,ss 1 1 0 0
McCovey 1b 5 2 3 2
Mays cf 5 0 1 2
Cepeda lf 6 0 1 0
Davenport 3b 6 0 2 0
Orsino c 2 0 0 0
  Bailey ph,c 4 0 1 0
Pagan ss,rf 6 0 2 0
Sanford p 3 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  LeMay p 2 0 0 0
Totals 52 6 15 4
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Maye rf 3 0 0 1
  Cimoli ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 6 2 3 2
Aaron cf,rf 3 0 0 1
Adcock 1b 5 0 0 0
Thomas lf 6 1 2 1
Torre c 5 2 2 0
McMillan ss 5 0 2 1
Burdette p 3 2 2 0
  Nottebart p 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 11 6
San Francisco 002 020 002 000 06150
Milwaukee 031 000 110 000 17112
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford   6.2 10 5 4 5 5
  Miller   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jones   0.1 0 1 1 2 0
  LeMay  L (2-5) 5.0 1 1 1 3 4
Totals
12.1
11
7
6
10
9
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette   8.1 14 6 4 1 3
  Nottebart  W (5-7) 4.2 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
13.0
15
6
4
3
5

  E–Aaron 2 (6).  DP–San Francisco 1, Milwaukee 2.  PB–Orsino (3).  2B–San Francisco Cepeda (26,off Burdette); McCovey (12,off Burdette), Milwaukee Burdette (5,off Sanford).  3B–Milwaukee Mathews (6,off Sanford).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (16,9th inning off Burdette 1 on, 1 out), Milwaukee Thomas (26,2nd inning off Sanford 0 on, 0 out); Mathews (26,13th inning off LeMay 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Bowman (1,off Nottebart); Maye (2,off Jones); Nottebart (1,off LeMay).  IBB–McCovey (3,by Nottebart); Aaron (15,by LeMay).  Team LOB–11.  SF–Maye (3,off Sanford); Aaron (8,off Sanford).  Team–13.  SB–Bolling (6,2nd base off Sanford/Orsino).  WP–LeMay (2).  IBB–LeMay (5,Aaron); Nottebart (2,McCovey).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–4:10.  A–21,407.
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