Milwaukee Braves vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 17, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Braves 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Maye rf 4 1 1 0
McMillan ss 5 0 2 1
Mathews 3b 4 1 1 0
Aaron cf 5 0 2 1
Adcock 1b 5 0 0 0
Thomas lf 3 0 1 0
  Boyd ph 1 0 0 0
  Spangler lf 1 0 1 0
Torre c 5 0 1 1
Bolling 2b 5 1 2 0
Willey p 2 0 0 0
  McMahon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 11 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 1 0 0
Gilliam lf,2b 4 0 0 0
Fairly cf 3 0 1 0
Moon rf,lf 5 0 1 0
Spencer 3b 4 0 0 0
Roseboro c 1 0 0 0
  Sherry c 2 0 1 0
  Davis pr 0 1 0 0
Larker 1b 4 0 2 0
  Windhorn pr 0 1 0 0
  Koufax p 0 0 0 0
  Aspromonte ph 1 1 0 0
Neal 2b 3 0 1 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Drysdale p 2 0 0 0
  Snider ph,rf 3 0 2 3
Totals 37 4 9 3
Milwaukee 000 002 000 013111
Los Angeles 000 000 011 02490
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Willey   7.2 4 1 1 5 7
  McMahon  L (6-4) 2.1 5 3 2 1 1
Totals
10.0
9
4
3
6
8
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale   7.0 5 2 2 0 5
  Perranoski   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Farrell   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Koufax  W (17-11) 2.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
11
3
3
0
8

  E–McMahon (3).  2B–Milwaukee Aaron (38,off Drysdale), Los Angeles Moon (24,off Willey); Larker (14,off McMahon).  SH–Willey (3,off Drysdale); Fairly (5,off Willey); Hodges (2,off McMahon).  HBP–Maye (3,by Drysdale); Mathews (2,by Perranoski).  Team LOB–8.  Team–11.  CS–Wills (14,2nd base by McMahon/Torre).  WP–Willey (5), Koufax (10).  HBP–Drysdale (18,Maye); Perranoski (4,Mathews).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:37.  A–22,157.
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