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Braves
@ Dodgers
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
September 15, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves, played on September 15, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Game Summary
| Date | September 15, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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| Home Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 15, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Home Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Warren Spahn |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sandy Koufax |
| Ballpark | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| City | Los Angeles |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 23,911 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Forman 1B: Tom Gorman 2B: Dusty Boggess 3B: Stan Landes |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| John DeMerit | Center Fielder |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Hank Aaron | Right Fielder |
| Joe Adcock | First Baseman |
| Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
| Joe Torre | Catcher |
| Felix Mantilla | Second Baseman |
| Warren Spahn | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Maury Wills | Shortstop |
| Ron Fairly | Center Fielder |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Frank Howard | Left Fielder |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Daryl Spencer | Third Baseman |
| Charlie Neal | Second Baseman |
| Norm Sherry | Catcher |
| Sandy Koufax | Pitcher |
| Walter Alston | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Dodgers
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
September 15, 1961
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
DeMerit vs. Koufax
DeMerit hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Koufax
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer juggles the ball. That's an error on Spencer. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Koufax
Mathews takes first base on ball four. McMillan moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Aaron vs. Koufax
Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McMillan moves to third. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Adcock vs. Koufax
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. McMillan scores. Mathews moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Koufax
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Spahn
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Spahn
Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Spahn
Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Koufax
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Koufax
Mantilla hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Spahn vs. Koufax
Spahn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Spahn
Howard hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Spahn
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Spahn
Spencer takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Neal vs. Spahn
Neal takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to third. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Sherry vs. Spahn
Sherry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hodges scores. Spencer scores. Neal moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Koufax vs. Piche
Ron Piche now pitching.
Koufax bunts towards the mound. Piche fields it and throws to first for the out. Sherry moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Wills vs. Piche
Wills is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 123
Fairly vs. Piche
Fairly takes first base on ball four. Neal scores. Sherry moves to third. Wills moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Moon vs. Piche
Moon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Moon reaches second base with a double. Sherry scores. Wills scores. Fairly moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Howard vs. Piche
Howard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hodges vs. Piche
Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. DeMerit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
DeMerit vs. Koufax
DeMerit hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Koufax
McMillan strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Koufax
Mathews strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Piche
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Neal vs. Piche
Neal strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Sherry vs. Piche
Sherry strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Koufax vs. Piche
Koufax strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Koufax
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Koufax
Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Koufax
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Adcock moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Torre vs. Koufax
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards second. Neal scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Piche
Wills takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Fairly vs. Piche
Fairly hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron who is chasing the ball. Fairly reaches third base with a triple. Wills goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moon vs. Piche
Moon hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Fairly scores. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Cloninger
Tony Cloninger now pitching.
Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Cloninger
Hodges strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Cloninger
Spencer hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Cloninger
Neal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Sherry vs. Cloninger
Sherry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Neal moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Koufax vs. Cloninger
Koufax hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Koufax
Mantilla strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Koufax
Gino Cimoli pinch hits for Tony Cloninger.
Cimoli takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
DeMerit vs. Koufax
DeMerit hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Koufax
McMillan takes first base on ball four. Cimoli moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mathews vs. Koufax
Mathews hits a popup in front of the plate. Sherry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Morehead
Seth Morehead now pitching.
Wills hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Morehead
Fairly hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Morehead
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Morehead
Howard hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Koufax
Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Adcock vs. Koufax
Adcock strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Koufax
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Koufax
Torre strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Morehead
Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. DeMerit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Morehead
Spencer hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Morehead
Neal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sherry vs. Morehead
Sherry strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Koufax
Mantilla hits a popup towards third. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Koufax
Hawk Taylor pinch hits for Seth Morehead.
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMerit vs. Koufax
DeMerit hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koufax vs. Nottebart
Don Nottebart now pitching.
Koufax hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nottebart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Nottebart
Wills hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fairly vs. Nottebart
Fairly hits a line drive into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Nottebart
Moon hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. There goes Wills trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Koufax
Ron Fairly now playing right field. Willie Davis now playing center field.
McMillan strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Koufax
Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Koufax
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Nottebart
Howard hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Nottebart
Hodges hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Nottebart
Spencer hits a fly ball towards left. Thomas settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Thomas. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Neal vs. Nottebart
Neal strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Koufax
Adcock hits a popup towards third. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Koufax
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Koufax
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/15/1961 -- Milwaukee at Los Angeles (N)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI
DeMerit J, cf 4 1 1 1 Wills M, ss 3 2 1 0
McMillan R, ss 3 1 0 0 Fairly R, cf-rf 4 1 1 2
Mathews E, 3b 3 0 0 0 Moon W, rf 5 1 4 3
Aaron H, rf 4 0 2 0 Davis W, cf 0 0 0 0
Adcock J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Howard F, lf 5 2 2 1
Thomas F, lf 4 0 1 0 Hodges G, 1b 4 1 0 0
Torre J, c 4 0 0 0 Spencer D, 3b 4 2 2 3
Mantilla F, 2b 3 0 0 0 Neal C, 2b 2 1 0 0
Spahn W, p 1 0 0 0 Sherry N, c 4 1 1 2
Piche R, p 0 0 0 0 Koufax S, p 3 0 0 0
Cloninger T, p 0 0 0 0
Cimoli G, ph 0 0 0 0
Morehead S, p 0 0 0 0
Taylor H, ph 1 0 0 0
Nottebart D, p 0 0 0 0
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31 2 5 1 34 11 11 11
Milwaukee 200 000 000 -- 2
Los Angeles 060 500 00x -- 11
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn W (L)* 1.0 2 5 5 3 0
Piche R+ 2.0 4 4 4 3 3
Cloninger T 1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Morehead S 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Nottebart D 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax S (W) 9.0 5 2 1 3 10
* Pitched to 5 batters in 2nd
+ Pitched to 3 batters in 4th
E -- Spencer D, Thomas F
DP -- Los Angeles 2
LOB -- Milwaukee 5, Los Angeles 8
2B -- Moon W
3B -- Fairly R
HR -- DeMerit J, Howard F, Spencer D
SH -- Koufax S
T -- 2:40
A -- 23911
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