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Reds 6 @ Braves 5
County Stadium
May 5, 1961

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, played on May 5, 1961 at County Stadium. The home team Braves were bested by the visiting Reds with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 5, 1961 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 6 H: 16 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 6
Hits: 16
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Milwaukee Braves
R: 5 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherJim Brosnan  
Losing PitcherRon Piche  
SaveBill Henry  
Game Winning RBILeo Cardenas 

Game Info

DateMay 5, 1961 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamMilwaukee Braves 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Purkey  
Home Starting PitcherLew Burdette  
BallparkCounty Stadium 
CityMilwaukee 
StateWI 
Attendance8,496 
Time of Game3 hours 36 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Secory
1B: Mel Steiner
2B: Tony Venzon
3B: Ed Sudol

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Blasingame  Second Baseman 
Vada Pinson  Center Fielder 
Gus Bell  Right Fielder 
Frank Robinson  Left Fielder 
Gordy Coleman  First Baseman 
Gene Freese  Third Baseman 
Leo Cardenas  Shortstop 
Jerry Zimmerman  Catcher 
Bob Purkey  Pitcher 
Fred Hutchinson  Manager 

Milwaukee Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lee Maye  Right Fielder 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Eddie Mathews  Third Baseman 
Hank Aaron  Center Fielder 
Joe Adcock  First Baseman 
Mel Roach  Left Fielder 
Roy McMillan  Shortstop 
Charlie Lau  Catcher 
Lew Burdette  Pitcher 
Chuck Dressen  Manager 

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Reds 6 @ Braves 5
County Stadium
May 5, 1961

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/5/1961 -- Cincinnati at Milwaukee (N)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    Milwaukee          AB  R  H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b      6  1  1  1   Maye L, rf            6  1  0  0   
Pinson V, cf          6  1  4  0   Bolling F, 2b         5  2  2  1   
Bell G, rf            4  0  1  0   Mathews E, 3b         6  1  3  1   
Post W, ph            1  1  1  3   Aaron H, cf           3  0  1  1   
Brosnan J, p          1  0  0  0   Adcock J, 1b          4  0  0  1   
Henry B, p            0  0  0  0   Roach M, lf           3  0  0  0   
Robinson F, lf        6  0  2  0   Spangler A, lf        2  1  1  0   
Coleman G, 1b         6  1  2  0   McMillan R, ss        5  0  1  0   
Freese G, 3b          6  1  2  0   Lau C, c              4  0  1  0   
Cardenas L, ss        5  0  1  2   Burdette L, p         3  0  0  0   
Zimmerman J, c        3  0  1  0   Morehead S, p         0  0  0  0   
Anderson H, ph        1  0  1  0   Crandall D, ph        1  0  0  0   
Chacon E, pr-rf       1  1  0  0   Piche R, p            0  0  0  0   
Purkey B, p           2  0  0  0   Logan J, ph           0  0  0  0   
Lynch J, ph           1  0  0  0   DeMerit J, pr         0  0  0  0   
Schmidt B, c          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     49  6 16  6                        42  5  9  4

Cincinnati       000 100 004 001 --  6
Milwaukee        200 002 001 000 --  5

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Purkey B              8.0  6  4  2  2  3
Brosnan J (W)         3.2  3  1  1  1  2
Henry B (S)           0.1  0  0  0  0  1

  Milwaukee            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Burdette L            8.1 12  4  4  0  2
Morehead S            0.2  2  1  1  0  0
Piche R (L)           3.0  2  1  1  2  1

E -- Mathews E, Blasingame D, Brosnan J
DP -- Milwaukee 3
LOB -- Cincinnati 11, Milwaukee 7
2B -- Coleman G 2, Cardenas L, Mathews E, Blasingame D, Spangler A
3B -- Mathews E, Freese G
HR -- Post W
SB -- Maye L
CS -- Pinson V, Aaron H
SH -- Lau C
SF -- Adcock J, Aaron H, Cardenas L
HBP -- by Burdette L (Purkey B)
WP -- Purkey B
T -- 3:36
A -- 8496

    

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