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Braves 3 @ Giants 4
Candlestick Park
August 6, 1961

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Milwaukee Braves, played on August 6, 1961 at Candlestick Park. The home team Giants beat the visiting Braves with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 6, 1961 
Visiting Team
Milwaukee Braves
R: 3 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 3
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
San Francisco Giants
R: 4 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 4
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherJuan Marichal  
Losing PitcherCarl Willey  
SaveStu Miller  
Game Winning RBIHarvey Kuenn 

Game Info

DateAugust 6, 1961 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMilwaukee Braves 
Home TeamSan Francisco Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherCarl Willey  
Home Starting PitcherJuan Marichal  
BallparkCandlestick Park 
CitySan Francisco 
StateCA 
Attendance24,336 
Time of Game3 hours 1 minute 
UmpiresHP: Al Barlick
1B: Bill Jackowski
2B: Ed Vargo
3B: Shag Crawford

Milwaukee Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mack Jones  Center Fielder 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Eddie Mathews  Third Baseman 
Hank Aaron  Right Fielder 
Joe Adcock  First Baseman 
Frank Thomas  Left Fielder 
Joe Torre  Catcher 
Roy McMillan  Shortstop 
Carl Willey  Pitcher 
Chuck Dressen  Manager 

San Francisco Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joey Amalfitano  Second Baseman 
Harvey Kuenn  Left Fielder 
Matty Alou  Right Fielder 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Orlando Cepeda  First Baseman 
Jim Davenport  Third Baseman 
John Orsino  Catcher 
Jose Pagan  Shortstop 
Juan Marichal  Pitcher 
Alvin Dark  Manager 

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Braves 3 @ Giants 4
Candlestick Park
August 6, 1961

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         Game of 8/6/1961 -- Milwaukee at San Francisco (D)

  Milwaukee          AB  R  H RBI    San Francisco      AB  R  H RBI
Jones M, cf           5  0  2  1   Amalfitano J, 2b      3  2  1  0   
Bolling F, 2b         5  0  1  0   Kuenn H, lf           3  1  1  1   
Mathews E, 3b         4  0  3  0   Alou F, lf            0  0  0  0   
Aaron H, rf           4  1  1  0   Alou M, rf            4  1  2  2   
Adcock J, 1b          4  1  3  2   Mays W, cf            3  0  1  1   
Thomas F, lf          4  0  0  0   Cepeda O, 1b          4  0  1  0   
Torre J, c            4  0  3  0   Davenport J, 3b       4  0  0  0   
DeMerit J, pr         0  0  0  0   Orsino J, c           4  0  1  0   
McMillan R, ss        3  0  0  0   Pagan J, ss           2  0  0  0   
Boyd B, ph            1  1  1  0   Marichal J, p         1  0  0  0   
Willey C, p           2  0  0  0   Miller S, p           0  0  0  0   
Maye L, ph            1  0  0  0                                      
Cloninger T, p        0  0  0  0                                      
Mantilla F, ph        1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  3 14  3                        28  4  7  4

Milwaukee        000 100 002 --  3
San Francisco    202 000 00x --  4

  Milwaukee            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Willey C (L)          6.0  6  4  4  2  4
Cloninger T           2.0  1  0  0  1  0

  San Francisco        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Marichal J (W)        8.2 14  3  3  0  4
Miller S (S)          0.1  0  0  0  0  1

E -- Pagan J, Mathews E, Torre J
DP -- Milwaukee 2, San Francisco 3
LOB -- Milwaukee 8, San Francisco 6
2B -- Kuenn H, Aaron H
3B -- Mathews E
HR -- Alou M, Adcock J
SH -- Marichal J
HBP -- by Willey C (Mays W)
WP -- Marichal J 2
Balk -- Marichal J
T -- 3:01
A -- 24336

    

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