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Milwaukee Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1961-08-23 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 15117 · 2:50

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Milwaukee Braves 7–6. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 1st. Roy Face earned the win. Frank Thomas went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	6	12
PIT	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	7	13

W: Roy Face L: Don Nottebart SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mel Steiner · 1B: Chris Pelekoudas · 2B: Jocko Conlan · 3B: Ken Burkhart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Maye	4	0	2	0	1	0
Frank Bolling	5	0	1	1	0	3
Eddie Mathews	5	1	3	0	0	0
Hank Aaron	4	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Adcock	3	1	1	0	1	0
Frank Thomas	4	1	1	4	0	1
Joe Torre	4	1	1	0	0	1
Roy McMillan	3	1	0	0	1	3
Lew Burdette	3	0	1	1	0	2
Don McMahon	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Virdon	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dick Groat	5	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Skinner	4	2	2	1	1	1
Dick Stuart	5	2	3	3	0	0
Roberto Clemente	4	1	2	1	0	0
Smoky Burgess	3	1	2	1	1	0
Don Hoak	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Mazeroski	4	0	1	0	0	1
Earl Francis	2	0	0	0	0	1
Rocky Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Moryn	1	0	1	0	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lew Burdette	5.2	9	0	2
Don McMahon	1.2	2	1	2
Don Nottebart	1.1	2	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Francis	5.0	8	2	5
Clem Labine	0.2	3	1	2
Bobby Shantz	1.1	1	0	1
Roy Face	2.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lee Maye: S
Frank Bolling: K
Eddie Mathews: S.1-2
Hank Aaron: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Bill Virdon: S
Dick Groat: 46(1)3/GDP
Bob Skinner: S
Dick Stuart: D6.1-H
Roberto Clemente: D.2-H
Smoky Burgess: S7/L.2-H
Don Hoak: 8/L

Top 2

Joe Adcock: S
Frank Thomas: 6/P
Joe Torre: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Bill Mazeroski: 3/L
Earl Francis: 3/P
Bill Virdon: 2/P

Top 3

Roy McMillan: K
Lew Burdette: K
Lee Maye: S
Frank Bolling: K

Bot 3

Dick Groat: 2/G
Bob Skinner: K
Dick Stuart: 9/FL

Top 4

Eddie Mathews: S
Hank Aaron: FC6.1X2(6E4);B-1
Joe Adcock: 64(1)/FO.2-2
Frank Thomas: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Roberto Clemente: 53
Smoky Burgess: 43
Don Hoak: 4/P

Top 5

Joe Torre: K
Roy McMillan: W
Lew Burdette: D7/7D.1-H
Lee Maye: 7
Frank Bolling: 63

Bot 5

Bill Mazeroski: T
Earl Francis: K
Bill Virdon: 13
Dick Groat: 8

Top 6

Eddie Mathews: S
Hank Aaron: D.1-3
Joe Adcock: W
Frank Thomas: HR/7D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Joe Torre: S
Roy McMillan: K
Lew Burdette: K
Lee Maye: W.1-2
Frank Bolling: S.2-H;1-2
Eddie Mathews: 7

Bot 6

Bob Skinner: 8/L
Dick Stuart: HR/7D
Roberto Clemente: 13
Smoky Burgess: D7/G
Don Hoak: S.2-H
Bill Mazeroski: K

Top 7

Hank Aaron: S
Joe Adcock: 16(1)3/GDP
Frank Thomas: K

Bot 7

Rocky Nelson: 43
Bill Virdon: K
Dick Groat: 8

Top 8

Joe Torre: 3/G
Roy McMillan: K
Don McMahon: 4/P

Bot 8

Bob Skinner: HR9/9LD/IPHR
Dick Stuart: 8
Roberto Clemente: S
Smoky Burgess: W.1-2
Don Hoak: 9
Bill Mazeroski: 64(1)/FO#

Top 9

Lee Maye: 31
Frank Bolling: K
Eddie Mathews: 7

Bot 9

Walt Moryn: S
Bill Virdon: 34/SH.1-2#
Dick Groat: K
Bob Skinner: IW
Dick Stuart: S9/G.2-H;1-2

Notes & reviews

Bill Mazeroski missed 2B bag and made low throw to 1B
Joe Adcock grounded sharply to SS and Eddie Mathews returned to 2B as Dick Groat threw to Bill Mazeroski; Mazeroski tried to tag Mathews for the double play; Mathews was safe because Mazeroski removed the force by touching 2B before the tag; Mathews returned to 2B because he forgot Henry Aaron was on 1B

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