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Milwaukee Braves @ St. Louis Cardinals

1961-09-12 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 7110 · 2:45

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Milwaukee Braves 4–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 7th. Bob Gibson earned the win. Eddie Mathews went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		4	7

W: Bob Gibson L: Bob Hendley SV: (none)

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

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Maye	4	0	1	0	0	0
Roy McMillan	3	0	0	0	0	2
Eddie Mathews	3	1	1	1	1	0
Hank Aaron	3	0	1	0	1	2
Joe Adcock	2	0	0	0	2	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frank Bolling	3	0	1	0	1	1
Sammy White	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Hendley	2	0	0	0	1	2
Al Spangler	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Boyd	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curt Flood	4	0	0	0	0	1
Julian Javier	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bill White	2	0	1	1	2	0
Ken Boyer	4	1	2	0	0	1
Gene Oliver	4	1	0	0	0	1
Charlie James	4	1	1	1	0	1
Don Taussig	3	0	1	1	0	1
Jerry Buchek	3	0	1	0	0	2
Bob Gibson	2	0	0	0	1	1

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Hendley	6.1	5	2	5
Don McMahon	1.2	2	1	3

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Gibson	9.0	5	6	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lee Maye: 13
Roy McMillan: K
Eddie Mathews: HR/7D
Hank Aaron: K

Bot 1

Curt Flood: 63
Julian Javier: 43
Bill White: W
Ken Boyer: PO1(1341)

Top 2

Joe Adcock: 63
Frank Thomas: K
Frank Bolling: D9
Sammy White: 6/L

Bot 2

Ken Boyer: 8
Gene Oliver: K
Charlie James: 43

Top 3

Bob Hendley: W
Lee Maye: D7.1-3
Roy McMillan: 43
Eddie Mathews: 9/DP.3XH(92)

Bot 3

Don Taussig: 3/P
Jerry Buchek: K/C
Bob Gibson: 8

Top 4

Hank Aaron: S8
Joe Adcock: CS2(24)
Joe Adcock: W
Frank Thomas: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Curt Flood: 53
Julian Javier: 9
Bill White: 5/FL

Top 5

Frank Bolling: K/C
Sammy White: 3/G
Bob Hendley: K/C

Bot 5

Ken Boyer: S7
Gene Oliver: 54(1)/FO
Charlie James: 7
Don Taussig: K

Top 6

Lee Maye: 43
Roy McMillan: K
Eddie Mathews: 4/P

Bot 6

Jerry Buchek: S7
Bob Gibson: K
Curt Flood: K
Julian Javier: 53

Top 7

Hank Aaron: W
Joe Adcock: W.1-2
Frank Thomas: S1.2-3;1-2
Frank Bolling: FC5.3XH(52);2-3;1-2;B-1
Sammy White: 2/FL
Bob Hendley: K

Bot 7

Bill White: W
Ken Boyer: S8.1-2
Gene Oliver: FC1.2X3(15);1-2;B-1
Charlie James: S7.2-H;1-H(E7)(NR);B-3
Don Taussig: S7.3-H
Jerry Buchek: K
Bob Gibson: W.1-2
Curt Flood: 9

Top 8

Lee Maye: 43
Al Spangler: 7
Eddie Mathews: W
Hank Aaron: K

Bot 8

Julian Javier: D7
Bill White: S9.2-H
Ken Boyer: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Ken Boyer: K
Gene Oliver: 4/P
Charlie James: K

Top 9

Joe Adcock: 4/P
Frank Thomas: 7
Frank Bolling: W
Bob Boyd: K