Milwaukee Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates - July 21,1961

Visiting Team

Milwaukee Braves (44-43)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (44-40)

Game Date

July 21,1961

Year

1961

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

28,290

Time of Game

2:54

Umpires

[HP]: Frank Dascoli [1B]: Frank Secory [2B]: Tony Venzon [3B]: Ed Sudol

8th inning: PO1(1E3).1-1 **Eddie Mathews in rundown; Dick Stuart dropped the ball twice and**
8th inning: PO1(1E3).1-1 **threw wildly as Mathews dove safely back into 1B**
9th inning: 9/FL **great catch in the Pirates bullpen; the Pirates claimed the ball**
9th inning: 9/FL **was dropped; throw to 2B appeared to double off Dick Groat**
9th inning: 9/FL **ruling was he called time and stepped off base**

Milwaukee Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Mack Jones	cf	22.257	L	4	0	0	0	0	1	.326	10	10
2	Frank Bolling	2b	29.247	R	4	1	1	0	0	0	.296	86	871
3	Eddie Mathews	3b	29.281	L	3	0	0	0	1	0	.297	84	1251
4	Hank Aaron	rf	27.166	R	4	3	3	3	0	0	.318	87	998
5	Joe Adcock	1b	33.264	R	4	0	1	0	0	1	.257	84	1118
6	Lee Maye	lf	26.222	L	4	1	1	1	0	0	.265	61	122
7	Joe Torre	c	21.003	R	4	0	0	0	0	0	.271	57	59
8	Roy McMillan	ss	32.004	R	1	0	0	1	1	0	.227	86	1362
9	Lew Burdette	p	34.241	R	3	0	0	0	0	1	.226	24	370
Totals

Errors: Roy McMillan

2B: Frank Bolling (10)

HR: Hank Aaron 2 (22)

RBI: Hank Aaron 3 (72), Lee Maye (27), Roy McMillan (26)

SH: Roy McMillan (7)

GDP: Joe Torre (6)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Joe Christopher	lf	25.220	R	5	0	1	0	0	0	.280	39	101
2	Bill Virdon	cf	30.042	L	5	2	3	0	0	0	.292	79	844
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	26.337	R	5	0	1	0	0	1	.356	82	765
4	Dick Stuart	1b	28.256	R	5	1	1	0	0	1	.291	71	364
5	Don Hoak	3b	33.166	R	4	0	1	1	0	1	.338	78	921
6	Smoky Burgess	c	34.165	L	3	0	1	0	1	0	.295	52	1023
7	Bill Mazeroski	2b	24.319	R	3	0	1	2	0	0	.247	82	699
8	Dick Schofield	ss	26.195	B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.245	35	390
	Walt Moryn	ph	35.100	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.188	34	718
9	Bob Friend	p	30.239	R	2	0	0	0	0	1	.113	25	323
	Rocky Nelson	ph	36.245	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	.239	45	455
	Dick Groat	ss	30.259	R	1	0	1	0	0	0	.266	81	894
Totals

Errors: Dick Stuart, Bob Friend

2B: Rocky Nelson (4)

3B: Dick Schofield (1)

RBI: Don Hoak (34), Bill Mazeroski 2 (34)

SF: Bill Mazeroski (4)

Milwaukee Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Lew Burdette	R	W 11-6	7.1	10	2	2	1	3	0	3.80	1.22	22	355
2	Don Nottebart	R		1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.38	1.41	19	24
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Lew Burdette (0-0-0), Don Nottebart (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Bob Friend	R	L 9-12	7.0	6	4	4	1	3	2	4.31	1.38	26	334
2	Vinegar Bend Mizell	L		1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.54	1.63	16	215
3	Roy Face	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	0.99	37	373
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Friend (0-0-0), Vinegar Bend Mizell (0-0-0), Roy Face (0-0-0)

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