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Cubs
@ Braves
County Stadium
August 13, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Braves and the Chicago Cubs, played on August 13, 1961 at County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 13, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
Milwaukee Braves
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 13, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Anderson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lew Burdette |
| Ballpark | County Stadium |
| City | Milwaukee |
| State | WI |
| Attendance | 21,485 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 54 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Jackowski 1B: Ed Vargo 2B: Shag Crawford 3B: Al Barlick |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Heist | Center Fielder |
| Don Zimmer | Third Baseman |
| Ernie Banks | Shortstop |
| George Altman | Right Fielder |
| Billy Williams | Left Fielder |
| Jerry Kindall | Second Baseman |
| Dick Bertell | Catcher |
| Ed Bouchee | First Baseman |
| Bob Anderson | Pitcher |
| El Tappe | 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 |
| Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
| Joe Torre | Catcher |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Lew Burdette | Pitcher |
| Chuck Dressen | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Braves
County Stadium
August 13, 1961
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Heist vs. Burdette
Heist hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette juggles the ball. That's an error on Burdette. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Burdette
Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Burdette
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Altman vs. Burdette
Altman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Maye vs. Anderson
Maye hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Anderson
There goes Maye. The throw from Bertell and he is safe. Maye steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Bolling vs. Anderson
Bolling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Bolling reaches second base with a double. Maye scores. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Mathews vs. Anderson
Mathews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Aaron vs. Anderson
Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolling scores. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adcock vs. Anderson
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Mathews moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Anderson
There's a wild pitch. Mathews scores. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Anderson
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Burdette
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. Burdette
Kindall hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bertell vs. Burdette
Bertell is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Anderson
Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Anderson
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Burdette vs. Anderson
Burdette is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bouchee vs. Burdette
Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Burdette
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Heist vs. Burdette
Heist hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Maye vs. Anderson
Maye hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee fields the ball and throws to Anderson covering. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Anderson
Bolling bunts towards third. Zimmer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Zimmer. Maye moves to third. Bolling moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Mathews vs. Anderson
Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maye scores. Bolling scores. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Anderson
Aaron strikes out. There goes Mathews. The throw from Bertell to second, and Mathews is out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Anderson
Adcock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Anderson
Thomas hits a line drive towards left. Williams chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Williams. Adcock moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Torre vs. Anderson
Torre hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Burdette
Zimmer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Banks vs. Burdette
Banks strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Altman vs. Burdette
Altman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zimmer moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Burdette
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out. Zimmer moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kindall vs. Burdette
Kindall hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Anderson
McMillan hits a line drive into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Burdette vs. Anderson
Burdette strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Maye vs. Anderson
Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kindall misplays the ball. That's an error on Kindall. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Anderson
Bolling hits a line drive into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bertell vs. Burdette
Bertell hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bouchee vs. Burdette
Bouchee hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Burdette
Anderson hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Anderson
Mathews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Anderson
Aaron hits a line drive into center field. Heist picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Heist. Mathews goes all the way around to score. Aaron moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Adcock vs. Brewer
Jim Brewer now pitching.
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adcock for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Brewer
Thomas is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Torre vs. Brewer
Torre strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
McMillan vs. Brewer
McMillan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Burdette vs. Brewer
Burdette strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Heist vs. Burdette
Heist hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Burdette
Zimmer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Burdette
Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Burdette
Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first, with Burdette covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Burdette
Williams hits a popup in front of the plate. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Maye vs. Brewer
Maye hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Brewer
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Brewer
Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Brewer
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 2 - Braves, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. Burdette
Kindall strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bertell vs. Burdette
Bertell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bouchee vs. Burdette
Bouchee hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Ashburn vs. Burdette
Richie Ashburn pinch hits for Jim Brewer.
Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bouchee moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Heist vs. Burdette
Heist hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bouchee scores. Ashburn moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Zimmer vs. Burdette
Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. Ashburn moves to third. Heist moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Banks vs. Burdette
Banks hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Drott
Dick Drott now pitching.
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Drott
Thomas hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Drott
Torre takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Drott
McMillan takes first base on ball four. Torre moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Burdette vs. Drott
Burdette strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Burdette
Altman hits a line drive into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Burdette
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Burdette covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kindall vs. Burdette
Kindall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Kindall reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Bertell vs. Burdette
Bertell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Maye vs. Drott
Maye hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Drott
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Drott
Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Drott
Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Heist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bouchee vs. Burdette
Bouchee strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Will vs. Burdette
Bob Will pinch hits for Dick Drott.
Will hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Heist vs. Burdette
Heist hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Aaron. Heist reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Zimmer vs. Burdette
Zimmer hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/13/1961 -- Chicago at Milwaukee (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI Milwaukee AB R H RBI
Heist A, cf 5 1 3 1 Maye L, rf 5 2 2 0
Zimmer D, 3b 4 1 1 2 Bolling F, 2b 4 2 1 1
Banks E, ss 4 0 1 0 Mathews E, 3b 3 3 3 3
Altman G, rf 4 0 1 0 Aaron H, cf 5 1 2 1
Williams B, lf 4 0 0 0 Adcock J, 1b 4 0 1 0
Kindall J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Thomas F, lf 3 0 0 0
Bertell D, c 4 0 0 0 Torre J, c 3 0 1 0
Bouchee E, 1b 4 1 1 0 McMillan R, ss 3 0 1 1
Anderson B, p 2 0 0 0 Burdette L, p 4 0 0 0
Brewer J, p 0 0 0 0
Ashburn R, ph 1 0 1 0
Drott D, p 0 0 0 0
Will B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 3 9 3 34 8 11 6
Chicago 000 002 100 -- 3
Milwaukee 302 021 00x -- 8
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson B (L)* 4.0 8 7 6 2 3
Brewer J 2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Drott D 2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette L (W) 9.0 9 3 3 1 5
* Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
E -- Burdette L, Zimmer D, Williams B, Kindall J, Heist A, Mathews E
DP -- Chicago 3, Milwaukee 1
LOB -- Chicago 8, Milwaukee 8
2B -- Bolling F, Kindall J, Heist A
HR -- Zimmer D, Mathews E
SB -- Maye L
CS -- Mathews E
SH -- Bolling F
WP -- Anderson B
T -- 2:54
A -- 21485
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