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Cardinals
@ Braves
County Stadium
September 26, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 26, 1961 at County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 26, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 26, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ray Sadecki |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lew Burdette |
| Ballpark | County Stadium |
| City | Milwaukee |
| State | WI |
| Attendance | 4,277 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Vargo 1B: Shag Crawford 2B: Al Barlick 3B: Frank Walsh |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Carl Sawatski | Catcher |
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Ray Sadecki | Pitcher |
| Johnny Keane | Manager |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lee Maye | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Hank Aaron | Center Fielder |
| Joe Adcock | First Baseman |
| Joe Torre | Catcher |
| Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
| Frank Bolling | Second Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Lew Burdette | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Braves
County Stadium
September 26, 1961
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Burdette
Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Burdette
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Burdette
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Burdette
Boyer hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maye vs. Sadecki
Maye takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Sadecki
Mathews takes first base on ball four. Maye moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aaron vs. Sadecki
Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Maye moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Adcock vs. Sadecki
Adcock hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Sadecki
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Sadecki
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Burdette
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Burdette
Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Burdette
Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Burdette
Grammas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sadecki vs. Burdette
Sadecki hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Sadecki
Bolling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Sadecki
McMillan hits a line drive towards first. White catches it and steps on first to double up Bolling. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burdette vs. Sadecki
Burdette hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Burdette
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Burdette
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Burdette
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Burdette
Boyer strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maye vs. Sadecki
Maye hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Sadecki
Mathews hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Sadecki
Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Sadecki
Adcock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Sadecki
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sadecki fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Burdette
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Burdette
Sawatski hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Burdette
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock juggles the ball. That's an error on Adcock. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Burdette
Grammas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Sadecki
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Sadecki
Bolling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Bolling reaches second base with a double. Thomas goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McMillan vs. Anderson
Craig Anderson now pitching.
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burdette vs. Anderson
Burdette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maye vs. Anderson
Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemens vs. Burdette
Doug Clemens pinch hits for Craig Anderson.
Clemens strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Burdette
Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Burdette
Cunningham hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Burdette
White strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Miller
Bob Miller now pitching.
Mathews hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Miller
Aaron hits a line drive towards short. Grammas reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Miller
Adcock is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Burdette
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Burdette
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Burdette
Sawatski is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Miller
Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Miller
Thomas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Torre moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bolling vs. Miller
Bolling is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McMillan vs. Miller
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Torre scores. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Burdette vs. Miller
Burdette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Miller. Thomas scores. Burdette moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maye vs. Miller
Maye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Burdette
Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Burdette
Grammas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Grammas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Burdette
Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Bob Miller.
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grammas moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Flood vs. Burdette
Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grammas scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Burdette
Cunningham hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Cicotte
Al Cicotte now pitching.
Mathews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Cicotte
Aaron hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mathews moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Adcock vs. Cicotte
Adcock takes first base on ball four. Aaron moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Torre vs. Cicotte
Torre takes first base on ball four. Mathews scores. Aaron moves to third. Adcock moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thomas vs. Cicotte
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bolling vs. Cicotte
Bolling hits a line drive towards third. Boyer makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Boyer. Aaron scores. Adcock moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McMillan vs. Cicotte
McMillan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Burdette
White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Burdette
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Burdette
Musial 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 -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Burdette
Sawatski 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
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burdette vs. Cicotte
Ed Olivares now playing left field.
Burdette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maye vs. Cicotte
Maye hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burdette moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mathews vs. Cicotte
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. White fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. Burdette moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Aaron vs. Cicotte
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Burdette
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Burdette
Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Burdette
Gene Oliver pinch hits for Al Cicotte.
Oliver takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Burdette
Flood 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 9/26/1961 -- St.Louis at Milwaukee (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Milwaukee AB R H RBI
Flood C, cf 5 0 2 1 Maye L, rf 4 1 1 0
Cunningham J, rf 4 0 0 0 Mathews E, 3b 4 3 2 1
White B, 1b 4 0 2 0 Aaron H, cf 5 1 1 0
Boyer K, 3b 4 1 1 1 Adcock J, 1b 3 1 2 3
Musial S, lf 4 0 0 0 Torre J, c 3 1 1 1
Olivares E, lf 0 0 0 0 Thomas F, lf 4 2 2 0
Sawatski C, c 4 0 0 0 Bolling F, 2b 2 0 1 1
Javier J, 2b 4 0 1 0 McMillan R, ss 4 0 0 0
Grammas A, ss 4 1 2 0 Burdette L, p 4 0 2 1
Sadecki R, p 1 0 0 0
Anderson C, p 0 0 0 0
Clemens D, ph 1 0 0 0
Miller B, p 0 0 0 0
Schoendienst R, ph 1 0 0 0
Cicotte A, p 0 0 0 0
Oliver G, ph 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 2 8 2 33 9 12 7
St.Louis 000 000 110 -- 2
Milwaukee 301 102 20x -- 9
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki R (L)* 3.0 5 5 5 3 0
Anderson C 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Miller B 2.0 3 2 2 1 1
Cicotte A 2.0 4 2 1 2 1
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette L (W) 9.0 8 2 2 1 5
* Pitched to 2 batters in 4th
E -- Adcock J, Miller B, Boyer K
DP -- St.Louis 3
LOB -- St.Louis 8, Milwaukee 6
2B -- Bolling F, Thomas F, Grammas A
HR -- Adcock J, Mathews E, Boyer K
T -- 2:38
A -- 4277
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