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June 6, 1961

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Braves 3 13 2
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Eddie Mathews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .318
OBP .250 .406
At Bats 4 173
Hits 1 55
• Singles 1 37
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 1 28

Jim Brosnan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 6
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Crosley Field - June 6, 1961
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Jim Brosnan
Jerry Zimmerman
Gordy Coleman
Don Blasingame
Gene Freese
Eddie Kasko
Pete Whisenant
Vada Pinson
Frank Robinson
Eddie Mathews
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Mathews bunts towards the mound. Brosnan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Top 9 Jim Brosnan now pitching. Pete Whisenant now playing left field. Bolling hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out. Chacon scores. Kasko moves to third. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 8 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Blasingame takes first base on ball four. Freese scores. Chacon moves to third. Kasko moves to second.
Bottom 8 Elio Chacon pinch runs for Gus Bell. Kasko takes first base on ball four. Coleman scores. Freese moves to third. Chacon moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gus Bell pinch hits for Bob Purkey. Bell is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Zimmerman bunts towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Coleman moves to third. Freese moves to second.
Bottom 8 Freese takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Chi-Chi Olivo now pitching. Coleman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Aaron. Coleman reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Maye hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnny Logan pinch hits for Claude Raymond. Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to home to get Torre. McMillan moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 McMillan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Robinson. McMillan reaches second base with a double. Thomas scores. Torre moves to third.
Top 8 Torre takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Top 8 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Torre settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Torre.
Bottom 7 Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Claude Raymond now pitching. Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 7 Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spangler scores. Bolling moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out. Spangler moves to third.
Top 7 Maye hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spangler moves to second.
Top 7 Al Spangler pinch hits for Don McMahon. Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame misplays the ball. That's an error on Blasingame.
Bottom 6 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Purkey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Zimmerman takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Thomas trying to get to third. Pinson throws the ball in to Freese, who tags Thomas for the out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McMahon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Coleman hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pinson tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Don McMahon now pitching. McMahon fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on McMahon. Pinson moves to third. Lynch moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lynch takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Pinson. The throw from Torre and he is safe. Pinson steals second.
Bottom 5 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws to Willey covering. Safe.
Top 5 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first, with Purkey covering, for the out.
Top 5 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Maye strikes out.
Bottom 4 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Zimmerman moves to third.
Bottom 4 Purkey bunts towards the mound. Willey fields it and throws to first for the out. Zimmerman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Freese hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Coleman strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lynch hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maye. Lynch reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Willey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McMillan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. McMillan reaches second base with a double. Adcock scores. Torre moves to third.
Top 4 Torre is hit by the pitch. Adcock moves to second.
Top 4 Thomas hits a popup for a double play.
Top 4 Adcock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aaron moves to third.
Top 4 Aaron hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 The ball gets by Torre for a passed ball. Pinson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Pinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maye. Pinson reaches second base with a double. Purkey scores.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Purkey moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Purkey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Purkey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Mathews hits a line drive towards first. Coleman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bolling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Maye moves to third. Bolling moves to second.
Top 3 Maye hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Willey strikes out.
Top 3 McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Freese strikes out.
Bottom 2 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Thomas strikes out.
Top 2 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lynch strikes out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out. Kasko moves to third. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 1 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blasingame takes first base on ball four. Kasko moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kasko takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Maye hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.