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May 17, 1961

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Braves 1 4 0
Dodgers 1 8 2
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Braves 1 4 0
Dodgers 1 8 2

Eddie Mathews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .375
OBP .600 .459
At Bats 2 104
Hits 0 39
• Singles 0 29
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 3 17
RBI’s 0 17

Stan Williams Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - May 17, 1961
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Strikeout
Stan Williams
Norm Sherry
Gil Hodges
Charlie Neal
Jim Gilliam
Maury Wills
Wally Moon
Tommy Davis
Frank Howard
Eddie Mathews
Frank Bolling
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Mathews strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Maye hits a line drive towards first. Hodges reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out.
Bottom 10 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Spahn strikes out.
Top 10 There goes Spangler. The throw from Sherry and he is out, Gilliam applying the tag.
Top 10 Lau bunts towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Neal covering, for the out. Spangler moves to second.
Top 10 Spangler takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Sherry hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 McMillan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sherry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Thomas strikes out.
Top 9 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Neal hits a fly ball into center field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hodges strikes out.
Bottom 8 Howard bunts towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam juggles the ball. That's an error on Gilliam. Spahn moves to second.
Top 8 Spahn takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Lau hits a popup towards third. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Spangler strikes out.
Bottom 7 Moon strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gilliam hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Gilliam reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Sherry hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 McMillan hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Williams scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McMillan for the out.
Top 7 Adcock takes first base on ball four. Bolling moves to third. Mathews moves to second.
Top 7 Thomas strikes out.
Top 7 Mathews takes first base on ball four. Bolling moves to second.
Top 7 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Hodges hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Howard takes first base on ball four. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Al Spangler now playing center field. Moon 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 6 Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Lau is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Hank Aaron pinch hits for John DeMerit. Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomas scores. McMillan moves to second.
Top 6 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Adcock hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sherry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Davis who is chasing the ball. Thomas reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. DeMerit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wills hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Sherry strikes out.
Top 5 Mathews hits a line drive into right field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bolling hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sherry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Maye strikes out.
Top 5 Spahn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 4 Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Moon strikes out.
Top 4 Lau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 DeMerit hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McMillan strikes out.
Top 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams juggles the ball. That's an error on Williams.
Bottom 3 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sherry moves to second.
Bottom 3 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 3 Sherry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Neal hits a fly ball into center field. DeMerit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Mathews is walked intentionally.
Top 3 The ball gets by Sherry for a passed ball. Bolling moves to second.
Top 3 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Maye hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 2 Davis hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Spahn strikes out.
Top 2 Lau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McMillan moves to third. DeMerit moves to second.
Top 2 DeMerit takes first base on ball four. McMillan moves to second.
Top 2 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moon hits a line drive towards short. McMillan catches it and throws to first to double up Wills.
Bottom 1 Gilliam strikes out.
Bottom 1 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mathews strikes out.
Top 1 Bolling strikes out.
Top 1 Maye hits a line drive into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.