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May 5, 1961

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Bottom 12 R H E
Reds 6 16 2
Braves 5 9 1
Bottom 12 R H E
Reds 6 16 2
Braves 5 9 1

Eddie Mathews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .600 .353
OBP .600 .413
At Bats 5 68
Hits 3 24
• Singles 1 20
• Doubles 1 2
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 1 9

Bill Henry Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 1
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County Stadium - May 5, 1961
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Strikeout
Bill Henry
Bob Schmidt
Gordy Coleman
Don Blasingame
Gene Freese
Leo Cardenas
Frank Robinson
Vada Pinson
Elio Chacon
Eddie Mathews
Frank Bolling
John DeMerit

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 6 16 2 11
Milwaukee Braves 5 9 1 7
Winning Pitcher Jim Brosnan
Losing Pitcher Ron Piche
Save Bill Henry
Game Winning RBI Leo Cardenas
Attendance 8,496
Time of Game 3 hours 36 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bill Henry now pitching. Mathews strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 12 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. DeMerit moves to second.
Bottom 12 John DeMerit pinch runs for Johnny Logan. Maye hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Johnny Logan pinch hits for Ron Piche. Logan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 12 Lau 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 12 Chacon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Cardenas hits a fly ball into left field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Freese tags and scores.
Top 12 Freese hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maye who is chasing the ball. Freese reaches third base with a triple.
Top 12 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Piche fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brosnan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brosnan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Adcock strikes out.
Top 11 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 11 Brosnan bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 11 Pinson bunts towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws to Piche covering. Safe.
Bottom 10 Aaron strikes out.
Bottom 10 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 10 Schmidt takes first base on ball four. Chacon moves to second.
Top 10 Chacon takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Ron Piche now pitching. Cardenas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Del Crandall pinch hits for Seth Morehead. Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first, with Brosnan covering, for the out.
Bottom 9 Lau bunts towards the mound. Brosnan fields it and throws to first for the out. McMillan moves to third.
Bottom 9 McMillan bunts towards the mound. Brosnan picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Brosnan. Spangler scores. McMillan moves to second.
Bottom 9 Elio Chacon now playing right field. Bob Schmidt now catching. Jim Brosnan now pitching. Spangler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Spangler reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Freese hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Coleman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maye. Coleman reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Robinson hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Seth Morehead now pitching. Wally Post pinch hits for Gus Bell. Post hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 9 Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third. Pinson moves to second.
Top 9 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Aaron. Blasingame reaches second base with a double. Chacon goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Elio Chacon pinch runs for Harry Anderson. Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Bob Purkey. Lynch hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Harry Anderson pinch hits for Jerry Zimmerman. Anderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Adcock hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Aaron is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Mathews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Mathews reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Maye hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Coleman hits a fly ball into left field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Burdette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lau hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pinson 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 7 Al Spangler now playing left field. Blasingame hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Roach hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mathews tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Mathews hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson who is chasing the ball. Mathews reaches third base with a triple. Bolling goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Purkey strikes out.
Top 6 Zimmerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Freese moves to second.
Top 6 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Coleman hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Burdette strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lau hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Robinson hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Roach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McMillan hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Roach hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Purkey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cardenas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roach. Cardenas reaches second base with a double. Coleman scores.
Top 4 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Coleman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roach. Coleman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 There goes Aaron. The throw from Zimmerman and he is out, Blasingame applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bell strikes out. There goes Pinson. The throw from Lau to McMillan, and Pinson is out.
Top 3 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Maye strikes out.
Bottom 2 Burdette strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Purkey is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Roach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bolling tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Bolling moves to third. Mathews moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maye scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 There goes Maye. The throw from Zimmerman and he is safe. Maye steals second.
Bottom 1 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame misplays the ball. That's an error on Blasingame.
Top 1 Freese hits a line drive towards the mound. Burdette reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. Bell moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Top 1 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Top 1 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.