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July 2, 1961

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Bottom 13 R H E
Reds 8 19 3
Braves 5 9 1
Bottom 13 R H E
Reds 8 19 3
Braves 5 9 1

Hank Aaron Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .323
OBP .600 .356
At Bats 4 266
Hits 2 86
• Singles 1 52
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 1 16
Walks 1 16
RBI’s 2 54

Jim Brosnan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 12
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County Stadium - July 2, 1961
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Out
Jim Brosnan
Johnny Edwards
Gordy Coleman
Don Blasingame
Gene Freese
Eddie Kasko
Gus Bell
Vada Pinson
Frank Robinson
Hank Aaron
Al Spangler
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 13 Spangler takes first base on ball four.
Top 13 Bell hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Coleman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 13 Robinson is walked intentionally.
Top 13 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Blasingame bunts towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out. Kasko moves to second.
Top 13 Warren Spahn now pitching. Kasko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 12 Bolling hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Cimoli hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Frank Thomas pinch hits for Don McMahon. Thomas strikes out.
Top 12 Brosnan is called out on strikes.
Top 12 Edwards strikes out.
Top 12 Freese strikes out.
Bottom 11 McMillan hits a popup towards short. Kasko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Maye hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Torre hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 11 Coleman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson moves to third.
Top 11 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 11 Pinson strikes out.
Top 11 Blasingame hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Brosnan, and towards Blasingame, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Spangler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 10 Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Jim Brosnan now pitching. Cimoli hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Wally Post pinch hits for Sherman Jones. Post strikes out.
Top 10 Edwards hits a popup towards third. Aaron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 McMahon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maye for the out.
Top 9 Freese hits a line drive into left field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Robinson moves to third.
Top 9 Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 There goes Robinson. The throw from Torre and he is safe. Robinson steals second.
Top 9 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Adcock strikes out.
Bottom 8 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pinson hits a popup towards third. Aaron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Kasko hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Al Spangler now playing left field. Lee Maye now playing right field. Hank Aaron now playing third base. Don McMahon now pitching. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Boyd pinch hits for Felix Mantilla. Boyd is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. McMillan moves to third. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Cimoli hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Del Crandall pinch hits for Bob Hendley. Crandall bunts towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. McMillan moves to second.
Bottom 7 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman fields the ball and throws to Jones covering. Safe.
Top 7 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Hendley covering, for the out.
Top 7 Freese hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mantilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lee Maye now playing left field. Bell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lee Maye pinch hits for Hawk Taylor. Maye hits a popup towards short. Kasko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Torre hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Torre reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sherman Jones now pitching. Jones fires to first and picks off Aaron.
Bottom 6 Howie Nunn now pitching. Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. There goes Pinson trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hendley fields it and throws to first for the out. Pinson moves to second.
Top 6 Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kasko scores. Blasingame scores.
Top 6 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field. Aaron picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Aaron. Kasko moves to third. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 6 Kasko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Dick Gernert pinch hits for Jim O'Toole. Gernert hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mantilla strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnny Edwards now catching. Cimoli hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bob Hendley now pitching. Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Jerry Zimmerman. Lynch hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Carl Willey now pitching. Freese takes first base on ball four. Coleman moves to third. Bell moves to second.
Top 5 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pinson scores. Coleman moves to second.
Top 5 Coleman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pinson moves to third.
Top 5 Robinson strikes out.
Top 5 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws to Nottebart covering. Safe.
Top 5 Felix Mantilla now playing third base. Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nottebart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Nottebart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McMillan hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Taylor hits a popup, foul, towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kasko hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Taylor. Kasko reaches second base with a double. There goes O'Toole trying to get to home. Taylor throws the ball in to Mathews who relays the ball to Torre, who tags O'Toole, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 4 O'Toole hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nottebart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Freese hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a popup, foul, towards first. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Adcock hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Mathews is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 There goes Bolling. The throw from Zimmerman and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 3 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. McMillan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 3 Coleman is hit by the pitch. Robinson moves to second.
Top 3 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Cimoli is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Nottebart bunts towards the mound. O'Toole fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Blasingame covering - double play.
Bottom 2 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Kasko hits a line drive into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 O'Toole hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Zimmerman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bolling reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Freese hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Pinson fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Pinson. Torre moves to third.
Bottom 1 Adcock hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. Blasingame picks up the ball and throws it to Kasko who tags the runner out.
Bottom 1 Cimoli hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Coleman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson scores.
Top 1 Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cimoli. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Kasko scores.
Top 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out. Kasko moves to third.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Nottebart, and towards McMillan, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Kasko moves to second.
Top 1 Kasko takes first base on ball four.