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August 17, 1961

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Phillies 6 9 2
Braves 6 11 3
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Phillies 6 9 2
Braves 6 11 3

Hank Aaron Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .318
OBP .400 .372
At Bats 4 440
Hits 1 140
• Singles 1 74
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 31
Walks 1 39
RBI’s 0 93

Jack Baldschun Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 1
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County Stadium - August 17, 1961
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Strikeout
Jack Baldschun
Clay Dalrymple
Don Demeter
Tony Taylor
Lee Walls
Bobby Malkmus
Johnny Callison
Tony Gonzalez
Ken Walters
Hank Aaron
Eddie Mathews
Frank Bolling
Lee Maye
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Aaron strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Mathews takes first base on ball four. Maye moves to third. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 11 Bolling bunts towards third. Walls juggles the ball. That's an error on Walls. Maye moves to second.
Bottom 11 Maye takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Dalrymple hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Walls hits a line drive towards short. Mantilla reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Don Nottebart now pitching. Felix Mantilla now playing shortstop. Al Spangler now playing left field. Frank Thomas now playing first base. Walters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Bob Boyd pinch hits for Don McMahon. Boyd hits a fly ball towards cemter. Gonzalez catches it and throws to home to double up Spangler.
Bottom 10 Mack Jones pinch hits for Roy McMillan. Jones is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Torre bunts towards the mound. Baldschun fields it and throws to first for the out. Spangler moves to third. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 10 Al Spangler pinch runs for Joe Adcock. Thomas is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Malkmus fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Malkmus. Adcock moves to second.
Top 10 Demeter hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Callison is called out on strikes.
Top 10 McMahon fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on McMahon. Taylor moves to third.
Top 10 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Baldschun strikes out.
Bottom 9 Jack Baldschun now pitching. Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Don Ferrarese now pitching. Mathews takes first base on ball four. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 McMahon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Malkmus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Malkmus hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 9 Dalrymple hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McMahon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Don McMahon now pitching. Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 McMillan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Demeter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Torre is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Walls fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Adcock hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Walters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Demeter hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Callison hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Bolling hits a popup towards short. Malkmus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ken Walters now playing right field. Maye is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. Malkmus scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Mahaffey bunts towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Malkmus moves to second.
Top 7 Malkmus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walters scores. Walls scores.
Top 7 Dalrymple bunts towards the mound. Buhl fields it and throws to first for the out. Walters moves to third. Walls moves to second.
Top 7 Ken Walters pinch runs for Wes Covington. Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Walters moves to second.
Top 7 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws to Buhl covering. Safe.
Bottom 6 Buhl strikes out.
Bottom 6 McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Adcock moves to second.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards short. Malkmus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Malkmus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 There goes Gonzalez. The throw from Torre and he is out, McMillan applying the tag.
Top 6 Demeter strikes out.
Top 6 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Callison hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Buhl covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Aaron. The throw from Dalrymple and he is out, Taylor applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mathews hits a popup in front of the plate. Dalrymple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Maye hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Taylor 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 5 Mahaffey strikes out.
Top 5 Malkmus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dalrymple moves to second.
Top 5 Dalrymple takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Buhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Torre moves to second.
Bottom 4 McMillan strikes out.
Bottom 4 Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Walls hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Covington 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 4 Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buhl fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Adcock hits a line drive into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a line drive into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dalrymple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Callison hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Taylor 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 2 Bolling is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Maye hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torre tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Buhl takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Art Mahaffey now pitching. McMillan hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torre moves to third.
Bottom 2 Torre hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Torre reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Roberts is called out on strikes.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Dalrymple scores. Malkmus goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Malkmus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walls scores. Dalrymple moves to third.
Top 2 Dalrymple hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields it and throws to home to get Demeter. Walls moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Demeter moves to third.
Top 2 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Demeter moves to second.
Top 2 Demeter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Mathews moves to third.
Bottom 1 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Covington. Mathews reaches second base with a double. Maye scores. Bolling goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maye moves to second.
Bottom 1 Maye hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Callison hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Taylor strikes out.