Braves @ Phillies
August 27, 1961

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Top 9 R H E
Braves 0 6 0
Phillies 3 7 0
Top 9 R H E
Braves 0 6 0
Phillies 3 7 0

Hank Aaron Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .324
OBP .333 .374
At Bats 3 485
Hits 1 157
• Singles 0 87
• Doubles 1 30
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 32
Walks 0 41
RBI’s 0 101

Art Mahaffey Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 17 0
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Connie Mack Stadium - August 27, 1961
Out
Art Mahaffey
Clay Dalrymple
Don Demeter
Tony Taylor
Charley Smith
Bobby Malkmus
Johnny Callison
Tony Gonzalez
Ken Walters
Hank Aaron

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 0 6 0 4
Philadelphia Phillies 3 7 0 7
Winning Pitcher Art Mahaffey
Losing Pitcher Bob Buhl
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Tony Gonzalez
Attendance 9,263
Time of Game 2 hours 35 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Malkmus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Demeter scoops it up and throws to first, with Mahaffey covering, for the out.
Top 9 Ken Walters now playing right field. Bolling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dalrymple hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cloninger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ken Walters pinch runs for Wes Covington. Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Smith reaches second base with a double. Walters scores.
Bottom 8 Covington hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Covington reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Demeter strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Tony Cloninger now pitching. Felix Mantilla now playing shortstop. Callison hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards first. Demeter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maye for the out.
Top 8 Bob Boyd pinch hits for Bob Buhl. Boyd hits a line drive into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Neil Chrisley pinch hits for Roy McMillan. Chrisley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Torre strikes out.
Bottom 7 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 7 Mahaffey hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Malkmus hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dalrymple 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 6 Smith hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Covington takes first base on ball four. Demeter moves to second.
Bottom 6 Demeter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bolling hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards first. Demeter scoops it up and throws to first, with Mahaffey covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Callison hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor takes first base on ball four. Malkmus moves to third. Mahaffey moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mahaffey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Malkmus moves to second.
Bottom 5 Malkmus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Smith trying to get to home. Maye throws the ball in to Torre who tags Smith who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 5 Dalrymple bunts in front of the plate. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 5 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Buhl is called out on strikes.
Top 5 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Malkmus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Torre hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Taylor reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Covington is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Demeter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Callison tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Callison hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maye who is chasing the ball. Callison reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mahaffey spins and fires to second, with Malkmus covering, and has Aaron trapped. There's the throw to Smith who tags Aaron for the out.
Top 4 Thomas hits a popup in front of the plate. Dalrymple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Adcock takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Aaron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Callison. Aaron reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Demeter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mathews for the out.
Bottom 3 Mahaffey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buhl fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Malkmus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Dalrymple strikes out.
Top 3 Bolling hits a popup towards first. Demeter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Maye hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Covington who is chasing the ball. Maye reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Buhl is called out on strikes.
Top 3 McMillan strikes out.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 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.
Bottom 2 Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mahaffey fires to third and has Thomas trapped. There's the throw to Malkmus who tags Thomas for the out.
Top 2 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Malkmus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to second.
Top 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Malkmus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Callison hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Buhl covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buhl fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Malkmus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bolling hits a line drive towards the mound. Mahaffey catches it and throws to first to double up Maye.
Top 1 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Malkmus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.