Braves @ Cardinals
April 26, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 8 15 0
Cardinals 1 4 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 8 15 0
Cardinals 1 4 3

Red Schoendienst Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .368
OBP .500 .368
At Bats 2 19
Hits 1 7
• Singles 0 5
• Doubles 1 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 1 3

Ron Piche Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Sportsman's Park - April 26, 1961
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Out
Ron Piche
Charlie Lau
Joe Adcock
Frank Bolling
Eddie Mathews
Roy McMillan
Al Spangler
Hank Aaron
John DeMerit
Red Schoendienst
Carl Sawatski

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 8 15 0 12
St. Louis Cardinals 1 4 3 9
Winning Pitcher Don Nottebart
Losing Pitcher Larry Jackson
Save Ron Piche
Game Winning RBI Hank Aaron
Attendance 6,986
Time of Game 2 hours 43 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Walt Moryn pinch hits for Lindy McDaniel. Moryn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Sawatski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 George Crowe pinch hits for Curt Flood. Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crowe for the out.
Top 9 Bolling hits a popup in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McMillan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spangler scores. Lau moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Piche strikes out.
Top 9 DeMerit is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Lau hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spangler moves to second.
Top 9 Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer misplays the ball. That's an error on Spencer.
Bottom 8 Ron Piche now pitching. Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Nottebart covering, for the out. Cunningham moves to third. White moves to second.
Bottom 8 White takes first base on ball four. Cunningham moves to second.
Bottom 8 Cunningham takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. DeMerit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Adcock hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cicotte fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Mathews hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Al Cicotte now pitching. Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 McDermott 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 Sawatski hits a line drive into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nottebart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Nottebart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 DeMerit hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lau hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Lau reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Al Spangler now playing left field. Boyer hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with McDermott covering, for the out.
Top 6 Adcock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aaron moves to second.
Top 6 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Mathews strikes out.
Top 6 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Red Schoendienst now playing second base. Carl Sawatski now catching. McMillan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nottebart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cunningham takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Julian Javier. Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Aaron. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. Flood scores.
Bottom 5 McDermott hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Hal Smith. Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Nottebart, and towards Bolling, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Flood moves to second.
Bottom 5 Flood takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Nottebart hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDermott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 DeMerit hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Lau strikes out.
Top 5 Covington hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lau settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Boyer 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 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adcock for the out.
Top 4 Aaron hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Mickey McDermott now pitching. Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Bottom 3 Cunningham takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Javier strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mickey McDermott pinch hits for Bob Gibson. McDermott hits a line drive into right field. DeMerit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Nottebart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Covington scores. Lau moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 DeMerit strikes out.
Top 3 Lau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer misplays the ball. That's an error on Spencer. Covington moves to third.
Top 3 Covington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Smith 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.
Bottom 2 Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Aaron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Aaron reaches second base with a double. McMillan scores. Bolling scores. Mathews moves to third.
Top 2 Bob Gibson now pitching. Mathews takes first base on ball four. McMillan moves to third. Bolling moves to second.
Top 2 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McMillan moves to second.
Top 2 McMillan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Nottebart hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DeMerit hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Lau strikes out.
Top 2 Covington takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Musial 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 1 Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cunningham moves to third.
Bottom 1 Cunningham takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Javier strikes out.
Top 1 Adcock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolling scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 There goes Bolling. The throw from Smith and he is safe. Bolling steals second.
Top 1 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Boyer.
Top 1 McMillan hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.