Braves 1961 Opening Home Stand Ends In Split With Cards

 Game1:

E-Spencer, D(1)

 2B-Bolling(1)

 3B-Cunningham(1)

 HR-StL Boyer(1) off Spahn(1) in the 6th with bases empty, 321 feet

RBI-StL  - Boyer(1), Smith,H(1)

    MBr  - Bolling(1)

 SH-Broglio(1)

 WP-Cicotte(1)

Great-Mathews(1)

LOB-St. Louis 5 Milwaukee 8

 DP-St. Louis 2

GWRBI-Smith,H

Game MVP:Al Cicotte

County Stadium    (08-11-2025 13:59:00)       Time 2:36, 51ø, Cloudy, Threatening, Wind: 2 MPH Left to Right  Day Game

Apr 11, 1961           1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 St. Louis         0 1 0   0 0 1   0 0 0      2  5  1
1961 Milwaukee         0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0      1  6  0

Recap

StL  2nd: Scored 1 run on a hit.

StL      Hal Smith hit a grounder scoring 1 to take the lead.  StL  1 MBr 0.

StL  6th: Scored 1 run on a hit.

StL      Ken Boyer hit a solo HR(1).  StL  2 MBr 0.

MBr  6th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and on one walk.

MBr      Frank Bolling singled scoring Maye.  StL  2 MBr 1.

StL  Joe Cunningham: 2 for 4, triple.

MBr  Frank Bolling: 3 for 3, double.

MBr  Lee Maye: 3 for 4.

StL  Ernie Broglio pitched a solid 7.2 innings for the win: 1 earned run, 6 hits, 4 BB, 6 K. He's now 1-0 on the year.

StL  Al Cicotte held Milwaukee hitless the final 1.1 innings to record his 1st save of the year.

MBr  Warren Spahn pitched a solid complete game but took the loss: 2 earned runs, 5 hits, 1 BB, 2 K. He's 0-1 on the year.

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GAME 2:

2B-Crandall(1)

 HR-StL Spencer, D(1) off Burdette(1) in the 4th with 1 on base, 343 feet

 SB-MBr Aaron(1) off Miller(1) + Smith(1), 2nd

RBI-StL  - Spencer, D 2(2)

    MBr  - Bolling(2), Crandall 2(2)

 SH-Burdette(1)

 WP-Miller,B(1)

Great-Landrum(1), Bolling(1)

Poor-Aaron(1)

LOB-St. Louis 2 Milwaukee 5

 DP-St. Louis 1 Milwaukee 2

GWRBI-Crandall

Game MVP:Lew Burdette

County Stadium    (08-11-2025 14:07:27)       Time 2:12, 50ø, Wind: 12 MPH In from LF  Day Game

Apr 13, 1961           1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1961 St. Louis         0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0      2  4  0

1961 Milwaukee         0 1 0   0 2 0   0 0 -      3  5  0

Recap

MBr  2nd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

MBr      Frank Bolling singled scoring Aaron to take the lead.  StL  0 MBr 1.

StL  4th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits.

StL      Daryl Spencer hit a 2 run HR(1) to take the lead.  StL  2 MBr 1.

MBr  5th: Scored 2 runs on a hit and 2 walks.

MBr      Del Crandall doubled scoring 2 to take the lead.  StL  2 MBr 3.

MBr  Hank Aaron: 3 for 4.

MBr  Lew Burdette pitched a solid complete game for the win: 2 earned runs, 4 hits, 2 BB, 4 K. He's now 1-0 on the year.

StL  Bob Miller pitched 5.2 innings and took the loss: 3 earned runs, 5 hits, 4 BB, 3 K. He's now 0-1 on the year.