Thursday, August 21, 2025

Dodgers Put Up 6 Run Lead And Barely Hang On To Win Game 2

 GAME 2:

Game MVP:Johnny Roseboro

LA Memorial Col    (08-21-2025 17:53:46)       Time 3:08, 68ø  Night Game

Apr 18, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 St. Louis 2-5            0 0 0   1 0 0   0 2 4      7 16  1
1961 Los Angeles 6-2          3 1 2   0 0 0   1 3 -     10 17  0


Recap

LAD  1st: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 4 hits and on one walk.

LAD      Wally Moon singled scoring Gilliam to take the lead.  StL  0 LAD 1.

LAD      Frank Howard walked scoring Davis.  StL  0 LAD 2.

LAD      Willie Davis hit a fly ball scoring 1.  StL  0 LAD 3.

LAD  2nd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits, and an error.

LAD      Jim Gilliam singled scoring Wills.  StL  0 LAD 4.

LAD  3rd: Scored 2 runs on 3 hits.

LAD      Norm Larker hit a solo HR(1).  StL  0 LAD 5.

LAD      Johnny Roseboro doubled scoring Howard.  StL  0 LAD 6.

StL  4th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 1 run on 3 hits and on one walk.

StL      Hal Smith doubled scoring Musial.  StL  1 LAD 6.

LAD  7th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 1 run on a hit and 3 walks.

LAD      Johnny Roseboro doubled scoring Davis.  StL  1 LAD 7.

StL  8th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks.

StL      Julian Javier singled scoring Smith.  StL  2 LAD 7.

StL      Bill White singled scoring Flood.  StL  3 LAD 7.

LAD  8th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 5 hits.

LAD      Willie Davis singled scoring Moon.  StL  3 LAD 8.

LAD      Johnny Roseboro hit a 2 run HR(1).  StL  3 LAD 10.

StL  9th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 4 hits and on one walk.

StL      Don Taussig doubled scoring Spencer.  StL  4 LAD 10.

StL      Gene Oliver hit a 3 run HR(1).  StL  7 LAD 10.


StL  Bill White: 3 for 6.

StL  Julian Javier: 3 for 5.

StL  Hal Smith: 2 for 3, double, 2 runs, 2 W.

StL  Gene Oliver: 1 for 1, HR, 3 RBI.

LAD  Jim Gilliam: 3 for 3, double.

LAD  Norm Larker: 3 for 5, HR.

LAD  Wally Moon: 2 for 3, 2 runs, 2 W.

LAD  Johnny Roseboro: 3 for 5, 2 doubles, HR, 4 RBI.


LAD  Roger Craig pitched 7 innings to earn the win: 1 earned run, 9 hits, 2 BB, 4 K. He's now 2-0 on the year.

StL  Al Cicotte pitched poorly for 2.1 innings and took the loss: 6 earned runs, 9 hits, 1 BB, 2 K. He drops to 0-1 on the year.



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E-Cunningham(1)

 2B-Taussig(1), Spencer, D(1), Smith,H(2), Gilliam(1), Howard(2), Roseboro 2(2)

 HR-StL Oliver(1) off Palmquist(2) in the 9th with 2 on base, 337 feet

    LAD Larker(1) off Cicotte(1) in the 3rd with bases empty, 307 feet

    LAD Roseboro(1) off McDaniel(2) in the 8th with 1 on base, 307 feet

RBI-StL  - White, B(1), Javier(2), Taussig(1), Smith,H(4), Oliver 3(3)

    LAD  - Davis, W 2(6), Howard(6), Larker(5), Moon(4), Roseboro 4(5)

 SF-Davis, W(1)

 SH-Gilliam(1)

 WP-Cicotte(2)

Great-Spencer, D(3), Roseboro(2)

Poor-Javier(1), Taussig(1), Spencer, D(1), Davis, T(2), Wills, M(3)

LOB-St. Louis 14 Los Angeles 12

 DP-St. Louis 1

GWRBI-Moon

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