Cardenas Hits 10th Inning Homer To Clinch Victory For Reds

 GAME 1:

Game MVP:Bob Purkey

County Stadium    (09-06-2025 08:20:59)       Time 2:41, 63ø, Wind: 4 MPH Out to CF  Night Game

May 5, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   10    R  H  E
1961 Cincinnati 15-6          0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0    3    4 10  2
1961 Milwaukee 8-8            0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0    0    1  8  0

Recap

Cin  2nd: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Cin      Gene Freese hit a solo HR(4) to take the lead.  Cin  1 MBr 0.

MBr :    Hank Aaron singled, hit streak now 10.

MBr  4th: Scored 1 run on a hit, on one walk and an error.

MBr      Mel Roach singled scoring Mathews to tie the score.  Cin  1 MBr 1.

Cin 10th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 4 hits.

Cin      Leo Cardenas hit a 429 foot solo HR(1) to take the lead.  Cin  2 MBr 1.

Cin      Eddie Kasko doubled scoring Chacon.  Cin  3 MBr 1.

Cin      Gus Bell doubled scoring Kasko.  Cin  4 MBr 1.

Cin  Gene Freese: 1 for 4, HR, 2 errors.

Cin  Vada Pinson: 3 for 5, double.

Cin  Leo Cardenas: 2 for 4, HR.

Cin  Bob Purkey pitched 9 innings to earn the win: 7 hits, 3 BB, 4 K. He's 3-1 on the year.

Cin  Jim O'Toole got the save, his 1st of the year.

MBr  Lew Burdette pitched 9.1 solid innings but took the loss: 3 earned runs, 8 hits, 1 BB, 2 K. He's now 3-2 on the year.

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  E-Freese 2(5)

 2B-Kasko(3), Pinson(4), Bell(2)

 HR-Cin Freese(4) off Burdette(3) in the 2nd with bases empty, 324 feet

    Cin Cardenas(1) off Burdette(4) in the 10th with bases empty, 429 feet

 SB-Cin Pinson(2) off Burdette(1) + Lau(5), 8th

    MBr Maye(1) off Purkey(2) + Zimmerman(2), 8th

 CS-MBr Maye(1) by Purkey(2) and Zimmerman(2), 1st

        Aaron picked off by Purkey(1) in the 2nd Inn

Pickoff(P)-Purkey(1)

RBI-Cin  - Freese(15), Kasko(6), Bell(3), Cardenas(2)

    MBr  - Roach(3)

IBB-Cin Robinson off Burdette

 SH-Burdette(3)

Poor-Freese(5)

OfA-Robinson,F(1), Roach(2)

LOB-Cincinnati 6 Milwaukee 9

GWRBI-Cardenas