Lew Burdette Picks Up Win 17. Milwaukee Evens Series With Philly

 GAME 2:

Game MVP:Lew Burdette

County Stadium    (01-10-2026 06:58:57)       Time 2:02, 75ø, Wind: 8 MPH Right to Left  Night Game

Aug 18, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Philadelphia 39-76       1 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0      2  7  1
1961 Milwaukee 61-53          0 0 5   0 3 0   0 0 -      8 11  0

Recap

Phi  1st: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Phi      Tony Gonzalez singled scoring Taylor to take the lead.  Phi  1 MBr 0.

MBr  3rd: Sent 9 batters to the plate scoring 5 runs on 6 hits.

MBr      Roy McMillan doubled scoring Torre to tie the score.  Phi  1 MBr 1.

MBr      Lew Burdette doubled scoring McMillan to take the lead.  Phi  1 MBr 2.

MBr      Lee Maye doubled scoring Burdette.  Phi  1 MBr 3.

MBr      Frank Bolling singled scoring Maye.  Phi  1 MBr 4.

MBr      Hank Aaron hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Phi  1 MBr 5.

MBr  5th: Scored 3 runs on 2 hits, and an error.

MBr      Hank Aaron tripled scoring 2.  Phi  1 MBr 7.

MBr      Joe Adcock hit a grounder scoring 1.  Phi  1 MBr 8.

Phi  6th: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Phi      Don Demeter hit a solo HR(7).  Phi  2 MBr 8.

Phi  Don Demeter: 2 for 4, double, HR.

MBr  Hank Aaron: 2 for 3, triple, 3 RBI.

MBr  Lew Burdette pitched a complete game for the win: 2 earned runs, 7 hits, 1 BB, 1 K. He's 17-7 on the season.

Phi  Jim Owens pitched 6 innings and took the loss: 7 earned runs, 9 hits, 1 BB, 1 K. He's 0-8 on the year.

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Philadelphia                   IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Owens L(0-8)                  6.0  9  8  7  0  1  1   88  60  28   4.94  29 120(124)       24

 Baldschun                    2.0  2  0  0  0  0  1   31  21  10   6.37   8   30(25)

                              8.0 11  8  7  0  1  2  119  81  38   5.03  37

Milwaukee                      IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Burdette W(17-7)              9.0  7  2  2  1  1  1  108  74  34   3.51  34 140(143)       65

                              9.0  7  2  2  1  1  1  108  74  34   3.89  34

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  E-Malkmus(1)

 2B-Taylor(9), Demeter(21), Torre(16), McMillan(13), Maye(6), Burdette(5)

 3B-Aaron(11)

 HR-Phi Demeter(7) off Burdette(23) in the 6th with bases empty, 323 feet

 SB-Phi Taylor(11) off Burdette(11) + Torre(32), 1st

RBI-Phi  - Gonzalez(49), Demeter(31)

    MBr  - Adcock(81), Bolling(50), McMillan(38), Aaron 3(108), Maye(34), Burdette(9)

 SF-Aaron(4)

 SH-Dalrymple(1)

 WP-Baldschun(9)

Great-Demeter(9)

Poor-Demeter(8)

LOB-Philadelphia 5 Milwaukee 5

 DP-Milwaukee 1

GWRBI-Burdette