Braves Win 3rd Straight!

 GAME 3:

Game MVP:Don Nottebart

County Stadium    (12-13-2025 08:42:14)       Time 2:08, 77ø, Wind: 8 MPH In from LCF  Night Game

Jul 26, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Cincinnati 54-44         0 1 0   1 0 0   0 0 0      2  4  4
1961 Milwaukee 53-40          0 1 1   0 2 0   0 0 -      4  8  1

Recap

Cin  2nd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Cin      Johnny Edwards singled scoring Freese to take the lead.  Cin  1 MBr 0.

MBr  2nd: Scored 1 run on a hit, and an error.

MBr      Joe Adcock scored on a WP by Johnson to tie the score.  Cin  1 MBr 1.

MBr  3rd: Scored 1 run on a hit, on one walk and an error.

MBr      Eddie Mathews singled scoring 1 to take the lead.  Cin  1 MBr 2.

Cin  4th: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk.

Cin      Gene Freese hit a fly ball scoring 1 to tie the score.  Cin  2 MBr 2.

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

MBr      Hank Aaron singled scoring Jones to take the lead.  Cin  2 MBr 3.

MBr      Joe Adcock singled scoring Aaron.  Cin  2 MBr 4.

Cin  Gordy Coleman: 2 errors.

MBr  Joe Adcock: 4 for 4.

MBr  Don Nottebart pitched a solid 8.1 innings for the win: 2 earned runs, 4 hits, 3 BB, 2 K. He's 4-5 on the year.

MBr  Don McMahon got the save, his 6th of the year.

Cin  Ken Johnson pitched 7 solid innings but took the loss: 2 earned runs, 6 hits, 1 BB, 5 K. He drops to 0-1 on the year.

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

Johnson,K L(0-1)              7.0  6  4  2  0  1  5   96  68  28   2.57  30 120(117)       57

 Jones,S                      1.0  2  0  0  0  0  0   10   9   1   9.13   4   75(75)

                              8.0  8  4  2  0  1  5  106  77  29   3.78  34

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

Nottebart W(4-5)              8.1  4  2  2  0  3  2  130  85  45   4.81  31 125(132)   -   66

 McMahon S(6)                 0.2  0  0  0  0  0  1    8   5   3   4.84   2   35(35)

                              9.0  4  2  2  0  3  3  138  90  48   3.79  33

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 E-Coleman 2(10), Pinson(6), Edwards(3), Bolling(8)

 2B-Freese(13), Robinson,F(24)

 SB-MBr Aaron(14) off Johnson(1) + Edwards(5), 5th

 CS-Cin Pinson(3) picked off by Nottebart(1) in the 1st Inn

        Robinson(2) by Nottebart(4) and White(2), 6th

Pickoff(P)-Nottebart(1)

RBI-Cin  - Freese(62), Edwards(4)

    MBr  - Adcock(71), Mathews(76), Aaron(95)

HBP-Coleman(Cin) by Nottebart(MBr)

 SF-Freese(6)

 WP-Johnson,K 2(2)

Great-Pinson(30)

Poor-Blasingame(17), Freese(33), Kasko(27), Lynch(2)

LOB-Cincinnati 4 Milwaukee 6

 DP-Cincinnati 1 Milwaukee 1

GWRBI-Aaron