Cardinals Play Spoiler. Take Down Braves In Crucial Game

 GAME 1:

Game MVP:Al Cicotte

County Stadium    (02-21-2026 14:28:48)       Time 3:17, 68ø, Wind: 6 MPH Out to CF  Night Game

Sep 25, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 St. Louis 73-77          0 0 1   0 0 0   0 3 0      4  9  0
1961 Milwaukee 84-66          1 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0      2  5  0

Recap

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

MBr      Joe Torre walked scoring Maye to take the lead.  StL  0 MBr 1.

StL  3rd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and on one walk.

StL      Ken Boyer singled scoring Javier to tie the score.  StL  1 MBr 1.

MBr  3rd: Scored 1 run on a hit and 2 walks.

MBr      Frank Thomas hit a fly ball scoring 1 to take the lead.  StL  1 MBr 2.

MBr      Roy McMillan DP with bases loaded, end 3rd.

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

StL      Carl Warwick hit a fly ball scoring 1 to tie the score.  StL  2 MBr 2.

StL      Joe Cunningham singled scoring 2 to take the lead.  StL  4 MBr 2.

MBr  Hank Aaron: 0 for 1, 3 W.

StL  Lindy McDaniel picked up the win: 1 IP, 1 K. He moves to 5-3 on the year.

StL  Al Cicotte pitched a shutout the final 2 innings to record his 4th save of the year.

MBr  Carl Willey pitched 7 solid innings but took the loss: 3 earned runs, 7 hits, 4 BB, 3 K. He's 11-10 on the season.

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St. Louis                      IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Washburn                      6.0  4  2  2  0  6  5  111  69  42   1.80  27 145(156)   +   55

 McDaniel W(5-3)              1.0  0  0  0  0  0  1   11   8   3   2.73   3   35(42)

 Cicotte S(4)                 2.0  1  0  0  0  2  1   40  21  19   6.16   8   75(73)   -

                              9.0  5  2  2  0  8  7  162  98  64   4.17  38

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

Willey L(11-10)               7.0  7  3  3  0  4  3  134  89  45   4.42  31 130(133)       50

 Buhl BS(1)                   2.0  2  1  1  0  1  1   32  18  14   4.27   9   75(75)

                              9.0  9  4  4  0  5  4  166 107  59   3.86  40

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 2B-Sawatski(10)

 SB-StL Javier(13) off Willey(8) + Torre(40), 3rd

 CS-StL White(7) by Willey(7) and Torre(23), 5th

    MBr Maye(4) by Washburn(1) and Sawatski(14), 4th

RBI-StL  - Boyer(113), Cunningham 2(49), Warwick(12)

    MBr  - Torre(58), Thomas, F(61)

HBP-Adcock(MBr) by Washburn(StL)

 SF-Warwick(3), Thomas, F(5)

 SH-Willey(6)

Great-Boyer(38), McMillan(50)

Poor-Mathews(25), McMillan(30)

LOB-St. Louis 9 Milwaukee 9

 DP-St. Louis 2

GWRBI-Cunningham