9th Inning PH Single Wrecks O'Toole No Hitter. But Reds Shutout Braves For Win. Bravos now 9-9

 GAME 3:

Game MVP:Jim O'Toole

County Stadium     Game 2 (Game 1 - MBr 9, Cin 4)    (09-06-2025 08:36:29)       Time 2:32, 71ø, Wind: 8 MPH Right to Left  Day Game

May 7, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Cincinnati 16-7          2 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 2      4  8  0
1961 Milwaukee 9-9            0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      0  1  1

Recap

Cin  1st: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits.

Cin      Frank Robinson hit a 2 run HR(8) to take the lead.  Cin  2 MBr 0.

Cin  9th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits.

Cin      Vada Pinson hit a 2 run HR(4).  Cin  4 MBr 0.

Cin  Vada Pinson: 2 for 5, double, HR, 2 RBI.

Cin  Frank Robinson: 1 for 2, HR, 2 RBI.

Cin  Jim O'Toole threw a shutout: 1 hit, 4 BB, 7 K. He's 4-1 on the year.

MBr  Don Nottebart pitched 6.1 innings and took the loss: 2 earned runs, 5 hits, 5 BB, 5 K. He's 0-3 on the year.

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 E-McMillan(1)

 2B-Pinson(6)

 HR-Cin Robinson,F(8) off Nottebart(4) in the 1st with 1 on base, 381 feet

    Cin Pinson(4) off Piche(1) in the 9th with 1 on base, 351 feet

 SB-Cin Blasingame(1) off Nottebart(1) + Lau(6), 1st

RBI-Cin  - Pinson 2(11), Robinson,F 2(20)

Great-Bolling(3), Mathews(4), McMillan(4)

Poor-Cardenas(4), Roach(2)

LOB-Cincinnati 8 Milwaukee 2

 DP-Cincinnati 3 Milwaukee 2

GWRBI-Robinson,F

Spahn Chips In Homer As Braves Play Long Ball In Victory

 GAME 2:

Game MVP:Warren Spahn

County Stadium     Game 1    (09-06-2025 08:28:37)       Time 2:31, 68ø, Wind: 15 MPH In from RCF  Day Game

May 7, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Cincinnati 15-7          0 0 0   1 0 3   0 0 0      4  7  0
1961 Milwaukee 9-8            0 7 0   0 0 0   0 2 -      9 12  1

Recap

MBr  2nd: Sent 13 batters to the plate scoring 7 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks.

MBr      Hank Aaron hit a 407 foot solo HR(4) to take the lead.  Cin  0 MBr 1.

MBr      Hank Aaron extended his hit streak to 11.

MBr      Joe Adcock hit a solo HR(4).  Cin  0 MBr 2.

MBr      Warren Spahn hit a 2 run HR(2).  Cin  0 MBr 4.

MBr      Eddie Mathews singled scoring Maye.  Cin  0 MBr 5.

MBr      Joe Adcock singled scoring 2.  Cin  0 MBr 7.

Cin  4th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Cin      Gene Freese hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Cin  1 MBr 7.

Cin  6th: Scored 3 runs on 2 hits and on one walk.

Cin      Frank Robinson hit a 3 run HR(7).  Cin  4 MBr 7.

MBr  8th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks.

MBr      Frank Bolling singled scoring Lau.  Cin  4 MBr 8.

MBr      Hank Aaron singled scoring Bolling.  Cin  4 MBr 9.

Cin  9th: Failed to score 2 walks and an error.

Cin  Frank Robinson: 3 for 4, HR, 3 RBI.

MBr  Joe Adcock: 2 for 5, HR, 3 RBI.

MBr  Hank Aaron: 2 for 4, HR, 2 RBI.

MBr  Mel Roach: 2 for 2, 2 W.

MBr  Warren Spahn pitched 8.2 innings to earn the win: 4 earned runs, 7 hits, 3 BB, 3 K. He's 3-1 on the year.

MBr  Don McMahon got the save, his 2nd of the season.

Cin  Ken Hunt was bombed, lasted only 1.2 innings and took the loss: 7 earned runs, 7 hits, 1 BB, 0 K. He's 2-1 on the year.

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  E-Spahn(1)

 2B-Pinson(5)

 HR-Cin Robinson,F(7) off Spahn(4) in the 6th with 2 on base, 320 feet

    MBr Aaron(4) off Hunt(4) in the 2nd with bases empty, 407 feet

    MBr Adcock(4) off Hunt(5) in the 2nd with bases empty, 351 feet

    MBr Spahn(2) off Hunt(6) in the 2nd with 1 on base, 384 feet

RBI-Cin  - Freese(16), Robinson,F 3(18)

    MBr  - Adcock 3(9), Bolling(13), Mathews(14), Aaron 2(14), Spahn 2(4)

 SF-Freese(2)

 SH-McMillan(1), Spahn(1)

 WP-Spahn(1)

Great-Aaron(4)

LOB-Cincinnati 6 Milwaukee 8

 DP-Milwaukee 1

GWRBI-Aaron

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

Calavito Homers Twice. Detroit Sweeps. Win Streak To 12 Games

 GAME 3:

Game MVP:Don Mossi

Griffith Stadium    (09-03-2025 19:52:54)       Time 2:34, 67ø, Wind: 5 MPH Out to LF  Night Game

May 4, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Detroit 14-3             0 0 0   0 0 1   2 0 1      4  8  1
1961 Washington 6-13          0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 0      1  3  1

Recap

Det  6th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and on one walk.

Det      Jake Wood hit a grounder scoring 1 to take the lead.  Det  1 Was 0.

Det  7th: Scored 2 runs on a hit, and an error.

Det      Rocky Colavito hit a 2 run HR(3).  Det  3 Was 0.

Was  7th: Scored 1 run on a hit, and an error.

Was      Coot Veal hit a grounder scoring 1, E6.  Det  3 Was 1.

Det  9th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and on one walk.

Det      Rocky Colavito hit a solo HR(4).  Det  4 Was 1.

Det  Rocky Colavito: 2 for 2, 2 HRs, 3 RBI, 2 runs, 3 W.

Det  Don Mossi pitched an outstanding complete game for the win: 3 hits, 2 BB, 4 K. He's 3-1 on the year.

Was  Bennie Daniels pitched 7 solid innings but took the loss: 2 earned runs, 6 hits, 7 BB, 2 K. He's now 2-2 on the year.

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  E-Fernandez(4), Bright(4)

 2B-Bright(3)

 3B-Bruton(1)

 HR-Det Colavito(3) off Daniels(4) in the 7th with 1 on base, 337 feet

    Det Colavito(4) off Sisler(3) in the 9th with bases empty, 265 feet

 SB-Det Cash(2) off Sisler(1) + Green(2), 9th

    Was Keough(3) off Mossi(1) + Brown(3), 3rd

RBI-Det  - Wood(8), Colavito 3(12)

HBP-Boros(Det) by Daniels(Was)

 SH-Brown(1)

Great-Tasby(2)

Poor-Boros(4)

LOB-Detroit 12 Washington 5

 DP-Washington 2

GWRBI-Wood

Tigers Streaking At 11 Games. Down Senators in Extra Frames.

 GAME 2:

Game MVP:Bill Bruton

Griffith Stadium    (09-03-2025 19:44:51)       Time 4:06, 77ø, Wind: 6 MPH In from RF  Night Game

May 3, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9   10 11 12   13    R  H  E
1961 Detroit 13-3             0 0 1   1 0 0   0 0 0    0  0  0    1    3 10  1
1961 Washington 6-12          0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0    0  0  0    0    2 16  4

Recap

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

Det      Dick Brown hit a solo HR(5) to take the lead.  Det  1 Was 0.

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

Det      Chico Fernandez singled scoring Boros.  Det  2 Was 0.

Was  4th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 3 hits and on one walk.

Was      Harry Bright singled scoring Long.  Det  2 Was 1.

Was      Coot Veal singled scoring Green to tie the score.  Det  2 Was 2.

Was  5th: Failed to score on 3 hits.

Was  7th: Failed to score on a hit and 2 walks.

Was 11th: Failed to score on a hit and 3 walks.

Was 12th: Failed to score on 3 hits and on one walk.

Det 13th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits and on one walk.

Det      Bill Bruton singled scoring Morton to take the lead.  Det  3 Was 2.

Det  Bill Bruton: 3 for 6.

Was  Dale Long: 4 for 6.

Was  Danny O'Connell: 1 for 4, 3 W.

Was  Gene Woodling: 3 for 6, double.

Was  Harry Bright: 3 for 6.

Was  Joe McClain: 1 for 3, double, 2 errors.

Det  Bill Fischer pitched 2 innings and picked up the win: 2 IP, 4 hits, 4 BB, 0 K. He goes to 1-0 on the season.

Det  Hank Aguirre pitched a shutout 13th to record his 1st save of the year.

Was  Marty Kutyna took the loss: 1 IP, 1 earned run, 3 hits, 1 BB, 1 K. He's now 1-2 on the year.

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  E-Wood(2), O'Connell(2), Bright(3), McClain 2(3)

 2B-Cash(3), Woodling(3), McClain(2)

 HR-Det Brown(5) off McClain(5) in the 3rd with bases empty, 334 feet

 CS-Det Cash(1) by Sisler(1) and Green(1), 12th

        Fernandez(2) by Kutyna(2) and Green(2), 13th

    Was O'Connell(2) by Lary(1) and Brown(3), 5th

        O'Connell(3) by Fischer(1) and Brown(4), 11th

RBI-Det  - Brown(15), Fernandez(9), Bruton(13)

    Was  - Veal(5), Bright(2)

IBB-Det Kaline off McClain

        Cash off Sisler

    Was Woodling off Lary

HBP-Boros(Det) by Sisler(Was)

 SH-Boros 2(2), Veal(6)

 WP-Kutyna(2)

 PB-Green (1)

Great-Wood(2)

Poor-Boros(3), Fernandez 2(2), Veal(4)

OfA-Bruton(1)

LOB-Detroit 16 Washington 20

 DP-Detroit 1

GWRBI-Bruton

Detroit's 15 Hits Too Much for Washington. Tigers Streaking at 10 straight

 GAME 1:

Game MVP:Jake Wood

Griffith Stadium    (09-03-2025 19:32:05)       Time 2:25, 70ø, Cloudy, Light Rain, Wind: 4 MPH Out to LF  Night Game

May 2, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Detroit 12-3             2 0 1   1 0 2   1 0 0      7 15  0
1961 Washington 6-11          0 0 2   0 2 0   0 0 0      4  8  0

Recap

Det  1st: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 3 hits and on one walk.

Det      Al Kaline singled scoring Wood to take the lead.  Det  1 Was 0.

Det      Steve Boros singled scoring Kaline.  Det  2 Was 0.

Det  2nd: Failed to score on 2 hits and on one walk.

Det  3rd: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk.

Det      Dick Brown hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Det  3 Was 0.

Was  3rd: Scored 2 runs on 3 hits.

Was      Marty Keough singled scoring 2.  Det  3 Was 2.

Det  4th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

Det      Al Kaline hit a grounder scoring 1.  Det  4 Was 2.

Was  5th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits.

Was      Marty Keough hit a 2 run HR(3) to tie the score.  Det  4 Was 4.

Det  6th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits and on one walk.

Det      Bill Bruton hit a grounder scoring 1 to take the lead.  Det  5 Was 4.

Det      Norm Cash tripled scoring Colavito.  Det  6 Was 4.

Det  7th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

Det      Jake Wood singled scoring Brown.  Det  7 Was 4.

Det  Norm Cash: 2 for 4, triple.

Det  Jake Wood: 4 for 4, 2 triples, 3 runs.

Was  Marty Keough: 2 for 4, HR, 4 RBI.

Det  Jim Bunning threw a complete game for the win: 4 earned runs, 8 hits, 2 BB, 4 K. He's now 3-0 on the season.

Was  Gabe Gabler pitched 2 innings and took the loss: 2 IP, 3 earned runs, 5 hits, 1 BB, 0 K. He drops to 0-1 on the season.

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 3B-Cash(1), Wood 2(5), Fernandez(1)

 HR-Was Keough(3) off Bunning(2) in the 5th with 1 on base, 310 feet

 SB-Det Wood(4) off Sturdivant(1) + Daley(2), 1st

    Det Boros(1) off Sturdivant(2) + Daley(3), 1st

    Det Bruton(3) off Sturdivant(3) + Daley(4), 2nd

RBI-Det  - Brown(14), Cash(15), Wood(7), Boros(6), Bruton(12), Kaline 2(13)

    Was  - Keough 4(11)

IBB-Det Kaline off Sturdivant

 SH-Veal(5)

 WP-Gabler(1)

Great-Fernandez(4), Bruton(4), O'Connell(1)

Poor-Boros(2), Veal(3)

LOB-Detroit 11 Washington 6

 DP-Washington 1

GWRBI-Bruton

More Late Inning Heroics As Milwaukee Sweeps Los Angeles

 GAME 3:

Game MVP:Bob Buhl

County Stadium    (09-02-2025 09:59:07)       Time 2:33, 59ø, Cloudy, Light Rain  Day Game

May 4, 1961                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Los Angeles 11-10        0 2 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      2  5  0
1961 Milwaukee 8-7            0 0 0   0 0 0   0 3 -      3  7  0

Recap

LAD  2nd: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits.

LAD      Wally Moon hit a solo HR(1) to take the lead.  LAD  1 MBr 0.

LAD      Frank Howard hit a solo HR(6).  LAD  2 MBr 0.

MBr  8th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 4 hits and on one walk.

MBr      Hank Aaron singled scoring Maye.  LAD  2 MBr 1.

MBr      Joe Adcock singled scoring Bolling to tie the score.  LAD  2 MBr 2.

MBr      Al Spangler singled scoring Aaron to take the lead.  LAD  2 MBr 3.

MBr  Bob Buhl pitched a solid 8 innings for the win: 2 earned runs, 5 hits, 3 BB, 2 K. He's 1-2 on the season.

MBr  Don McMahon pitched a shutout 9th to record his 1st save of the year.

LAD  Don Drysdale went the distance and took the loss: 3 earned runs, 7 hits, 3 BB, 6 K. He's now 2-2 on the year.

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 HR-LAD Moon(1) off Buhl(6) in the 2nd with bases empty, 388 feet

    LAD Howard(6) off Buhl(7) in the 2nd with bases empty, 322 feet

RBI-LAD  - Howard(15), Moon(8)

    MBr  - Adcock(6), Aaron(12), Spangler(1)

IBB-LAD Davis off Buhl

HBP-Roach(MBr) by Drysdale(LAD)

    Neal(LAD) by McMahon(MBr)

 SH-Davis, T(2), Davis, W(1)

Poor-Davis, T(4)

LOB-Los Angeles 7 Milwaukee 7

 DP-Los Angeles 1

GWRBI-Spangler