Milwaukee Braves 7 – 5 Los Angeles Dodgers
15 May 1961 · LOS01
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Ron Fairly | 1 in 107 games |
| 22 | final score 7–5 | 1 in 65 games | |
| 17 | 2 home runs | Eddie Mathews | 1 in 259 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Braves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
Box score
Milwaukee Braves batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy McMillan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Frank Bolling | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Eddie Mathews | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 HR |
| Hank Aaron | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3B |
| Joe Adcock | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Frank Thomas | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Felix Mantilla | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charlie Lau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lew Burdette | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | HR |
| Totals | 34 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
Milwaukee Braves pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lew Burdette | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Los Angeles Dodgers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maury Wills | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Willie Davis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tommy Davis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wally Moon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Norm Larker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Roseboro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Fairly | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Neal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Johnny Podres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Aspromonte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Howard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilliam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Los Angeles Dodgers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Podres | 3.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Jim Golden | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Stan Williams | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Larry Sherry | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |