Oct 4, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 Milwaukee 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 8 0 1961 New York(A) 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 Milwaukee AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Avg OPS New York(A) AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Avg OPS Jones,M CF 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .000 .200 Howard C 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 Bolling 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .750 2.000 Richardson 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 Aaron RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 Mantle CF 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 .250 1.000 Mathews 3B 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 .250 1.250 Skowron 1B 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Adcock 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 Maris RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Thomas, F LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 Berra LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .666 Torre C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 Kubek SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 McMillan SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .750 Boyer 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 Spahn P 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .500 Ford P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 35 5 8 4 2 7 1 1 1 .229 .670 Reniff P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Blanchard PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 Coates P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 29 1 3 1 1 5 0 1 0 .103 .301 Milwaukee IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Spahn W(1-0) 9.0 3 1 1 0 1 5 99 73 26 1.00 31 130(135) 81 9.0 3 1 1 0 1 5 99 73 26 1.00 31 New York(A) IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Ford L(0-1) 6.2 8 5 5 1 1 5 95 61 34 6.75 29 120(122) 42 Reniff 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 22 13 9 0.00 5 35(41) Coates 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 9 1 0.00 3 75(75) 9.0 8 5 5 1 2 7 127 83 44 5.00 37 NYY: Blanchard hit for Reniff in the 8th 2B-McMillan(1) 3B-Bolling(1), Mantle(1) HR-MBr Mathews(1) off Ford(1) in the 1st with 1 on base, 362 feet RBI-MBr - Bolling(1), Mathews 2(2), McMillan(1) NYY - Skowron(1) IBB-MBr Jones off Ford SF-Skowron(1) WP-Ford(1), Reniff(1) Great-Bolling(1), Berra(1) Poor-Mantle(1) LOB-MBr(5) - Mathews 2, Aaron 2, Spahn 2, Torre, Bolling, Jones,M NYY(3) - Howard 2, Boyer 2, Blanchard 2, Skowron, Mantle Game MVP:Warren Spahn Yankee Stadium I (03-03-2026 08:40:41) Time 2:00, 68ø, Cloudy, Light Rain, Wind: 5 MPH Out to CF Day Game Oct 4, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 Milwaukee 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 8 0 1961 New York(A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1961 Milwaukee Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Jones,M CF 1>K K G53,12 IBB K 2 Bolling 2B S T G53 S,3H,23 3 Aaron RF P4 F7 6>F9 WP,3H,12 W 4 Mathews 3B WP,12 HR-362 4>K Fvd9 G53 5 Adcock 1B G63 Fd9 F8 8>K 6 Thomas, F LF 2>Fd7 S 7>Fd7 G53 7 Torre C Fs7 F9 S G3u 8 McMillan SS P4 5>G3u D,1H,B3 9>Fs7 9 Spahn P 3>K S K Fd8 1961 New York(A) Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Howard C 1>K 4>G63 Fd9 G54/fo 2 Richardson 2B G43 S 7>G3u 9>G13 3 Mantle CF K K T G63 4 Skowron 1B 2>F8 Fs8 F8,3H,3H/SF G63 5 Maris RF G43 5>G3u P3 6 Berra LF Fd8 G63 8>S 7 Kubek SS 3>G63 G63 W,12 8 Boyer 3B G43 6>K P3 9 Ford P Fs8 Fs8 Reniff P Blanchard PH K Coates P Milwaukee IN OUT Spahn AB1-1 End New York(A) IN OUT Ford AB1-1 AB4-2 Reniff AB4-3 AB4-7 Coates AB4-8 End Oct 4, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 Milwaukee 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 8 0 1961 New York(A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 Inn Out B-S On MBr-NYY Result 1-Milwaukee 1 0 3-2 - 0-0 Jones struck out, 1 out 1 1 3-1 - 0-0 Bolling singled to left 1 1 0-1 1 0-0 Aaron popped to second, 2 out 1 2 2-0 1 0-0 Wild pitch, Bolling to 2nd 1 2 3-0 2 0-0 Mathews hit a two run homer to right center, 362 feet, Milwaukee 2 New York(A) 0 1 2 0-0 - 2-0 Adcock grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-New York(A) 1 0 1-2 - 2-0 Howard struck out, 1 out 1 1 1-1 - 2-0 Richardson grounded to second, 2 out 1 2 3-2 - 2-0 Mantle struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Milwaukee 2 0 1-1 - 2-0 Thomas flied to deep left center, 1 out 2 1 0-1 - 2-0 Torre flied to shallow left center, 2 out 2 2 0-2 - 2-0 McMillan popped to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-New York(A) 2 0 2-1 - 2-0 Skowron flied to right center, 1 out 2 1 2-2 - 2-0 Maris grounded to second, 2 out 2 2 0-0 - 2-0 Berra flied to deep left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Milwaukee 3 0 0-2 - 2-0 Spahn struck out, 1 out 3 1 0-2 - 2-0 Jones struck out, 2 out 3 2 1-0 - 2-0 Bolling lined a triple down the right field line 3 2 1-1 3 2-0 Aaron flied down the left field line, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-New York(A) 3 0 0-0 - 2-0 Kubek grounded to short, 1 out 3 1 0-1 - 2-0 Boyer grounded to second, 2 out 3 2 1-0 - 2-0 Ford flied to shallow right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Milwaukee 4 0 0-2 - 2-0 Mathews struck out, 1 out 4 1 2-2 - 2-0 Adcock flied deep down the right field line, 2 out 4 2 0-2 - 2-0 Thomas grounded a single up the middle 4 2 0-1 1 2-0 Torre flied down the right field line, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-New York(A) 4 0 0-1 - 2-0 Howard grounded to short, 1 out 4 1 1-2 - 2-0 Richardson lined a single to center 4 1 1-2 1 2-0 Mantle struck out, 2 out 4 2 0-1 1 2-0 Skowron flied to shallow center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Milwaukee 5 0 2-0 - 2-0 McMillan grounded to first, 1 out 5 1 2-1 - 2-0 Spahn singled over second 5 1 2-0 1 2-0 Jones grounded to third, Spahn to 2nd, 2 out 5 2 1-0 2 2-0 Bolling grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-New York(A) 5 0 0-2 - 2-0 Maris grounded to first, 1 out 5 1 0-0 - 2-0 Berra grounded to short, 2 out 5 2 0-1 - 2-0 Kubek grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Milwaukee 6 0 1-2 - 2-0 Aaron flied to right, 1 out 6 1 2-0 - 2-0 Mathews flied to very deep right, 2 out 6 2 1-2 - 2-0 Adcock flied to right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-New York(A) 6 0 1-2 - 2-0 Boyer struck out, 1 out 6 1 0-0 - 2-0 Ford flied to shallow right center, 2 out 6 2 0-0 - 2-0 Howard flied to deep right, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Milwaukee 7 0 0-0 - 2-0 Thomas flied to deep left center, 1 out 7 1 2-0 - 2-0 Torre grounded a single between first and second 7 1 1-1 1 2-0 McMillan doubled off the wall in right center, Torre scored, McMillan to 3rd, Milwaukee 3 New York(A) 0 7 1 1-2 3 3-0 Spahn struck out, 2 out 7 2 0-0 3 3-0 Jones intentionally walked 7 2 1-1 13 3-0 Bolling lined a single to left center, McMillan scored, Jones to 3rd, Milwaukee 4 New York(A) 0 >Reniff pitching 7 2 2-2 13 4-0 Wild pitch, Jones scored, Bolling to 2nd, Milwaukee 5 New York(A) 0 7 2 3-2 2 5-0 Aaron walked 7 2 2-2 12 5-0 Mathews grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-New York(A) 7 0 0-1 - 5-0 Richardson grounded to first, 1 out 7 1 1-0 - 5-0 Mantle lined a triple down the right field line 7 1 1-2 3 5-0 Skowron flied to center, Mantle scored, 2 out, Milwaukee 5 New York(A) 1 7 2 1-0 - 5-1 Maris popped to first, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Milwaukee 8 0 2-2 - 5-1 Adcock struck out, 1 out 8 1 0-1 - 5-1 Thomas grounded to third, 2 out 8 2 1-1 - 5-1 Torre grounded to first, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-New York(A) 8 0 1-1 - 5-1 Berra grounded a single between third and short 8 0 3-0 1 5-1 Kubek walked, Berra to 2nd 8 0 0-1 12 5-1 Boyer popped to first, 1 out >Blanchard batting 8 1 0-2 12 5-1 Blanchard struck out, 2 out 8 2 2-2 12 5-1 Howard grounded to third, forcing Kubek at second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Milwaukee >Coates pitching 9 0 0-1 - 5-1 McMillan flied to shallow left center, 1 out 9 1 1-2 - 5-1 Spahn flied to deep right center, 2 out 9 2 0-2 - 5-1 Jones struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-New York(A) 9 0 2-0 - 5-1 Richardson grounded to the pitcher, 1 out 9 1 0-2 - 5-1 Mantle grounded to short, 2 out 9 2 1-0 - 5-1 Skowron grounded to short Recap MBr 1st: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits. MBr Eddie Mathews hit a 2 run HR(1) to take the lead. MBr 2 NYY 0. MBr 7th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks. MBr Roy McMillan doubled scoring Torre. MBr 3 NYY 0. MBr Frank Bolling singled scoring McMillan. MBr 4 NYY 0. MBr Mack Jones scored on a WP by Reniff. MBr 5 NYY 0. NYY 7th: Scored 1 run on a hit. NYY Bill Skowron hit a fly ball scoring 1. MBr 5 NYY 1. NYY Clete Boyer: 2 for 4, double, triple. NYY Mickey Mantle: 1 for 2, HR, 2 RBI. MBr Warren Spahn pitched 8.2 innings and picked up the win: 8.2 IP, 1 earned run, 4 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He goes to 1-0 on the year. NYY Whitey Ford pitched 9 solid innings and took the loss: 9 IP, 1 earned run, 3 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He drops to 0-1 on the year.