Oct 9, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 New York(A) 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 1961 Milwaukee 2-3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 4 0 New York(A) AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Avg OPS Milwaukee AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Avg OPS Howard C 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .208 .541 Bolling 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .368 1.008 Richardson 2B 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .158 .396 Maye RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .523 Mantle CF 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .412 1.427 Mathews 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .100 .543 Skowron 1B 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .188 .863 Aaron CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056 .199 Maris RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .311 Adcock 1B 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .118 .564 Berra LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .393 Thomas, F LF 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278 .611 Kubek SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 .721 Torre C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .250 Boyer 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .077 .355 McMillan SS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .563 Lopez PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 Spahn P 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .286 Sheldon P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 McMahon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Blanchard PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .450 28 3 4 1 2 4 2 0 0 .172 .511 Coates P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Cerv PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 32 1 5 1 6 5 0 0 0 .199 .606 New York(A) IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Sheldon L(0-1) 6.0 2 3 3 0 1 2 78 55 23 4.50 22 120(116) 57 Coates 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 2 40 29 11 0.00 9 75(75) + 8.0 4 3 3 0 2 4 118 84 34 2.86 31 Milwaukee IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Spahn W(2-0) 8.2 4 1 1 0 6 5 141 91 50 1.02 36 135(140) 71 McMahon S(1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 21.60 2 35(34) 9.0 5 1 1 0 6 5 146 95 51 3.68 38 NYY: Blanchard hit for Sheldon in the 7th Lopez hit for Boyer in the 9th Cerv hit for Coates in the 9th E-Boyer(2) 2B-Bolling(2), Thomas, F(1) RBI-NYY - Skowron(6) MBr - McMillan(3) SF-McMillan(1) WP-Sheldon 2(2), Spahn(1) Great-Richardson(1), Mantle(2), Thomas, F(2) Poor-Kubek(1) LOB-NYY(10) - Skowron 2, Maris 2, Berra 2, Boyer, Kubek, Blanchard, Cerv MBr(4) - Torre 3, Spahn 2, Mathews, Aaron, Maye, Thomas, F Game MVP:Warren Spahn County Stadium (03-03-2026 09:54:01) Time 2:20, 54ø, Wind: 5 MPH Out to CF Day Game Oct 9, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 New York(A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 1961 Milwaukee 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 4 0 1961 New York(A) Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Howard C 1>K G43 P5 8>L7 S,23 2 Richardson 2B Fd8 W G63 Fd9 Fd7 3 Mantle CF S W,12 6>G53 S 4 Skowron 1B W,12 K K WP,12 S,2H 5 Maris RF Fd8 4>F9 P5 S,23 6 Berra LF 2>F8 W 7>P6 L7 7 Kubek SS Fd9 G13,12 G3u 9>G63 8 Boyer 3B G13 P6 W Lopez PH W 9 Sheldon P 3>G43 5>K Blanchard PH Fd8 Coates P Cerv PH K 1961 Milwaukee Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Bolling 2B 1>K 3>G63 G43 8>D 2 Maye RF G53 F7 6>Fs9 L8 3 Mathews 3B G43 Fd7 Fd8 K 4 Aaron CF 2>S 4>Fs8 G43 L4 5 Adcock 1B W,12 E5,B1 7>Fd8 6 Thomas, F LF S,23,12 L8 D 7 Torre C WP,3H,23,12 WP,3H, Fs8 Fs8 8 McMillan SS Fd7,3H/SF 5>G43 W 9 Spahn P K Fd8 K McMahon P New York(A) IN OUT Sheldon AB1-1 AB3-4 Coates AB3-5 End Milwaukee IN OUT Spahn AB1-1 AB4-9 McMahon AB5-1 End Oct 9, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 New York(A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 1961 Milwaukee 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 4 0 Inn Out B-S On NYY-MBr Result 1-New York(A) 1 0 1-2 - 0-0 Howard struck out, 1 out 1 1 0-0 - 0-0 Richardson flied to deep right center, 2 out 1 2 0-1 - 0-0 Mantle lined a single between third and short 1 2 3-0 1 0-0 Skowron walked, Mantle to 2nd 1 2 0-2 12 0-0 Maris flied to deep center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Milwaukee 1 0 1-2 - 0-0 Bolling struck out, 1 out 1 1 1-0 - 0-0 Maye grounded to third, 2 out 1 2 1-2 - 0-0 Mathews grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-New York(A) 2 0 0-0 - 0-0 Berra flied to left center, 1 out 2 1 1-1 - 0-0 Kubek flied to deep right, 2 out 2 2 0-2 - 0-0 Boyer grounded to the pitcher, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Milwaukee 2 0 0-2 - 0-0 Aaron lined a single between third and short 2 0 3-0 1 0-0 Adcock walked, Aaron to 2nd 2 0 0-0 12 0-0 Thomas lined a single between third and short, Aaron to 3rd, Adcock to 2nd 2 0 1-2 123 0-0 Wild pitch, Aaron scored, Adcock to 3rd, Thomas to 2nd, Milwaukee 1 New York(A) 0 2 0 2-2 23 0-1 Wild pitch, Adcock scored, Thomas to 3rd, Milwaukee 2 New York(A) 0 2 0 3-2 3 0-2 Torre grounded to short, 1 out 2 1 1-2 3 0-2 McMillan flied to deep left center, sacrifice, Thomas scored, 2 out, Milwaukee 3 New York(A) 0 2 2 0-2 - 0-3 Spahn struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-New York(A) 3 0 1-0 - 0-3 Sheldon grounded to second, 1 out 3 1 0-2 - 0-3 Howard grounded to second, 2 out 3 2 3-2 - 0-3 Richardson walked 3 2 3-1 1 0-3 Mantle walked, Richardson to 2nd 3 2 3-2 12 0-3 Skowron struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Milwaukee 3 0 0-0 - 0-3 Bolling grounded to short, 1 out 3 1 1-2 - 0-3 Maye flied to left, 2 out 3 2 0-1 - 0-3 Mathews flied to deep left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-New York(A) 4 0 0-1 - 0-3 Maris flied to right, 1 out 4 1 3-0 - 0-3 Berra walked 4 1 0-0 1 0-3 Kubek grounded to the pitcher, Berra to 2nd, 2 out 4 2 1-0 2 0-3 Boyer popped to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Milwaukee 4 0 1-1 - 0-3 Aaron flied to shallow center, 1 out 4 1 3-1 - 0-3 Adcock grounded to third, safe on an error 4 1 2-1 1 0-3 Thomas lined to center, 2 out 4 2 1-2 1 0-3 Torre flied to shallow right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-New York(A) 5 0 0-2 - 0-3 Sheldon struck out, 1 out 5 1 3-1 - 0-3 Howard popped to third, 2 out 5 2 1-2 - 0-3 Richardson grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Milwaukee 5 0 0-1 - 0-3 McMillan grounded to second, 1 out 5 1 0-0 - 0-3 Spahn flied to deep center, 2 out 5 2 1-1 - 0-3 Bolling grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-New York(A) 6 0 0-2 - 0-3 Mantle grounded to third, 1 out 6 1 1-2 - 0-3 Skowron struck out, 2 out 6 2 2-1 - 0-3 Maris popped to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Milwaukee 6 0 0-2 - 0-3 Maye flied shallow down right field line, 1 out 6 1 3-1 - 0-3 Mathews flied to deep right center, 2 out 6 2 0-2 - 0-3 Aaron grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-New York(A) 7 0 2-1 - 0-3 Berra popped to short, 1 out 7 1 1-1 - 0-3 Kubek grounded to first, 2 out 7 2 3-2 - 0-3 Boyer walked >Blanchard batting 7 2 0-2 1 0-3 Blanchard flied to deep left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Milwaukee >Coates pitching 7 0 0-1 - 0-3 Adcock flied to deep right center, 1 out 7 1 2-2 - 0-3 Thomas doubled off the wall down the left field line 7 1 1-2 2 0-3 Torre flied to shallow left center, 2 out 7 2 3-2 2 0-3 McMillan walked 7 2 1-2 12 0-3 Spahn struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-New York(A) 8 0 1-1 - 0-3 Howard lined to left, 1 out 8 1 0-2 - 0-3 Richardson flied to deep right, 2 out 8 2 0-1 - 0-3 Mantle lined a single to left center 8 2 1-2 1 0-3 Wild pitch, Mantle to 2nd 8 2 2-2 2 0-3 Skowron singled off the wall in left, Mantle scored, Milwaukee 3 New York(A) 1 8 2 0-0 1 1-3 Maris grounded a single between third and short, Skowron to 3rd 8 2 2-2 13 1-3 Berra lined to left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Milwaukee 8 0 1-2 - 1-3 Bolling doubled to center 8 0 0-1 2 1-3 Maye lined to center, 1 out 8 1 2-2 2 1-3 Mathews struck out, 2 out 8 2 0-0 2 1-3 Aaron lined to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-New York(A) 9 0 2-2 - 1-3 Kubek grounded to short, 1 out >Lopez batting 9 1 3-0 - 1-3 Lopez walked >Cerv batting 9 1 2-2 1 1-3 Cerv struck out, 2 out >McMahon pitching 9 2 0-1 1 1-3 Howard lined a single to left center, Lopez to 3rd 9 2 1-1 13 1-3 Richardson flied to deep left, 3 out Recap MBr 2nd: Scored 3 runs on 2 hits and on one walk. MBr Hank Aaron scored on a WP by Sheldon to take the lead. NYY 0 MBr 1. MBr Joe Adcock scored on a WP by Sheldon. NYY 0 MBr 2. MBr Roy McMillan hit a fly ball scoring 1. NYY 0 MBr 3. NYY 8th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits. NYY Bill Skowron singled scoring Mantle. NYY 1 MBr 3. 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's 2-0 on the year. MBr Don McMahon pitched the 9th to record his 1st save of the year. NYY Rollie Sheldon pitched 6 innings and took the loss: 3 earned runs, 2 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He drops to 0-1 on the year.