Stat break: 1961 Milwaukee Braves

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Aaron             126   15   33    10     9     2    2     2      3    .262
Adcock           122  20    30   19     5     1    8      9      0    .246
Bolling           104    9    27     8      4     1    2    13     0    .260
Cimoli              30    3     4     0       0     0    0     2      0    .133
Crandall             8    0     1     0      1     0     0     0      0    .125
DeMerit           10    4     2     1      1     0     0     1      0     .200
Jones                27    2   10     4      1     0    0      2      0    .370
Lau                     5    1     1     2       0     0    0     1     0     .200
Mantilla              3    2     1     0       0     0    0     0      0    .333
Mathews        100  16   20    10       2     0   5   20      0     .200
Maye                91    9   17     8       1     1    4     3      2     .186
McMillan       100    9   19     7       2     1    0     7      0     .190
Spangler           10    0    1      0       0     0    0     0      0     .100
Thomas            99  12   26   14       3     1     3    7      0     .263
Torre              104  12   29   17       2     1     4     3      0     .279

Pitchers

Name              G    GS     IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Buhl                7      7      34.3     28    20    15     18     17        0     2     3      3.93
Burdette          8      8      61.6     61    23    20     12     23        0     3     3      2.92
Cloninger        9      0      15.3       7     6      6      10     15        0     2      0     3.52
Drabowsky     7      0        6.6       8      8      8       6       1        0      0     0    10.79
Hendley          9      0      15.6     15      3      3     11       9        1      1     0      1.72
McMahon       7      0        6.6       5     1      1        3      7        6      0     0       1.35
Nottebart         5      0     12.3     11      4      4       4      8         2      0     1      2.92

Raymond        6      0       5.3        5     3      3       4       3         0      0    1      5.07

Spahn            10    10     84.3     48    14    13     25      44       0      8    1      1.39

Willey             5      4     22.6     23    12    12      14      14       0      2    2      4.76

Final Four: 2017 Indians defeat 1961 Braves in six games

Game 1: Braves 1, Indians 0
WP: Spahn (7-1)
LP: Kubler (4-1)

Game 2: Indians 4, Braves 1
WP: Carrasco (3-0)
LP: Burdette (3-2)
Save: Allen (4)

Game 3: Indians 5, Braves 2
WP: Bauer (4-0)
LP: Buhl (2-3)
Save: Allen (5)
HR: Thomas (3)

Game 4: Braves 4, Indians 2
WP: Spahn (8-1)
LP: Tomlin (0-1)
HR: Lindor (3), A Jackson (2)

Game 5: Indians 5, Braves 0
WP: Kluber (5-1)
LP: Burdette (3-3)
HR: Santana (3)

Game 6: Indians 7, Braves 1
WP: Carrasco (4-0)
LP: Willey (2-2)
HR: Mathews (5)

The Cleveland bullpen allowed just one run in 13 innings over the six games, and their starters had five quality starts, smothering the Milwaukee offense.

Game One, in Cleveland's Progressive Field, was a marvelous duel between Warren Spahn and Corey Kluber. The sole run of the game came in the third, when Henry Aaron doubled and scored on Joe Adcock's single. Kluber allowed four hits and struck out nine in his complete game loss; Spahn also went the distance, scattering six hits and walking three. Only once, in the ninth inning, did the Tribe get a runner to third, but Spahn popped up Jay Bruce and fanned Brandon Guyer to end it.

Jason Kipnis tripled, doubled and singled in Game Two, driving in three runs and scoring another to support Carlos Carrasco and the bullpen. Carrasco allowed one run on five hits in seven innings, and Bryan Shaw and Cody Allen each threw a 1-2-3 inning in relief.

The series moved to 1961's County Stadium in Milwaukee, and the Tribe opened Game Three with a long two-run first off Bob Buhl that involved just one hit. Buhl walked two and hit a batter, and there was also an error and sac fly involved. Trevor Bauer allowed two runs in 6.1 innings for the win, with Dan Otero, Andrew Miller and Allen splitting the remaining outs.

Spahn evened the series with another complete game win in Game Four. Austin Jackson and Francisco Lindor each hit solo homers for Cleveland, but those came after Josh Tomlin had allowed four runs in five innings.

Kluber was stunning in Game Five, allowing two hits in seven scoreless innings. Michael Brantley's third inning triple was a key blow in a two-run rally off Lew Burdette, and Carlos Santana, who entered in a double switch the inning before, hit a three-run homer in the eighth to blow it open.

Cleveland wrapped up the series with an easy win back home in Game Six. Carlton Willey allowed four runs in 3.2 innings for Milwaukee, and Carrasco allowed plenty of baserunners but no runs in 5.2 innings. Otero got the final out of the sixth inning and worked a perfect seventh, and Miller worked the final two innings, allowing a homer to Eddie Mathews but striking out four.

Player of the Series: Corey Kluber

Pitcher availability: Carrasco is eligible to pitch on three days rest without penalty in the final series.

Projected rotation: Kluber-Carrasco-Bauer-Clevinger-(Kluber)-(Carrasco)-(Bauer)

Stat break: 1961 Milwaukee Braves

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Aaron             103   14   29     9     6     2    2     2      3    .282
Adcock             99  19   25   18      3    1    8      9      0    .253
Bolling             85    9   21     8      2     1    2    11      0    .247
Cimoli              29    3     4     0       0     0    0     2      0    .138
Crandall             8    0     1     0      1     0     0     0      0    .125
DeMerit           10    4     2     1      1     0     0     1      0     .200
Jones                19    2     8     3      1     0    0      2      0    .421
Lau                     5    1     1     2       0     0    0     1     0     .200
Mantilla              3    2     1     0       0     0    0     0      0    .333
Mathews          81   14   15    8       2     0    4   17      0     .185
Maye                68    8   15     7       0     1    4     2      2     .221
McMillan         82    8   18     7       1     1    0     6      0     .220
Spangler             6    0    0      0       0     0    0     0      0     .000
Thomas            78  11   23   12       3     1     2     6      0     .295
Torre                84  11   27   16       2     1     4     3      0     .321

Pitchers

Name              G    GS     IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Buhl                6      6      29.3     24    17    12     15     10        0     2     2      3.68
Burdette          6      6      44.6     41    15    13       8     17        0     3     1      2.62
Cloninger        8      0      13.3       7     6      6      10     13        0     2      0     4.05
Drabowsky     5      0        5.3       7      6      6       5       1        0      0     0   10.13
Hendley          8      0      13.3     10      0      0       7       9        1      1     0      0.00
McMahon       6      0        5          5      1      1       3      6        6      0     0       1.80
Nottebart         4      0     11.3     10      3      3       4      8         2      0     1      2.38

Raymond        5      0       4.3        5     3      3       4       3         0      0    1      6.24

Spahn              8      8     66.3     39    12    11      19      33       0      6    1      1.49

Willey             4      3     19        17      8      8      10      13       0      2     1     3.79

John bracket: 1961 Braves defeat 1924 Pirates in seven games

Game 1: Braves 9, Pirates 7
WP: Spahn (5-1)
LP: Cooper (1-3)
Save: McMahon (4)
HR: Mathews (4)

Game 2: Braves 5, Pirates 3
WP: Burdette (3-0)
LP: Meadows (1-2)
Save: McMahon (5)
HR: Maye (4), Cuyler (5), Adcock (7)

Game 3: Pirates 2, Braves 1
WP: Kremer (5-0)
LP: Buhl (2-2)
Save: Morrison (1)

Game 4: Pirates 5, Braves 4
WP: Yde (3-1)
LP: Nottebart (0-1)

Game 5: Braves 2, Pirates 1
WP: Spahn (6-1)
LP: Cooper (1-4)
HR: Torre (4), Carey (4)

Game 6: Pirates 10, Braves 2
WP: Meadows (2-2)
LP: Burdette (3-1)
HR: Cuyler (6)

Game 7: Braves 4, Pirates 3
WP: Hendley (1-0)
LP: Kremer (5-1)
Save: McMahon (6)
HR: Adcock (8), Traynor (2), Bolling (2)

The Braves won three road games to advance to the final four despite being outscored for the series.

Milwaukee scored an unearned run in the second inning of the opener in Forbes Field to take the lead and opened it up in the third as the first six hitters that inning got hits or walks. Warren Spahn allowed two runs in seven innings. The Pirates scored five runs in the final two innings off Claude Raymond and Moe Drabowsky to make the final score close.

Lee Maye hit a two-run homer in the third inning of Game Two to stake Lew Burdette to the early lead and singled home another run in the fifth. Kiki Cuyler hit a three-run homer in the seventh to cut the margin to 4-3, but Joe Adcock homered in the eighth off reliever Johnny Morrison to give Don McMahon some breathing room in the ninth.

The series moved to 1961 and County Stadium. The Braves struck quickly off Ray Kremer, with leadoff man Maye getting a single and scoring from first on Henry Aaron's double. But Aaron was thrown out at home on Adcock's grounder, and Kremer and Morrison allowed no runs the rest of the way. The Pirates turned two walks and two singles into two runs in the fourth, and that was enough for the win.

 Emil Yde went the distance in Game Four as the Pirates evened the series. The southpaw scattered seven hits, including RBI triples by Adcock and Roy McMillan. Pittsburgh took the lead in the seventh with a three-run rally off Don Nottebart without an extra-base hit.

Warren Spahn dominated Game 5. allowing three hits and no walks. The sole Pittsburgh run came on Max Carey's homer in the ninth. Wilbur Cooper pitched well in the loss; Joe Torre homered in the second, and the other Milwaukee run came courtesy of Pie Traynor's two-base error in the seventh.

The series reverted to Pittsburgh 1924 for Game Six, and it was the series' only blow out. The Pirates scored six runs off Burdette in the first four innings, with triples from Charlie Grimm, Rabbit Maranville and starter Lee Meadows. Cuyler put an exclaimation mark on the score with a three-run homer off Tony Cloninger in the sixth. Meadows allowed one earned run in eight innings on seven hits.

That sent the series to a Game Seven. Traynor touched Milwaukee starter Bob Buhl for a two-run homer in the second, and Kremer held the 2-0 lead until Adcock hit his own two-run shot in the sixth. Carey gunned down McMillan at the plate on Del Crandall's pinch-hit double to end the seventh, and reliever Bob Hendley held the Pirates scoreless for two innings. Frank Thomas doubled home Maye in the eighth and Frank Bolling homered in the top of the ninth for a 4-2 lead. McMahon allowed a run in the bottom of the inning, but struck out pinch-hitter Earl Smith with two on to end the game and series.

Player of the Series: Warren Spahn

Pitcher use restrictions: Milwaukee's bullpen will be fully rested for the next round. Spahn and Burdette may now pitch on short rest without penalty, the only pitchers to qualify for that status remaining.

Projected rotation: Spahn-Burdette-Buhl-Spahn-(Burdette)-(Willey)-(Spahn)

Stat break: 1961 Milwaukee Braves

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Aaron               74   11   22     8      4     2    2     2      3    .297
Adcock             72  12   17   13      1     0    6     9      0    .236
Bolling             58    6   17     6      2     1    1      9      0    .293
Cimoli              19    1     2     0       0     0    0     2      0    .105
Crandall             5    0     0     0      0     0     0     0      0    .000
DeMerit             7    3     0     0      0     0     0     1      0     .000
Jones                13    2     5     3      1     0    0      1      0    .385
Lau                     3    1     1     2       0     0    0     1     0     .333
Mantilla              2    2     1     0       0     0    0     0      0    .500
Mathews           55  11   11     7       2     0    3   14      0     .200
Maye                51    5     8     4       0     1    3     2      1     .157
McMillian        59    7   10     3       1     0    0     5      0     .169
Spangler             4    0    0      0       0     0    0     0      0     .000
Thomas            56    7   15   10      2     1     2     5      0     .268
Torre                58    9   18   10       2     1    3     2      0     .310

Pitchers

Name              G    GS     IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Buhl                4      4      18.3     17    13      8     12       7        0     2     1      3.93
Burdette          4      4      32.6     23      6      6       7     14        0      2     0     1.65
Cloninger        6      0        9.3       4     2      2        6     11        0     2      0     1.92
Drabowsky     3      0        3          3      2      2       4       1        0      0     0      6.00
Hendley          5      0        7.3       7      0      0       5       7        1      0     0      0.00
McMahon       3      0        2.3       0      0      0       2      2        3      0     0      0.00
Nottebart         3      0     10.3        6      0      0      3      8         2      0     0      0.00

Raymond        4      0       3.3        2     2      2       3       2         0      0    1     5.40
Spahn              6      6     50.3     30     9      8     17      27        0      4     1      1.43
Willey             3      2     13        12     5      5       5      11         0      2     1     3.46

John bracket: 1961 Milwaukee Braves defeat 2017 Milwaukee Brewers in five games

Game 1: Braves 2, Brewers 1
WP: Spahn (3-1)
LP: Davies (1-3)
HR: Santana (3), Adcock (3)

Game 2: Brewers 3, Braves 2 (10 innings)
WP: Hader (2-0)
LP: Willey (1-1)
Save: Knebel (2)
HR: Santana (4)

Game 3: Braves 9, Brewers 6
WP: Cloninger (2-0)
LP: Nelson (2-1)
Save: McMahon (3)
HR: Adcock 3 (6), Vogt (1), Thames (3)

Game 4: Braves 4, Brewers 1
WP: Willey (2-1)
LP: Anderson (2-1)
Save: Nottebart (2)
HR: Aaron (2), Maye (3)

Game 5: Braves 6, Brewers 1
WP: Spahn (4-1)
LP: Davies (1-4)
HR: Torre (3)

The Braves made quick work of this battle for the beer and cheese, outscoring the Brewers 23-12 over the five games. Joe Adcock by himself hit as many homers as the entire Brewers team.

Warren Spahn went the distance in the opener, played in 1961's County Stadium. Domingo Santana homered in the first for the Brew Crew, but Adcock hit a two-run homer off Kyle Davies in the fourth, and that concluded the scoring. Spahn allowed four hits and one walk.

The Brewers won the second game in extra innings, with pinch-hitter Eric Sogard leading off the top of the 10th with a base hit and eventually scoring on Travis Shaw's fly ball. The Brewers got four scoreless innings from relievers Jared Hughes, Josh Hader and Corey Knebel after Matt Garza went six innings, allowing two runs on four hits. Lew Burdette went nine innings for the Braves and allowed the tying homer to Santana in the eighth.

The series moved forward 56 years and a few hundred feet east to Miller Park for Game Three. The Braves started Bob Buhl, but hit for him after four innings. Pinch-hitter Mack Jones delivered a two-run, game-tying double, and Tony Cloninger and Bob Hendley followed with two scoreless innings apiece. Meanwhile. Joe Adcock hit three homers to give the Braves a 9-3 lead. The Brewers plated three runs off Claude Raymond and Moe Drabowsky before Don McMahon entered with two on and two outs in the ninth to get the final out.

Hank Aaron and Lee Maye hit homers in Game Four, and Carl Willey went six innings for the win. Don Nottebart allowed one hit in three innings for the save.

Spahn wrapped up the series with another complete game in Game Five, allowing an unearned run on four hits and three walks. Joe Torre's three-run homer in the seventh provided plenty of breathing room.

Player of the series: Warren Spahn

The Braves staff will be fully rested for the fourth round.

Projected rotation: Spahn-Burdette-Buhl or Willey-Willey, Buhl or Spahn-(Spahn or Burdette)-(Burdette or X)-(X)

Stat break: 1961 Milwaukee Braves

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Aaron               50    5   13     5       2     1    1     2      2    .260
Adcock            52    8    11     5      1     0    2     7      0    .212
Bolling             38    5   12     6      1     1    1      9      0    .316
Cimoli              19    1     2     0       0     0    0     2      0    .105
Crandall             2    0     0     0      0     0     0     0      0    .000
DeMerit             5    2     0     0      0     0     0     1      0     .000
Jones                  9    2     4     1      0     0    0      1      0    .444
Lau                     2    1     1     2       0     0    0     1     0     .500
Mantilla              2    2     1     0       0     0    0     0      0    .500
Mathews           37   7      5     6       0     0    3    8      0     .135
Maye                31    3     6     3       0     1    2     0      0     .194
McMillian        42    6     8     2       1     0    0     3      0     .190
Spangler             3    0    0     0       0     0    0     0      0     .000
Thomas            35    6   10     8       1     1   2     5      0     .286
Torre                43    6   12     6       1     1    2     2      0     .279

Pitchers

Name              G    GS     IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Buhl                3      3      15.3     14    10      7     11       7        0     2     1      4.11
Burdette          3      3      23.6     18      5      5       5       5        0      2     0     1.90
Cloninger        5      0        7.3       3     2      2        5       8        0      1     0     2.46
Drabowsky     2      0        2.3       0      0      0       3      0        0      0     0      0.00
Hendley          4      0        5.3       4      0      0       4      2        1      0     0      0.00
McMahon        2      0       2          0      0      0       2      2        2      0     0      0.00
Nottebart         2      0       7.3        5      0      0      2      4        1      0     0      0.00

Raymond         3      0       2.3       1     1      1       3       1         0      0    1     3.91
Spahn              4      4     32.3      21     7      7     13    13        0      2     1      1.94
Willey             1      1       6           5     3      3       3      4         0     1     0      4.50

Stat break: 1961 Braves defeat 2017 Cubs in seven games

Game 1: Cubs 3, Braves 2
WP: Lester (1-0)
LP: Spahn (1-1)
Save: Davis (3)
HR: Rizzo (1)

Game 2: Braves 5, Cubs 3
WP: Burdette (2-0)
LP: Arrieta (0-1)
Save: McMahon (2)
HR: Rizzo (2), Schwarber (4), Maye (1)

Game 3: Cubs 5, Braves 3
WP: Lackey (2-0)
LP: Buhl (1-1)
Save: Davis (4)
HR: Adcock (1)

Game 4: Braves 6, Cubs 3
WP: Willey (1-0)
LP: Quintana (0-1)
Save: Nottebart (1)
HR: Mathews 2 (2), Heyward (1)

Game 5: Braves 5, Cubs 0
WP: Spahn (2-1)
LP: Lester (1-1)
HR: Mathews (3)

Game 6: Cubs 2, Braves 1 (16 innings)
WP: Montgomery (1-0)
LP: Raymond (0-1)
HR: Schwarber (5), Contreras (4)

Game 7: Braves 13, Cubs 3
WP: Buhl (2-1)
LP: Lackey (2-1)
Save: Hendley (1)
HR: Aaron (1), Adcock (2), Thomas (2), Torre (2), Maye (2)

The Cubs won three competitve games, few more competitve than the 16-inning Game Six. The Braves won the easy ones, few more one-sided than Game Seven.

Game One, in Wrigley Field, was a duel between two star southpaws. Anthony Rizzo's two-run homer in the first off Warren Spahn gave the Cubs a lead they would never relinquish. Winner Jon Lester threw six scoreless innings before giving way to a pinch-hitter. The Braves were held to just three hits by four Cubs pitchers.

The Braves evened the series in Game Two. They scored three runs in the second off Jake Arrieta on three singles and two walks, scored again in the fifth on Lee Maye's homer and added a tally in the eighth. Lew Burdette went 7.2 innings for the win, allowing three runs on six hits, two of them homers.

The series shifted to 1961 and County Stadium, and Bob Buhl's wildness cost Milwaukee. He walked eight in 2.1 innings, including four in a row in the Cubs' four run third. The Braves bullpen shut down the Cubs after that, but John Lackey held the Braves to three runs in six innings and the Cubs bullpen also threw goose eggs the rest of the way. Joe Adcock drove in all three Milwaukee runs with a homer and a double.

Eddie Mathews homered twice in Game Four to back up Carl Willey's six innings of five-hit ball. Jason Heyward hit a three-run homer for Chicago in the second inning, but the Cubs couldn't score after that. Mathews drove in four runs, and Hank Aaron had three singles, scored twice and drove in a run. Don Nottebart got Javy Baez to ground out with the bases loaded in the ninth for a one-out save.

Spahn gave Milwaukee its first lead of the series with a four-hit shutout in Game Five. He walked three and struck out four, and had two hits himself, a double and an RBI single. Frank Bolling tripled and doubled for the Braves, scoring twice.

Game Six, back in Chicago, was a classic. Arrieta held the Braves hitless until the fifth inning and scoreless until the seventh, when McMillian singled with one out and Lew Burdette walked. Justin Wilson relieved and retired pinch-hitter Gino Cimoli, but Aaron singled in McMillian for the lead. Burdette carried that 1-0 lead into the ninth, when Kyle Schwarber led off with a homer. Burdette left for a pinch-hitter after that inning, and Nottebart threw five scoreless innings, allwoing seven baserunners but getting two double play grounders. The Cubs ran through seven relievers, with Mike Montgomery working the final three innings. Claude Raymond worked a scoreless bottom of the 15th for the Braves, but Willson Contreras led off the 16th with a homer.

Game Seven was an anti-climax after that drama. Lee Maye led off the game with homer off Lackey,
and a rare error by Anthony Rizzo with two outs and the bases loaded in the third not only allowed a second Braves run to score but set up a grand slam by the next hitter, Frank Thomas. Milwaukee got homers from Aaron, Adcock and Joe Torre as the game progressed, and Buhl held the Cubs scoreless until the sixth, when his own error set up Heyward's bases-loaded triple. Bob Hendley relieved Buhl to start the seventh and worked three innings to get credit for the save.

Player of the series: Joe Adcock

Pitching limitations: Nottebart should not pitch the first two games of Round Three, and Hendley should not pitch in Game One. Willey is available for bullpen duties in Game 1.

Projected rotation: Spahn-Burdette (w/ penalty)-Willey or Buhl-Buhl or Willey-(Spahn)-(Burdette)-(Game 3 starter)

Stat break: 1961 Milwaukee Braves

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
Aaron               17    1     3     0       2     1    0     1      1    .176
Adcock             23    2     2     0       0     0    0     4      0    .087
Bolling             11    1     4     3       0     0    1     5      0    .364
Cimoli                0    0     0     0       0     0    0     1      0    ------
Crandall             2    0     0     0      0     0     0     0      0    .000
DeMerit             0    1     0     0      0     0     0     0      0    ------
Jones                  3    0     2     1      0     0    0      0      0    .667
Lau                     1    1     1     2       0     0    0     1     0   1.000
Mantilla              2    1     1     0       0     0    0     0      0    .500
Mathews           11   2      2     0       0     0    0    2      0     .182
Maye                17    1     3     0       0     0    0     0      0     .176
McMillian        15    1    2     1       0     0    0     0      0     .133
Spangler             2    0    0     0       0     0    0     0      0     .000
Thomas            13    3     4     4       0     0   1     4      0     .308
Torre                11     4    4     4       0     1    1     2      0     .364

Pitchers

Name              G    GS     IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Buhl                1      1        7          6     2      2     2        0        0     1     0     2.57
Burdette          1      1        7          5     1      0     1       0        0      1     0     0.00
Cloninger        3      0        2.6       1     2      2     1       2        0      1     0     6.74
Hendley          1      0        0.3       2      0      0     1      1        0      0     0      0.00
McMahon        1      0       1          0      0      0     0      1        1      0     0      0.00
Nottebart          1      0       2         2      0      0     0      0        0      0     0      0.00

Raymond         1      0       0.6       0     0      0     0      0         0      0     0     0.00
Spahn              2      2     15.3        8     4      4     7      3        0      1     0      2.34

John bracket: 1961 Braves sweep 1961 Red Sox

Game 1: Braves 3, Red Sox 2
WP: Cloninger (1-0)
LP: Monbouquette (0-1)

Game 2: Braves 2, Red Sox 1
WP: Burdette (1-0)
LP: Conley (0-1)
Save: McMahon (1)

Game 3: Braves 8, Red Sox 2
WP: Buhl (1-0)
LP: Schwall (0-1)
HR: Bolling (1), Thomas (1)

Game 4: Braves 6, Red Sox 4
WP: Spahn (1-0)
LP: DeLock (0-1)
HR: Spahn (1), Torre (1)

The Braves allowed just nine runs in the the four game sweep -- while striking out just seven Red Sox hitters.

The series opened in Milwaukee's County Stadium, and the Red Sox were in control most of the way. plating single runs in the fourth and seventh innings off Warren Spahn. Bill Monbouquette held Milwaukee to two singles in the first eight innings. But after he struck out Hank Aaron to open the ninth, he walked Eddie Mathews and Joe Adcock. Frank Thomas singled home Mathews, and Mike Fornieles relieved. He walked Frank Bolling to load the bases, and Charlie Lau singled in Adcock and Thomas for the win.

Lew Burdette allowed one unearned run in seven innings in Game Two for the Braves. Pinch-hitter Mack Jones put Milwaukee up in the bottom of the seventh with a base hit, and three Braves relievers combined for the final six outs. Joe Torre scored both Milwaukee runs.

The series moved to Fenway Park for Game Three, and the bats awoke -- at least for the Braves. Thomas drove in three runs with a two-run homer and a bases-loaded walk, and Bolling clubbed a three-run homer. Bob Buhl went seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits, for the win.

The Braves went for the kill in Game Four, bringing back Spahn on short rest, and it worked. Spahn homered in the second and allowed two runs on three hits in 7.1 innings, leaving after he walked two and allowed a single in the eighth. Claude Raymond threw a double-play ball to end that threat, and while Tony Cloninger wild-pitched two runs home in the ninth, he still got the three outs needed to end the game. Torre hit a three-run homer in the eighth.

Player of the Series: Warren Spahn

Projected rotation: Spahn-Burdette-Buhl- ???. Spahn and Burdette probably with penalty on three days rest, in which case Spahn-(Burdette)-(Willey)-(Spahn with double penalty).