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ATL 4 ... HOU 5

May 8,1966

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visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (13-11)

home team

Houston Astros (15-10)

box date

year

game type

Regular Season Game

time of day

Day

start time

0:00PM

temperature

0 F - dome

wind

-1mph unknown

ballpark code

HOU02

Attendance

23,304

time

2:22

DH Game

No

HP Umpire

1B Umpire

2B Umpire

Harry Wendelstedt

3B Umpire

LF Umpire

RF Umpire

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team	1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		r	h	e	record	streak	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	1966 links
Atlanta Braves	1	0	0		0	0	0		1	2	0		4	10	3	15-10	Won 2	3	3	5	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game
Houston Astros	0	0	0		0	0	3		0	0	2		5	9	1	13-11	Lost 2	5	5	10	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game

Game Notes

Atlanta Braves - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	Felipe Alou	cf-lf	30.361	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.830	25	988
2	Woody Woodward	ss	23.227	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.650	19	211
3	Hank Aaron	rf	32.092	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.924	25	1682
4	Joe Torre	c	25.294	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.991	25	645
5	Lee Thomas	1b	30.092	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.736	25	767
6	Gene Oliver	lf	31.047	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.143	9	551
	Gary Geiger	ph-cf	29.034	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.800	17	722
7	Eddie Mathews	3b	34.207	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.475	22	1928
8	Sandy Alomar	2b	22.201	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.255	16	96
	Rico Carty	ph	26.249	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.681	23	232
	Phil Niekro	p	27.037	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	8	55
9	Ken Johnson	p	32.326	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.727	6	205
	Frank Bolling	ph-2b	34.173	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.301	15	1464
Totals				36	4	10	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	235	9546

E: Woody Woodward, Joe Torre, Frank Bolling
2B: Eddie Mathews (4)
HR: Hank Aaron (9)
RBI: Hank Aaron (17), Joe Torre (14), Lee Thomas (14), Rico Carty (8)
SH: Woody Woodward (2)
GDP: Hank Aaron (6)

Houston Astros - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	Joe Morgan	2b	22.231	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.990	25	200
2	Sonny Jackson	ss	21.303	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.677	24	44
3	Jimmy Wynn	cf	24.057	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.706	25	319
4	Jim Gentile	1b	31.339	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.892	22	875
5	Rusty Staub	rf	22.036	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.614	23	393
6	Bob Aspromonte	3b	27.323	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.615	25	688
7	Lee Maye	lf	31.148	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.607	18	678
8	John Bateman	c	25.291	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.821	24	271
9	Mike Cuellar	p	28.365	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.154	7	63
	Felix Mantilla	ph	31.283	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.500	3	837
Totals				33	5	9	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	196	4368

E: Jim Gentile
2B: Jimmy Wynn (5)
RBI: Joe Morgan (11), Jimmy Wynn 2 (14)
SB: Jimmy Wynn 2 (5)
IBB: John Bateman (3)
GDP: Jimmy Wynn (2), Bob Aspromonte (2)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Ken Johnson	32.326	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	1.10	7	214
2	Phil Niekro (L 2-2)	27.037	2.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	1.13	8	54
3	Billy O'Dell	34.087	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	1.34	12	400
Totals			8.3	9	5	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

IBB: John Bateman (3), Phil Niekro
BF: Ken Johnson 25, Phil Niekro 11, Billy O'Dell

Houston Astros - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Mike Cuellar	28.365	7.1	10	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.89	7	65
2	Jim Owens (W 3-1)	32.112	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	1.00	6	241
Totals			9.0	10	4	3	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

IBB: John Bateman (3), Phil Niekro
BF: Mike Cuellar 32, Jim Owens 5