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Atlanta Braves 4 Houston Astros 5

May 8,1966

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (13-11)

Home Team

Houston Astros (15-10)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

23,304

Time of Game

2:22

Umpires

[HP]: Ed Vargo [1B]: Doug Harvey [2B]: Harry Wendelstedt [3B]: Shag Crawford

Atlanta Braves 4 Houston Astros 5

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Atlanta Braves	ATL	13-11		1	0	0		0	0	0		1	2	0			4	10	3		5	5	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	15-10		0	0	0		0	0	3		0	0	2			5	9	1		3	3	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Felipe Alou	cf-lf	30.361	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.300		25	988
2	Woody Woodward	ss	23.227	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.250		19	211
3	Hank Aaron	rf	32.092	R	4	2	1	1		0	0	.247		25	1682
4	Joe Torre	c	25.294	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.314		25	645
5	Lee Thomas	1b	30.092	L	4	0	2	1		0	1	.231		25	767
6	Gene Oliver	lf	31.047	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.071		9	551
	Gary Geiger	ph-cf	29.034	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.294		17	722
7	Eddie Mathews	3b	34.207	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.158		22	1928
8	Sandy Alomar	2b	22.201	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.105		16	96
	Rico Carty	ph	26.249	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.254		23	232
	Phil Niekro	p	27.037	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		8	55
9	Ken Johnson	p	32.326	R	2	0	1	0		0	1	.273		6	205
	Frank Bolling	ph-2b	34.173	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.139		15	1464
Totals

Errors: 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

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Morgan	2b	22.231	L	5	1	2	1		0	0	.370		25	200
2	Sonny Jackson	ss	21.303	L	4	1	3	0		0	0	.309		24	44
3	Jimmy Wynn	cf	24.057	R	4	1	1	2		0	1	.232		25	319
4	Jim Gentile	1b	31.339	L	3	0	1	0		1	1	.258		22	875
5	Rusty Staub	rf	22.037	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.218		23	393
6	Bob Aspromonte	3b	27.323	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.253		25	688
7	Lee Maye	lf	31.148	L	4	1	0	0		0	0	.175		18	678
8	John Bateman	c	25.291	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.288		24	271
9	Mike Cuellar	p	29.000	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.077		7	63
	Felix Mantilla	ph	31.283	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.250		3	837
Totals

Errors: Jim Gentile

2B: Jimmy Wynn (5)

RBI: Joe Morgan (11), Jimmy Wynn 2 (14)

GDP: Jimmy Wynn (2), Bob Aspromonte (2)

SB: Jimmy Wynn 2 (5)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ken Johnson	R		6.0	6	3	3	3	3	0		2.35	1.10		7	214
2	Phil Niekro	R	L 2-2	2.1	2	0	0	1	1	0		2.03	1.13		8	54
3	Billy O'Dell	L		0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1.40	1.34		12	400
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ken Johnson (0-0-0), Phil Niekro (0-0-0), Billy O'Dell (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mike Cuellar	L		7.1	10	3	3	0	3	1		1.25	0.89		7	65
2	Jim Owens	R	W 3-1	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0		3.00	1.00		6	241
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike Cuellar (0-0-0), Jim Owens (0-0-0)