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Atlanta Braves 4 Houston Astros 2

August 16,1966

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (55-52)

Home Team

Houston Astros (52-68)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

18,520

Time of Game

2:40

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Williams [1B]: Tom Gorman [2B]: Tony Venzon [3B]: Lee Weyer

Atlanta Braves 4 Houston Astros 2

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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	55-52		0	2	1		0	0	1		0	0	0			4	10	2		6	6	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	52-68		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	1	0			2	6	2		8	8	17	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	1b	31.096	R	4	1	2	0		0	1	.334		109	1072
2	Eddie Mathews	3b	34.307	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.227		92	1998
3	Hank Aaron	rf	32.192	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.281		108	1765
4	Joe Torre	c	26.029	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.302		106	726
5	Rico Carty	lf	26.349	R	4	2	2	0		0	0	.329		100	309
6	Mack Jones	cf	27.283	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.248		75	416
7	Denis Menke	ss	26.026	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.249		91	499
8	Woody Woodward	2b	23.327	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.262		96	288
9	Dick Kelley	p	26.220	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.000		10	31
	Ted Abernathy	p	33.163	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.182		46	291
Totals

Errors: Denis Menke, Woody Woodward

2B: Felipe Alou (22), Woody Woodward (16)

RBI: Hank Aaron (81), Woody Woodward (30)

GDP: Rico Carty (7)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Morgan	2b	22.331	L	3	1	0	0		1	2	.310		80	255
2	Sonny Jackson	ss	22.038	L	2	0	1	0		2	0	.281		115	135
3	Chuck Harrison	1b	25.113	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.236		76	91
4	Dave Nicholson	lf	26.352	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.262		85	513
	Lee Maye	ph-lf	31.248	L	1	0	1	1		0	0	.281		91	751
5	Bob Aspromonte	3b	28.058	R	3	1	1	0		0	0	.254		112	775
6	Rusty Staub	rf	22.137	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.291		116	486
7	John Bateman	c	26.026	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.272		104	351
8	Ron Davis	cf	24.299	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.235		11	17
9	Mike Cuellar	p	29.100	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.106		28	84
	Gene Freese	ph	32.220	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.195		62	1041
	Felix Mantilla	ph	32.018	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.195		64	898
Totals

Errors: Bob Aspromonte, Rusty Staub

2B: Chuck Harrison (12)

RBI: Lee Maye (27), Ron Davis (5)

HBP: Bob Aspromonte (1)

GDP: Bob Aspromonte (16), Rusty Staub (9), Mike Cuellar (1)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Kelley	L	W 3-2	7.0	5	1	1	3	6	0		3.23	1.37		10	31
2	Ted Abernathy	R	SV 8	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		4.52	1.45		46	297
Totals				0.0

WP: Dick Kelley (4)

HB: Dick Kelley (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dick Kelley (0-0-0), Ted Abernathy (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	L 7-6	5.0	7	2	2	0	2	0		2.41	1.09		28	86
2	Larry Dierker	R		2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0		3.49	1.18		20	49
3	Ron Taylor	R		2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		6.10	1.56		28	210
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike Cuellar (0-0-0), Larry Dierker (0-0-0), Ron Taylor (0-0-0)