Milwaukee Braves 9, Houston Astros 8 (12 innings)
Regular Season Game 82
Played on Thursday, July 8, 1965 (D) at County Stadium

HOU N    3  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   8 16  0
MIL N    1  0  2    0  1  0    0  1  3    0  0  1  -   9 11  1
Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Morgan 2b                     6   4   6   3       0   0       4   2
Maye lf                       5   1   1   1       0   0       5   1
Gentile 1b                    5   0   3   2       1   2      13   0
Bond rf                       1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Staub pr,rf                 3   1   1   1       2   0       4   0
Aspromonte 3b                 6   0   1   0       0   1       3   3
Wynn cf                       4   0   2   1       2   0       3   0
Brand c                       5   0   0   0       0   2       2   1
Lillis ss                     6   0   0   0       0   1       0   5
Nottebart p                   2   1   0   0       0   1       0   2
  Giusti ph,p                 2   1   1   0       0   0       0   0
  Cuellar p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Owens p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  MacKenzie p                 1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
  Gaines pr                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Taylor p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       46   8  16   8       5   7      34  14

BATTING - 
2B: Morgan (15,off Kelley).
3B: Maye (3,off Cloninger).
HR: Morgan 2 (8,1st inning off Cloninger 0 on 0 out,5th inning off Cloninger
1 on 0 out).
SH: Brand (2,off Kelley).
SF: Maye (2,off O'Dell).
GDP: Aspromonte (7,off Cloninger); Brand (11,off Blasingame).
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Wynn 2 (18,2nd base off Cloninger/Oliver,3rd base off Cloninger/Oliver);
Morgan (9,2nd base off Niekro/Oliver).
CS: Morgan (5,2nd base by Cloninger/Oliver).

Milwaukee Braves             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Alou cf,3b                    5   2   2   2       0   0       0   0
Bolling 2b                    6   0   1   1       0   0       4   4
H. Aaron rf                   5   1   2   1       0   0       4   0
Torre 1b                      4   0   0   0       1   0      10   1
Mathews 3b                    2   0   0   0       2   0       1   5
  Kolb pr,cf                  1   1   0   0       0   1       1   0
Oliver c                      5   0   0   0       0   0       7   1
Menke ss                      2   0   0   0       0   0       2   1
  Kelley p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Osinski p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Cline ph                    1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Sadowski p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  O'Dell p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Jones ph                    1   1   1   0       0   0       0   0
  Niekro p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       1   1
  Blasingame p                1   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Carty lf                      5   2   2   3       0   0       1   0
Cloninger p                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Woodward ss                 1   0   0   0       0   0       3   2
  de la Hoz ph,ss             3   2   3   2       0   0       2   1
Totals                       43   9  11   9       3   2      36  18

FIELDING - 
DP: 4. Menke-Bolling-Torre, Mathews-Torre, Niekro-de la Hoz, Blasingame-de la
Hoz-Bolling-Torre.
E: Oliver (8).
PB: Oliver (5).

BATTING - 
2B: Jones (10,off Cuellar); Carty (9,off Cuellar); H. Aaron (17,off Owens).
HR: H. Aaron (16,1st inning off Nottebart 0 on 2 out); Carty (6,3rd inning
off Nottebart 0 on 0 out); Alou 2 (12,3rd inning off Nottebart 0 on 1 out,5th
inning off Nottebart 0 on 2 out); de la Hoz (2,8th inning off Giusti 0
on 0 out).
SH: Alou (3,off Taylor).
Team LOB: 4.

PITCHING
Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Nottebart                     5     4   4   4   1   0   4  20
Giusti                        3.1   1   2   2   1   1   1  12
Cuellar                       0.1   2   2   2   0   0   0   3
Owens                         1     2   0   0   1   0   0   5
MacKenzie                     0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1
Taylor L(2-3)                 1.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   6
Totals                       11.1  11   9   9   3   2   5  47

Inherited Runners - Scored: Cuellar 1-1; Owens 1-1; MacKenzie 2-0.
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Milwaukee Braves             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Cloninger                     4     8   5   4   1   4   2  19
Kelley                        2.2   3   1   1   1   0   0  12
Osinski                       0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1
Sadowski                      1     1   1   1   0   0   0   4
O'Dell                        1     2   1   1   0   1   0   5
Niekro                        1.2   2   0   0   2   0   0   8
Blasingame W(9-6)             1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   4
Totals                       12    16   8   7   5   7   2  53

Cloninger faced 2 batters in the 5th inning
Sadowski faced 1 batter in the 9th inning
WP: Kelley (3).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Osinski 1-0; O'Dell 1-1; Blasingame 3-0.
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Umpires: HP - Vinnie Smith, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Tom Gorman
Time of Game: 3:40   Attendance: 2522


Starting Lineups:

   Houston Astros                Milwaukee Braves         
1. Morgan              2b        Alou                cf
2. Maye                lf        Bolling             2b
3. Gentile             1b        H. Aaron            rf
4. Bond                rf        Torre               1b
5. Aspromonte          3b        Mathews             3b
6. Wynn                cf        Oliver              c
7. Brand               c         Menke               ss
8. Lillis              ss        Carty               lf
9. Nottebart           p         Cloninger           p

ASTROS 1ST: Morgan homered; Maye tripled; Gentile singled [Maye
scored]; Bond forced Gentile (first to shortstop); STAUB RAN FOR
BOND; Aspromonte singled [Staub to third]; Wynn singled [Staub
scored, Aspromonte to second]; Brand struck out; Lillis grounded
out (third to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: STAUB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Alou grounded out
(third to first); Bolling flied out to center; H. Aaron homered;
Torre lined to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Braves 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Nottebart struck out; Morgan singled; Morgan was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Maye grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Mathews grounded out (second to first); Oliver
grounded out (shortstop to first); Menke grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Braves 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Gentile struck out; Staub walked; Aspromonte
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Staub out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Carty homered; Cloninger grounded out (pitcher to
first); Alou homered; Bolling lined to left; H. Aaron grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3,
Braves 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Wynn singled; Wynn stole second; Wynn stole third;
Brand struck out; Lillis reached on a fielder's choice that
turned into a double play [Wynn out at home (third unassisted),
Lillis out at first (third to first)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Astros 3, Braves 3.

BRAVES 4TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Mathews
walked; Oliver popped to third in foul territory; Menke flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Braves 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Nottebart reached on an error by Oliver [Nottebart
to first]; Morgan homered [Nottebart scored (unearned)];
WOODWARD REPLACED CLONINGER (PLAYING SS); KELLEY REPLACED MENKE
(PITCHING); Maye grounded out (shortstop to first); Gentile
singled; Staub popped to shortstop; Aspromonte forced Gentile
(shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5,
Braves 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Carty flied out to right; Woodward grounded out
(pitcher to first); Alou homered; Bolling grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Braves 4.

ASTROS 6TH: Wynn walked; Brand out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Wynn to second]; Kelley threw a wild pitch [Wynn to
third]; Lillis flied out to right; GIUSTI BATTED FOR NOTTEBART;
Giusti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Astros 5, Braves 4.

BRAVES 6TH: GIUSTI STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); H. Aaron flied out
to left; Torre popped to second; Mathews popped to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Braves 4.

ASTROS 7TH: Morgan doubled; Maye grounded out (second to first)
[Morgan to third]; Gentile singled [Morgan scored]; Staub flied
out to left; OSINSKI REPLACED KELLEY (PITCHING); Aspromonte
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 6, Braves 4.

BRAVES 7TH: Oliver flied out to center; CLINE BATTED FOR
OSINSKI; Cline struck out; Carty grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6, Braves 4.

ASTROS 8TH: SADOWSKI REPLACED CLINE (PITCHING); Wynn made an out
to shortstop; Brand grounded out (third to first); Lillis popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6, Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: DE LA HOZ BATTED FOR WOODWARD; de la Hoz homered;
Alou flied out to center; Bolling popped to first; H. Aaron
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6,
Braves 5.

ASTROS 9TH: DE LA HOZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Giusti
singled; O'DELL REPLACED SADOWSKI (PITCHING); Morgan singled
[Giusti to third]; Maye hit a sacrifice fly to right [Giusti
scored]; Gentile was called out on strikes; Staub singled
[Morgan scored]; Oliver allowed a passed ball [Staub to second];
Aspromonte grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Astros 8, Braves 5.

BRAVES 9TH: Torre flied out to left; Mathews walked; KOLB RAN
FOR MATHEWS; CUELLAR REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); Oliver popped
to third; JONES BATTED FOR O'DELL; Jones doubled [Kolb to
third]; Carty doubled [Kolb scored, Jones scored]; OWENS
REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); de la Hoz singled to left [Carty
scored, de la Hoz out at second (left to second)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 8, Braves 8.

ASTROS 10TH: NIEKRO REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); KOLB STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); ALOU CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Wynn
popped to shortstop; Brand flied out to right; Lillis flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 8, Braves 8.

BRAVES 10TH: Alou flied out to left; Bolling flied out to right;
H. Aaron doubled; Torre walked; MACKENZIE REPLACED OWENS
(PITCHING); Kolb struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 8,
Braves 8.

ASTROS 11TH: MacKenzie singled; GAINES RAN FOR MACKENZIE; Morgan
singled [Gaines to second]; Maye hit into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop) [Gaines out at third]; Morgan stole second;
Gentile walked; Staub walked [Morgan to third, Gentile to
second]; BLASINGAME REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Aspromonte flied
out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 8, Braves 8.

BRAVES 11TH: TAYLOR REPLACED GAINES (PITCHING); Oliver flied out
to right; Blasingame grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 8, Braves 8.

ASTROS 12TH: Wynn walked; Brand grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to second to first) [Wynn out at second];
Lillis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 8, Braves 8.

BRAVES 12TH: de la Hoz singled; Alou out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [de la Hoz to second]; Bolling singled [de
la Hoz scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 8, Braves 9.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Astros           8  16   0    9
 Braves           9  11   1    4


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