Houston Astros 5, Atlanta Braves 4
Regular Season Game 18
Played on Saturday, April 30, 1966 (N) at Atlanta Stadium
HOU N 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 - 5 10 2 ATL N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 4 10 1
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 Jackson ss 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 4 Wynn cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 Gentile 1b 3 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 Staub rf,lf 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 Aspromonte 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Maye lf 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Nicholson rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Bateman c 4 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 Dierker p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Sims ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Raymond p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carpin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Owens p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 33 5 10 4 1 6 27 8 FIELDING - E: Morgan 2 (4). BATTING - 3B: Aspromonte (1,off Blasingame). HR: Maye (1,3rd inning off Johnson 0 on 0 out); Gentile (4,6th inning off Blasingame 1 on 2 out). SH: Jackson (5,off Blasingame). HBP: Nicholson (1,by Fischer). Team LOB: 4. BASERUNNING - SB: Jackson (6,2nd base off Johnson/Torre). CS: Morgan (5,3rd base by Blasingame/Torre); Wynn (2,2nd base by Niekro/Torre).
Atlanta Braves AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Alou cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bolling 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 Aaron rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Torre c 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 Alomar pr,ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Thomas 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 Carty lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 Mathews 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 Oliver ph,c 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Menke ss,3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 Johnson p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Geiger ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blasingame p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Olivo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Keough ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Niekro p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Fischer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 4 10 4 0 5 27 10 FIELDING - E: Bolling (1). PB: Oliver (1). BATTING - 2B: Johnson (2,off Dierker); Mathews (3,off Dierker). 3B: Carty (2,off Raymond). HR: Thomas (5,6th inning off Dierker 1 on 2 out). Team LOB: 8.
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Dierker 6 6 2 2 0 3 1 24 Raymond 1.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 9 Carpin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Owens W(2-1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 Totals 9 10 4 4 0 5 1 39 Inherited Runners - Scored: Carpin 1-1; Owens 1-0. .
Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnson 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 18 Blasingame 1 4 3 3 0 0 1 6 Olivo 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 Niekro L(1-1) 1.1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 Fischer 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 Totals 9 10 5 4 1 6 2 36 Blasingame faced 1 batter in the 7th inning WP: Olivo (1). HBP: Fischer (1,Nicholson). Inherited Runners - Scored: Olivo 1-1; Fischer 1-1. . Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Al Barlick Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 18891 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros Atlanta Braves 1. Morgan 2b Alou cf 2. Jackson ss Bolling 2b 3. Wynn cf Aaron rf 4. Gentile 1b Torre c 5. Staub rf Thomas 1b 6. Aspromonte 3b Carty lf 7. Maye lf Mathews 3b 8. Bateman c Menke ss 9. Dierker p Johnson p ASTROS 1ST: Morgan popped to third in foul territory; Jackson singled; Jackson stole second; Jackson was picked off second (pitcher to second); Wynn struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Alou lined to shortstop; Bolling grounded out (shortstop to first); Aaron struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. ASTROS 2ND: Gentile flied to left; Staub grounded out (second to first); Aspromonte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Torre popped to second; Thomas singled; Carty singled [Thomas to second]; Mathews struck out; Menke was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. ASTROS 3RD: Maye homered; Bateman popped to second; Dierker flied to left; Morgan flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Johnson doubled; Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Bolling grounded out (pitcher to first); Aaron reached on a fielder's choice [Johnson out at third (third unassisted)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. ASTROS 4TH: Jackson singled; Wynn forced Jackson (third to second) [Wynn to second (error by Bolling)]; Gentile walked; Staub popped to first in foul territory; Aspromonte lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas lined to right; Carty flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. ASTROS 5TH: Maye popped to first in foul territory; Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first); Dierker grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Mathews doubled; Menke flied to right; GEIGER BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Geiger grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. ASTROS 6TH: BLASINGAME REPLACED GEIGER (PITCHING); Morgan singled; Jackson out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Morgan to second]; Morgan was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Wynn singled; Gentile homered [Wynn scored]; Staub flied to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 0. BRAVES 6TH: NICHOLSON REPLACED MAYE (PLAYING RF); STAUB CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Bolling singled; Aaron flied to center; Torre forced Bolling (third to second); Thomas homered [Torre scored]; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 2. ASTROS 7TH: Aspromonte tripled; OLIVO REPLACED BLASINGAME (PITCHING); Olivo threw a wild pitch [Aspromonte scored]; Nicholson struck out; Bateman singled; SIMS BATTED FOR DIERKER; Sims flied to right; Morgan was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 2. BRAVES 7TH: RAYMOND REPLACED SIMS (PITCHING); Mathews grounded out (second to first); Menke singled; KEOUGH BATTED FOR OLIVO; Keough reached on an error by Morgan [Menke to second]; Alou popped to shortstop; Bolling reached on an error by Morgan [Menke to third, Keough to second]; Aaron forced Bolling (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 2. ASTROS 8TH: NIEKRO REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Jackson struck out; Wynn singled; Wynn was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Gentile flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 2. BRAVES 8TH: Torre singled; ALOMAR RAN FOR TORRE; Thomas flied to center; Carty tripled [Alomar scored]; CARPIN REPLACED RAYMOND (PITCHING); OLIVER BATTED FOR MATHEWS; Oliver singled [Carty scored]; OWENS REPLACED CARPIN (PITCHING); Menke struck out; Niekro struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 4. ASTROS 9TH: OLIVER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); MENKE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Staub struck out but advanced to first on a passed ball; Aspromonte popped to first in foul territory; FISCHER REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Nicholson was hit by a pitch [Staub to second]; Nicholson was out trying to advance to second (catcher to shortstop); Bateman singled [Staub scored (unearned)]; Owens was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Braves 4. BRAVES 9TH: Alou flied to right; Bolling flied to center; Aaron popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Braves 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 5 10 2 4 Braves 4 10 1 8
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