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Milwaukee Braves @ Houston Astros

1964-08-21 · Night game · Colt Stadium · Att: 7288 · 2:02

Houston Colt .45's defeated Milwaukee Braves 3–2. Houston Colt .45's put up 3 in the 7th. Ken Johnson earned the win. Gene Oliver went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		3	3

W: Ken Johnson L: Tony Cloninger SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Gorman · 1B: Vinnie Smith · 2B: Chris Pelekoudas · 3B: Bill Williams · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Felipe Alou	4	0	0	0	2
Lee Maye	4	0	1	0	0
Hank Aaron	4	0	0	0	1
Eddie Mathews	4	0	0	0	1
Joe Torre	4	0	0	0	3
Gene Oliver	4	1	3	1	0
Rico Carty	4	1	2	0	2
Denis Menke	3	0	2	1	0
Tony Cloninger	2	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Spangler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nellie Fox	4	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Gaines	4	0	0	0	0	1
Walt Bond	2	1	0	0	1	1
Bob Aspromonte	3	1	1	1	0	0
Eddie Kasko	2	0	0	0	1	0
Carroll Hardy	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Grote	2	0	1	1	0	1
Ken Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	2

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tony Cloninger	8.0	3	2	6

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Johnson	9.0	8	0	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felipe Alou: K
Lee Maye: 43
Hank Aaron: 53

Bot 1

Al Spangler: 7
Nellie Fox: 7
Joe Gaines: K

Top 2

Eddie Mathews: 3/G
Joe Torre: K
Gene Oliver: HR
Rico Carty: S
Denis Menke: T.1-H
Tony Cloninger: 23

Bot 2

Walt Bond: 31
Bob Aspromonte: 3
Eddie Kasko: 6/L

Top 3

Felipe Alou: K/C
Lee Maye: 8
Hank Aaron: K/C

Bot 3

Carroll Hardy: 8
Jerry Grote: K
Ken Johnson: K

Top 4

Eddie Mathews: 5/FL
Joe Torre: 8
Gene Oliver: S
Rico Carty: S.1-2
Denis Menke: 5/FL

Bot 4

Al Spangler: 53
Nellie Fox: 13
Joe Gaines: 63

Top 5

Tony Cloninger: 13
Felipe Alou: 5/L
Lee Maye: D
Hank Aaron: 13

Bot 5

Walt Bond: FLE2
Walt Bond: K
Bob Aspromonte: 3
Eddie Kasko: 7

Top 6

Eddie Mathews: 63
Joe Torre: K/C
Gene Oliver: S
Rico Carty: CS2(24)

Bot 6

Carroll Hardy: K
Jerry Grote: S
Ken Johnson: 36(1)/FO
Al Spangler: WP.1-2
Al Spangler: 13

Top 7

Rico Carty: K
Denis Menke: S
Tony Cloninger: 13/SH.1-2
Felipe Alou: 8

Bot 7

Nellie Fox: S
Joe Gaines: 9
Walt Bond: W.1-2
Bob Aspromonte: D.2-H;1-3
Eddie Kasko: IW
Carroll Hardy: E3.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;1-2
Jerry Grote: 7/SF.3-H(UR)
Ken Johnson: K

Top 8

Lee Maye: 13
Hank Aaron: 6
Eddie Mathews: K

Bot 8

Al Spangler: 8
Nellie Fox: 8
Joe Gaines: 9

Top 9

Joe Torre: K
Gene Oliver: 13
Rico Carty: K