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Milwaukee Braves @ Cincinnati Reds

1965-08-31 · Night game · Crosley Field · Att: 19645 · 73°F · 3:00

Milwaukee Braves defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–3. Tony Cloninger earned the win and Bob Sadowski picked up the save. Hank Aaron went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	5	11
CIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	8

W: Tony Cloninger L: Joey Jay SV: Bob Sadowski

Umpires — HP: Bob Engel · 1B: Tom Gorman · 2B: Ed Sudol · 3B: Bill Williams · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Felipe Alou	4	0	1	0	1	2
Mack Jones	5	1	1	0	0	2
Hank Aaron	4	1	2	1	0	0
Eddie Mathews	3	1	1	1	1	2
Joe Torre	4	0	2	1	0	1
Gene Oliver	4	1	1	1	0	0
Frank Bolling	4	0	1	0	0	0
Woody Woodward	4	1	2	0	0	0
Tony Cloninger	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Sadowski	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Harper	5	1	2	0	0	1
Pete Rose	5	0	0	0	0	2
Vada Pinson	5	0	3	1	0	0
Gordy Coleman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Deron Johnson	3	1	1	1	1	1
Frank Robinson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Edwards	3	0	0	0	1	1
Leo Cardenas	3	0	1	1	0	0
Joey Jay	2	0	0	0	0	2
Art Shamsky	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tony Perez	1	0	0	0	0	1
Marty Keough	1	1	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tony Cloninger	5.1	5	3	4
Bob Sadowski	3.2	3	2	4

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joey Jay	4.1	6	2	3
Ted Davidson	2.2	2	0	4
Roger Craig	1.0	2	0	0
Billy McCool	1.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felipe Alou: W
Mack Jones: S/89.1-3
Hank Aaron: 2/FL
Eddie Mathews: W.1-2
Joe Torre: K
Gene Oliver: 43

Bot 1

Tommy Harper: D/89
Pete Rose: 7
Vada Pinson: D/89.2-H
Gordy Coleman: 43.2-3
Deron Johnson: W
Frank Robinson: W.1-2
Johnny Edwards: K

Top 2

Frank Bolling: S7
Woody Woodward: 16(1)/FO
Tony Cloninger: 46(1)/FO
Felipe Alou: K

Bot 2

Leo Cardenas: 9
Joey Jay: K
Tommy Harper: D7
Pete Rose: 43

Top 3

Mack Jones: 2/FL
Hank Aaron: HR/7
Eddie Mathews: K
Joe Torre: 9

Bot 3

Vada Pinson: D9
Gordy Coleman: 53
Deron Johnson: 53
Frank Robinson: 53

Top 4

Gene Oliver: HR/8
Frank Bolling: 6
Woody Woodward: 8
Tony Cloninger: 63

Bot 4

Johnny Edwards: W
Leo Cardenas: 53/SH.1-2
Joey Jay: K/C
Tommy Harper: 3/G

Top 5

Felipe Alou: S7
Mack Jones: 64(1)/FO
Hank Aaron: S.1-3
Eddie Mathews: K/C
Joe Torre: D7.3-H;1XH(7625)

Bot 5

Pete Rose: 43
Vada Pinson: 43
Gordy Coleman: 7

Top 6

Gene Oliver: 43
Frank Bolling: 9
Woody Woodward: T7
Tony Cloninger: K

Bot 6

Deron Johnson: K
Frank Robinson: S7
Johnny Edwards: 8
Leo Cardenas: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Felipe Alou: K
Mack Jones: K/C
Hank Aaron: 53

Bot 7

Art Shamsky: W
Tommy Harper: K/C
Pete Rose: K/C
Vada Pinson: 3

Top 8

Eddie Mathews: HR/9
Joe Torre: S7
Gene Oliver: 46(1)3/GDP
Frank Bolling: 63

Bot 8

Gordy Coleman: W
Deron Johnson: T.1-H
Frank Robinson: 13
Johnny Edwards: 3/FL
Leo Cardenas: S8.3-H
Tony Perez: K

Top 9

Woody Woodward: T/89
Bob Sadowski: WP.3-H
Bob Sadowski: K/C
Felipe Alou: 9
Mack Jones: K

Bot 9

Tommy Harper: 53
Pete Rose: K/C
Vada Pinson: D7
Marty Keough: 8

Notes & reviews

Raining at start, delay for 25 minutes
Rain delay of 2:08 7:29 PM, resumed at 9:37
game was scheduled as first game of double-header. $Played 3+ in second game, then rained out. Aaron $lost homer, as did Pavletich. Second game started $at 11:38 AM, game called at 12:30 AM

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