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Atlanta Braves @ Houston Astros

1966-08-15 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 21244 · dome, dry · 2:32

Atlanta Braves defeated Houston Astros 4–2. Atlanta Braves put up 2 in the 7th. Tony Cloninger earned the win. Eddie Mathews went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	10
HOU	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5

W: Tony Cloninger L: Chris Zachary SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Weyer · 1B: Bill Williams · 2B: Tom Gorman · 3B: Tony Venzon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denis Menke	4	1	1	0	1	1
Eddie Mathews	3	1	2	3	2	0
Hank Aaron	5	0	1	0	0	2
Joe Torre	5	0	2	0	0	1
Rico Carty	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mack Jones	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gene Oliver	3	0	0	0	0	2
Woody Woodward	3	1	1	0	1	0
Tony Cloninger	4	1	2	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Davis	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sonny Jackson	4	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Morgan	2	1	1	1	2	0
Rusty Staub	3	0	0	1	0	2
Chuck Harrison	4	0	0	0	0	2
Lee Maye	4	0	1	0	0	0
John Bateman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Aspromonte	4	0	1	0	0	1
Chris Zachary	2	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Heath	1	0	0	0	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tony Cloninger	9.0	5	3	8

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Zachary	7.1	9	3	10
Claude Raymond	0.2	1	0	0
Turk Farrell	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denis Menke: D
Eddie Mathews: S.2-H
Hank Aaron: 7
Joe Torre: 64(1)/FO
Rico Carty: 7

Bot 1

Ron Davis: 9/L
Sonny Jackson: S
Joe Morgan: SB2
Joe Morgan: WP.2-3#
Joe Morgan: W
Rusty Staub: 7/SF.3-H
Chuck Harrison: 63

Top 2

Mack Jones: 8
Gene Oliver: K/C
Woody Woodward: E6.B-1
Tony Cloninger: WP.1-2
Tony Cloninger: K

Bot 2

Lee Maye: 63
John Bateman: 8
Bob Aspromonte: S
Chris Zachary: K

Top 3

Denis Menke: K
Eddie Mathews: W
Hank Aaron: WP.1-2#
Hank Aaron: K
Joe Torre: S.2-3
Rico Carty: K

Bot 3

Ron Davis: 8
Sonny Jackson: 8
Joe Morgan: HR
Rusty Staub: K

Top 4

Mack Jones: 7
Gene Oliver: 53
Woody Woodward: S.B-2(E1)
Tony Cloninger: FC5.2X3(5)

Bot 4

Chuck Harrison: 53
Lee Maye: 43
John Bateman: 5/FL

Top 5

Denis Menke: W
Eddie Mathews: 8
Hank Aaron: K
Joe Torre: K

Bot 5

Bob Aspromonte: 9
Chris Zachary: K
Ron Davis: W
Sonny Jackson: 43

Top 6

Rico Carty: 4/P
Mack Jones: K
Gene Oliver: K

Bot 6

Joe Morgan: 31
Rusty Staub: K
Chuck Harrison: K

Top 7

Woody Woodward: 7
Tony Cloninger: S
Denis Menke: 7
Eddie Mathews: HR.1-H
Hank Aaron: S
Joe Torre: S.1-2
Rico Carty: WP.2-3;1-2
Rico Carty: K

Bot 7

Lee Maye: 6/P
John Bateman: 13
Bob Aspromonte: 5/L

Top 8

Mack Jones: S
Gene Oliver: 14/SH.1-2
Woody Woodward: W
Tony Cloninger: S9.2XH(92);1-3
Denis Menke: WP.3-H;1-2
Denis Menke: 53

Bot 8

Bill Heath: K/C
Ron Davis: 43
Sonny Jackson: S
Joe Morgan: W.1-2
Rusty Staub: 7

Top 9

Eddie Mathews: W
Hank Aaron: 53.1-2
Joe Torre: 9(B)46(2)/DP

Bot 9

Chuck Harrison: K
Lee Maye: D
John Bateman: 63
Bob Aspromonte: K