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Atlanta Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1966-08-06 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 24330 · night · 3:22

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Atlanta Braves 6–5. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 2nd. Chris Short earned the win and Darold Knowles picked up the save. John Briggs went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	5	13
PHI	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1		6	9

W: Chris Short L: Clay Carroll SV: Darold Knowles

Umpires — HP: Doug Harvey · 1B: Harry Wendelstedt · 2B: Shag Crawford · 3B: Ed Vargo · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Felipe Alou	5	1	3	0	0	0
Woody Woodward	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Aaron	3	2	1	0	2	0
Joe Torre	5	1	2	0	0	1
Rico Carty	3	0	2	1	2	0
Gene Oliver	1	0	0	0	0	0
Denis Menke	4	1	1	1	1	1
Frank Bolling	4	0	2	0	1	0
Clay Carroll	2	0	0	0	0	2
Mack Jones	4	0	2	2	0	0
Eddie Mathews	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Cloninger	1	0	0	0	0	1
Miguel de la Hoz	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Briggs	4	2	2	1	1	1
Cookie Rojas	2	0	0	1	2	1
Johnny Callison	5	0	1	2	0	0
Dick Allen	3	0	1	0	1	1
Bill White	3	0	1	0	1	0
Tony Gonzalez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Clay Dalrymple	4	2	2	0	0	0
Dick Groat	3	1	0	0	1	0
Chris Short	2	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Clemens	1	1	1	1	0	0
Darold Knowles	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joey Jay	1.2	3	5	1
Clay Carroll	3.2	4	0	2
Jay Ritchie	1.2	1	0	1
Ted Abernathy	1.0	1	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Short	6.0	8	3	3
Ray Culp	0.2	2	1	1
Darold Knowles	2.1	3	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felipe Alou: 8/L
Woody Woodward: 8
Hank Aaron: 63

Bot 1

John Briggs: K
Cookie Rojas: W
Johnny Callison: 8/8D
Dick Allen: W.1-2
Bill White: W.2-3;1-2
Tony Gonzalez: 2/FL

Top 2

Joe Torre: 9/9D
Rico Carty: S8/G
Gene Oliver: 9
Denis Menke: CS2(24)

Bot 2

Clay Dalrymple: S9
Dick Groat: W.1-2
Chris Short: 14/BG.2-3;1-2
John Briggs: W
Cookie Rojas: 9
Johnny Callison: WP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Johnny Callison: S8.3-H;2-H
Dick Allen: S7.1-2
Bill White: 3/FL

Top 3

Denis Menke: HR/7
Frank Bolling: 53
Clay Carroll: K
Felipe Alou: S/89
Woody Woodward: 9

Bot 3

Tony Gonzalez: 43
Clay Dalrymple: 9
Dick Groat: 43

Top 4

Hank Aaron: W
Joe Torre: S8/G.1-3
Rico Carty: W.1-2
Mack Jones: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR);2-3
Denis Menke: K

Bot 4

Chris Short: 43
John Briggs: 7
Cookie Rojas: K

Top 5

Frank Bolling: S7
Clay Carroll: 54/SH.1-2
Felipe Alou: S5.2-2
Woody Woodward: WP.2-3;1-2
Woody Woodward: 7
Hank Aaron: 63

Bot 5

Johnny Callison: 43
Dick Allen: 4/P
Bill White: S8/G
Tony Gonzalez: SB2
Tony Gonzalez: K

Top 6

Joe Torre: D/89
Rico Carty: 43.2-3
Mack Jones: S7/G.3-H
Denis Menke: SB2
Denis Menke: 3/FL
Frank Bolling: IW
Clay Carroll: K/C

Bot 6

Clay Dalrymple: D9
Dick Groat: 3/G.2-3
Doug Clemens: S9/G.3-H
John Briggs: S8/G.1-3
Cookie Rojas: PB.1-2
Cookie Rojas: 13/SH.3-H;2-2#
Johnny Callison: 63

Top 7

Felipe Alou: S9/G
Eddie Mathews: 8/8D
Hank Aaron: W.1-2
Joe Torre: K/C
Rico Carty: S8.2-H;1-2
Mack Jones: 43

Bot 7

Dick Allen: K/C
Bill White: 31
Tony Gonzalez: T/89
Clay Dalrymple: 43

Top 8

Denis Menke: 63
Frank Bolling: S9
Tony Cloninger: K/C
Felipe Alou: 8

Bot 8

Dick Groat: 53
Darold Knowles: 7
John Briggs: HR/9
Cookie Rojas: W
Johnny Callison: WP.1-2
Johnny Callison: 53

Top 9

Miguel de la Hoz: K
Hank Aaron: D9
Joe Torre: 43.2-3
Rico Carty: W
Mack Jones: S9.3-H;1-2
Denis Menke: W.2-3;1-2
Frank Bolling: 163

Notes & reviews

The Braves were unhappy with Harvey's strike zone throughout the first two innings, but a call on White in the bottom of the 2nd especially angered them; $Gene Oliver continued to complain from the bench and was ejected by Harvey

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