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Atlanta Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1968-05-13 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 3126 · night · 2:40

Atlanta Braves defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–2. Atlanta Braves put up 2 in the 2nd. Phil Niekro earned the win. Tommie Aaron went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Phil Niekro L: Chris Short SV: (none)

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

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Felipe Alou	4	0	0	0	1	0
Felix Millan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Aaron	3	0	0	1	1	2
Deron Johnson	4	1	1	0	1	0
Tommie Aaron	2	1	1	2	2	1
Clete Boyer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Tillman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sonny Jackson	2	1	2	0	2	0
Phil Niekro	3	1	1	0	0	2
Tito Francona	0	0	0	1	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Taylor	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Callison	3	1	0	0	1	1
Bill White	1	1	0	0	3	0
Dick Allen	3	0	0	0	1	1
John Briggs	3	0	2	2	1	1
Mike Ryan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Roberto Pena	3	0	0	0	1	0
Chris Short	1	0	0	0	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Niekro	9.0	3	7	5

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Short	8.1	5	8	6
Turk Farrell	0.2	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felipe Alou: 143
Felix Millan: 5/FL
Hank Aaron: K/C

Bot 1

Tony Taylor: 63
Cookie Rojas: 63
Johnny Callison: K

Top 2

Deron Johnson: T8
Tommie Aaron: HR/7.3-H
Clete Boyer: K
Bob Tillman: 53
Sonny Jackson: W
Phil Niekro: K

Bot 2

Bill White: 43
Dick Allen: W
John Briggs: POCS2(136)
John Briggs: S1
Mike Ryan: 7/7D

Top 3

Felipe Alou: 6/P
Felix Millan: 3/FL
Hank Aaron: K

Bot 3

Roberto Pena: 43
Chris Short: C/E2.B-1
Tony Taylor: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Deron Johnson: 63
Tommie Aaron: W
Clete Boyer: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Cookie Rojas: 7
Johnny Callison: W
Bill White: W.1-2
Dick Allen: WP.2-3;1-2
Dick Allen: K
John Briggs: S8/G46.3-H;2-H
Mike Ryan: 43

Top 5

Bob Tillman: 9
Sonny Jackson: S7
Phil Niekro: 54/SH.1-2
Felipe Alou: 63

Bot 5

Roberto Pena: 8/L
Chris Short: K/C
Tony Taylor: S9
Cookie Rojas: 53

Top 6

Felix Millan: 9
Hank Aaron: 7
Deron Johnson: 63

Bot 6

Johnny Callison: 1/L
Bill White: W
Dick Allen: 54(1)/FO
John Briggs: SB2
John Briggs: W
Mike Ryan: K/C

Top 7

Tommie Aaron: K
Clete Boyer: 53
Bob Tillman: W
Sonny Jackson: S1.1-2
Phil Niekro: K

Bot 7

Roberto Pena: W
Chris Short: 54/SH.1-2
Tony Taylor: 43.2-3
Cookie Rojas: 6/P

Top 8

Felipe Alou: 53
Felix Millan: 7
Hank Aaron: W
Deron Johnson: SB2
Deron Johnson: W
Tommie Aaron: W.2-3;1-2
Clete Boyer: 43

Bot 8

Johnny Callison: 8
Bill White: W
Dick Allen: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Bob Tillman: 4/P/9S
Sonny Jackson: W
Phil Niekro: S1.1-2
Felipe Alou: W.2-3;1-2
Tito Francona: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Hank Aaron: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
Deron Johnson: 5/P

Bot 9

John Briggs: K
Mike Ryan: 13
Roberto Pena: 3/G

Notes & reviews

ball three to Dick Allen when Phil Niekro went to mouth

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