Houston Astros vs Milwaukee Braves
July 8, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1965 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 8, Milwaukee Braves 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 6 4 6 3
Maye lf 5 1 1 1
Gentile 1b 5 0 3 2
Bond rf 1 0 0 0
  Staub pr,rf 3 1 1 1
Aspromonte 3b 6 0 1 0
Wynn cf 4 0 2 1
Brand c 5 0 0 0
Lillis ss 6 0 0 0
Nottebart p 2 1 0 0
  Giusti ph,p 2 1 1 0
  Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
  Owens p 0 0 0 0
  MacKenzie p 1 0 1 0
  Gaines pr 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 8 16 8
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf,3b 5 2 2 2
Bolling 2b 6 0 1 1
Aaron rf 5 1 2 1
Torre 1b 4 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 2 0 0 0
  Kolb pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Oliver c 5 0 0 0
Menke ss 2 0 0 0
  Kelley p 0 0 0 0
  Osinski p 0 0 0 0
  Cline ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadowski p 0 0 0 0
  O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 1 1 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Blasingame p 1 0 0 0
Carty lf 5 2 2 3
Cloninger p 1 0 0 0
  Woodward ss 1 0 0 0
  de la Hoz ph,ss 3 2 3 2
Totals 43 9 11 9
Houston 300 020 102 0008160
Milwaukee 102 010 013 0019111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Nottebart   5.0 4 4 4 1 0
  Giusti   3.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Cuellar   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Owens   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  MacKenzie   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Taylor  L (2-3) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
11.1
11
9
9
3
2
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger   4.0 8 5 4 1 4
  Kelley   2.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Osinski   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Sadowski   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  O'Dell   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Niekro   1.2 2 0 0 2 0
  Blasingame  W (9-6) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
12.0
16
8
7
5
7

  E–Oliver (8).  DP–Milwaukee 4.  PB–Oliver (5).  2B–Houston Morgan (15,off Kelley), Milwaukee Jones (10,off Cuellar); Carty (9,off Cuellar); H Aaron (17,off Owens).  3B–Houston Maye (3,off Cloninger).  HR–Houston Morgan 2 (8,1st inning off Cloninger 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Cloninger 1 on, 0 out), Milwaukee H Aaron (16,1st inning off Nottebart 0 on, 2 out); Carty (6,3rd inning off Nottebart 0 on, 0 out); Alou 2 (12,3rd inning off Nottebart 0 on, 1 out,5th inning off Nottebart 0 on, 2 out); de la Hoz (2,8th inning off Giusti 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Brand (2,off Kelley); Alou (3,off Taylor).  Team LOB–9.  Team–4.  SB–Wynn 2 (18,2nd base off Cloninger/Oliver,3rd base off Cloninger/Oliver); Morgan (9,2nd base off Niekro/Oliver).  CS–Morgan (5,2nd base by Cloninger/Oliver).  WP–Kelley (3).  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:40.  A–2,522.
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