Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 15, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1966 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Beckert 2b 4 0 2 0
Altman lf 3 0 0 0
  Boccabella ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Williams rf 3 0 1 0
Santo 3b 2 1 2 0
Banks 1b 3 1 0 0
Cline cf 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 3 0 1 1
Kessinger ss 2 0 1 1
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 3 0 1 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 9 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 3 0 0 0
Parker 1b 4 1 2 0
Johnson lf 3 0 0 0
Fairly rf 3 2 1 0
Lefebvre 3b 4 1 2 3
  Kennedy 3b 0 0 0 0
Torborg c 3 0 0 0
  Griffith pr 0 0 0 0
  Willhite p 0 0 0 0
  Regan p 1 0 0 0
Oliver 2b 3 0 0 1
Davis cf 4 0 2 0
Drysdale p 2 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Ferrara ph 0 0 0 0
  Roseboro ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Chicago 020 000 000292
Los Angeles 000 000 13x470
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth   6.2 4 1 0 1 3
  Abernathy  L (0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 3 0
  Hoeft   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
3
4
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale   6.0 8 2 2 1 3
  Miller   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Willhite   0.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Regan  W (1-0) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
6

  E–Williams (1), Ellsworth (1).  DP–Los Angeles 2.  2B–Chicago Hundley (1,off Miller), Los Angeles Parker (1,off Abernathy).  HR–Los Angeles Lefebvre (4,8th inning off Abernathy 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Hundley (1,off Drysdale); Kessinger (1,off Drysdale).  HBP–Banks (1,by Drysdale).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Johnson (1,off Abernathy).  Team–8.  SB–Beckert (1,2nd base off Drysdale/Torborg); Kessinger (1,2nd base off Drysdale/Torborg).  BK–Drysdale (1).  HBP–Drysdale (1,Banks).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:43.  A–28,596.
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