Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets
April 17, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1966 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 4, New York Mets 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 1 1 1
Mathews 3b 2 0 0 0
  Woodward ss 0 0 0 0
Aaron rf 3 1 1 0
Torre c 4 0 1 0
Carty lf 3 1 0 0
Thomas 1b 3 1 1 2
Bolling 2b 4 0 0 0
Menke ss,3b 3 0 1 0
Cloninger p 2 0 1 0
  Olivo p 1 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 1 2 0
Lewis rf 4 3 2 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 3 3
Kranepool lf 3 0 1 1
  Jones cf 0 0 0 0
Stuart 1b 5 0 0 0
Coleman c 4 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 0 1 0 0
Hickman cf 3 0 1 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0
  Bearnarth p 1 0 0 0
McMillan ss 0 0 0 0
  Bressoud pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Selma p 1 0 0 0
  Richardson p 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland p 0 0 0 0
  Luplow ph,cf,lf 2 0 1 0
  Swoboda ph 0 0 0 1
Totals 34 5 10 5
Atlanta 000 211 000463
New York 101 000 0215103
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger   5.0 6 2 2 5 6
  Olivo   2.2 3 2 2 1 2
  Niekro   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  O'Dell  L (0-1) 0.2 0 1 0 3 0
Totals
8.1
10
5
4
9
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Selma   4.2 4 3 3 3 0
  Richardson   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Sutherland   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  McGraw   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Bearnarth  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
6
1

  E–Woodward (1), Thomas (2), Cloninger (1), Kranepool (1), Coleman (1), Selma (1).  DP–New York 2.  2B–Atlanta Cloninger (1,off Selma); Aaron (1,off Richardson), New York Boyer 3 (3,off Cloninger 2,off Niekro).  HR–Atlanta Thomas (1,4th inning off Selma 1 on, 2 out); Alou (1,5th inning off Selma 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Selma (1,off Cloninger); Hunt (1,off Olivo).  Team–15.  SB–Aaron (2,2nd base off Bearnarth/Coleman).  CS–Aaron (1,2nd base by Selma/Coleman); Cloninger (1,3rd base by Selma/Coleman).  WP–Richardson 2 (2).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–3:13.  A–26,965.
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