Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 17, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1966 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Atlanta Braves 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou 1b,rf 4 1 1 0
Woodward ss 2 0 1 0
  Mathews ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Aaron rf,2b 5 1 2 1
Torre c 1 0 0 0
  O'Dell pr 0 0 0 0
Carty lf 4 0 1 1
Menke 3b,ss 3 0 0 0
  Alomar pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 3 0 0 0
Keough ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Blasingame p 3 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 1 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Mota cf,lf 4 2 2 1
Alley ss 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 3 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 3 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 3 2
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Rodgers lf 3 0 0 0
  Alou cf 1 0 1 0
Pagan 3b 3 2 1 0
Veale p 2 1 1 1
  Mikkelsen p 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 4
Atlanta 001 010 000261
Pittsburgh 000 003 20x580
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Blasingame  L (1-3) 7.0 6 5 5 1 5
  Carroll   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
2
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale  W (4-2) 6.0 5 2 2 5 7
  Mikkelsen   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Face  SV (4) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
8
9

  E–None.  2B–Atlanta Alou (8), Pittsburgh Mota (4).  HR–Atlanta Aaron (12).  SF–Carty (1).  IBB–Torre (1); Clemente (2).  Team LOB–0.  HBP–Pagan (1).  Team–0.  SB–Mota (3).  WP–Blasingame 2 (4), Veale (3).  HBP–Blasingame (2).  IBB–Blasingame (2); Veale (3).  T–2:29.  A–7,938.
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