St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
June 3, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1966 at Atlanta Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Atlanta Braves 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Tolan rf 3 0 1 1
McCarver c 2 1 0 0
Flood cf 4 0 4 1
Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Smith 3b 3 0 1 0
Buchek ss 2 0 0 1
Javier 2b 4 1 2 0
Gibson p 3 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 9 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Menke 3b 3 1 0 0
Woodward ss 3 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 1 2 2
Alou lf 4 0 2 0
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Torre 1b 3 0 0 0
Oliver c 3 0 0 0
Millan 2b 2 0 0 0
  Carty ph 1 0 0 0
  de la Hoz 2b 0 0 0 0
Fischer p 2 0 0 0
  Mathews ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
St. Louis 001 000 110391
Atlanta 100 000 001240
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (7-5) 8.2 4 2 2 1 7
  Hoerner  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
1
8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Fischer  L (2-3) 8.0 8 3 3 3 1
  Abernathy   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
1

  E–Buchek (10).  DP–Atlanta 3.  2B–St. Louis Javier (5,off Fischer).  3B–St. Louis Flood (4,off Fischer), Atlanta Aaron (1,off Gibson).  HR–Atlanta Aaron (18,9th inning off Gibson 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Smith (3,off Fischer); Woodward (6,off Gibson).  SF–Tolan (1,off Fischer); Buchek (4,off Fischer).  Team LOB–5.  Team–3.  SB–Javier (7,2nd base off Fischer/Oliver); Brock (14,2nd base off Fischer/Oliver).  CS–Tolan (2,2nd base by Fischer/Oliver).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:14.  A–12,349.
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