Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
July 3, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1966 at Candlestick Park. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Atlanta Braves 17, San Francisco Giants 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou 1b 3 0 0 0
  de la Hoz 3b 2 0 0 0
Jones cf 6 1 3 0
Aaron rf 4 2 1 1
  Geiger rf 2 1 1 1
Carty lf 4 3 3 1
  Herrnstein lf 1 0 0 0
Torre c 6 2 3 3
Bolling 2b 5 2 2 2
Woodward ss 6 2 4 0
Menke 3b,1b 3 2 0 0
Cloninger p 5 2 3 9
Totals 47 17 20 17
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
Haller c,1b 3 1 1 1
Mays cf 1 1 0 0
  Landrum cf 2 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 1 0 0 0
  Dietz c 3 0 0 0
Hart 3b 3 0 1 0
  Virgil 3b 1 0 0 0
Gabrielson lf 4 0 1 1
Davenport ss 1 0 0 0
  Mason 2b 3 0 0 0
Lanier 2b,ss 4 0 2 0
Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Priddy p 0 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 3 1 1 1
  Peterson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Atlanta 710 510 01217201
San Francisco 000 110 010373
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger  W (9-7) 9.0 7 3 3 2 5
Totals 9.0 7 3 3 2 5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon  L (3-5) 0.2 5 5 5 0 0
  Priddy   2.0 4 3 3 2 0
  Sadecki   6.1 11 9 5 2 4
Totals 9.0 20 17 13 4 4

  E–Cloninger (7), Hart (15), Gabrielson (1), Lanier (11).  DP–Atlanta 1, San Francisco 1.  2B–Atlanta Woodward 2 (11,off Priddy,off Sadecki); Jones (7,off Sadecki); Geiger (4,off Sadecki).  HR–Atlanta Torre (19,1st inning off Gibbon 2 on, 2 out); Cloninger 2 (4,1st inning off Priddy 3 on, 2 out,4th inning off Sadecki 3 on, 2 out); Carty (3,2nd inning off Priddy 0 on, 2 out); Aaron (25,5th inning off Sadecki 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Sadecki (2,5th inning off Cloninger 0 on, 0 out); Haller (16,8th inning off Cloninger 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bolling (1,off Sadecki).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  WP–Cloninger (13), Sadecki (5).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:42.  A–27,002.

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