Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 21, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1966 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Atlanta Braves 4, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou lf 4 1 2 0
Woodward 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
  Carty 3b 1 0 1 0
Aaron rf 4 1 2 1
Torre 1b 4 0 1 2
de la Hoz 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Oliver c 4 1 2 0
Jones cf 4 0 1 1
Menke ss 3 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 1 0 0 0
Lemaster p 1 0 0 0
  Bolling ph 1 0 0 0
  Olivo p 0 0 0 0
  Millan 2b 2 1 1 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 2 0
Buchek 2b 3 1 1 0
  Javier pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 1 1 3
Cepeda 1b 4 1 2 1
Shannon rf 3 0 2 1
McCarver c 4 0 0 0
Smith 3b 3 1 1 1
Maxvill ss 4 0 1 0
Jackson p 3 1 2 0
  Piche p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 12 6
Atlanta 000 000 2204110
St. Louis 000 050 20x7120
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster  L (8-6) 5.0 8 5 5 2 2
  Olivo   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Abernathy   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (9-8) 7.1 11 4 4 0 5
  Piche  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
0
5

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–Atlanta Jones (11,off Jackson), St. Louis Jackson (4,off Lemaster); Buchek (9,off Lemaster).  3B–Atlanta Oliver (1,off Jackson).  HR–Atlanta Aaron (28,7th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Smith (6,5th inning off Lemaster 0 on, 0 out); Flood (6,5th inning off Lemaster 2 on, 2 out); Cepeda (15,5th inning off Lemaster 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Smith (3,by Lemaster).  Team–5.  CS–de la Hoz (1,3rd base by Jackson/McCarver).  SB–Brock (39,2nd base off Olivo/Oliver).  WP–Olivo (4).  IBB–Lemaster (5,Smith).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:42.  A–22,043.
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