Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 4, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1966 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Houston Astros 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 2, Philadelphia Phillies 12

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Maye lf 4 0 0 0
Jackson ss 4 0 2 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 1 1
Staub rf 4 0 3 0
Harrison 1b 4 0 0 0
Heath c 4 0 0 0
Nicholson cf 4 1 1 0
Lillis 2b 4 0 1 0
Giusti p 1 0 0 0
  Mantilla ph 1 1 1 1
  Arlich p 0 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Freese ph 1 0 0 0
  Zachary p 0 0 0 0
  Bateman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Briggs cf 3 2 2 4
Rojas 2b 5 1 1 3
Callison rf 4 1 1 0
Allen 3b 2 1 0 0
  Taylor 3b 1 0 1 0
White 1b 4 1 1 0
Gonzalez lf 5 1 1 2
Dalrymple c 3 1 2 2
Groat ss 3 3 2 0
Bunning p 4 1 2 1
Totals 34 12 13 12
Houston 000 020 000291
Philadelphia 005 060 10x12130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Giusti  L (11-9) 4.0 6 5 5 3 1
  Arlich   0.0 1 4 4 2 0
  Raymond   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Zachary   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
12
12
6
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (12-7) 9.0 9 2 2 0 10
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
0
10

  E–Jackson (30).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Nicholson (6,off Bunning); Jackson (5,off Bunning), Philadelphia Dalrymple (11,off Raymond).  HR–Philadelphia Rojas (6,3rd inning off Giusti 2 on, 0 out); Briggs (5,5th inning off Raymond 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Allen (3,by Arlich); Groat (5,by Raymond).  Team–6.  SB–Groat (2,2nd base off Raymond/Heath).  CS–White (4,2nd base by Giusti/Heath).  WP–Zachary (1).  BK–Giusti (2).  HBP–Arlich (1,Allen); Raymond (3,Groat).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:34.  A–15,389.
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