Los Angeles Dodgers vs Atlanta Braves
August 8, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1966 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Atlanta Braves 10

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Barbieri rf 5 1 1 0
Wills ss 5 1 2 0
Davis cf 5 1 3 1
Roseboro c 5 1 1 2
Johnson lf 4 1 0 0
Fairly 1b 5 3 3 3
Lefebvre 2b 5 1 3 2
  Oliver 2b 0 0 0 0
Kennedy 3b 1 0 0 0
  Covington ph 0 0 0 0
  Gilliam pr,3b 2 0 0 0
Sutton p 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Stuart ph 1 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Parker ph 1 0 0 0
  Regan p 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 13 8
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bales 2b 4 1 1 0
  Cline ph 1 1 1 0
Jones cf 5 3 4 3
Aaron rf 4 1 1 0
Alou 1b 5 2 4 1
Torre c 5 0 2 1
  Geiger pr 0 1 0 0
Carty lf 4 1 2 2
Menke 3b 4 0 1 1
Woodward ss 2 0 1 2
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews ph 1 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 17 10
Los Angeles 020 100 1239131
Atlanta 510 000 00410173
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   1.2 9 6 6 1 2
  Miller   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Brewer   3.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Regan   2.1 3 3 3 3 2
  Perranoski  L (4-6) 0.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
17
10
10
5
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   6.2 8 4 4 1 2
  Abernathy   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Carroll   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ritchie   0.2 3 3 2 0 1
  Niekro  W (3-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
8
2
4

  E–Johnson (3), Jones 2 (3), Torre (10).  DP–Los Angeles 3.  2B–Los Angeles W Davis 2 (22,off Johnson,off Abernathy); Fairly (9,off Johnson); Lefebvre (14,off Johnson); Roseboro (19,off Ritchie), Atlanta Jones (13,off Sutton).  HR–Los Angeles Fairly 2 (8,2nd inning off Johnson 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Abernathy 1 on, 0 out); Lefebvre (17,2nd inning off Johnson 0 on, 1 out), Atlanta Jones (14,2nd inning off Sutton 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Johnson (8,off Brewer).  Team–8.  WP–Brewer (2), Regan (2).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:06.  A–28,541.
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