Chicago Cubs vs Atlanta Braves
August 29, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1966 at Atlanta Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta Braves 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 7 0 2 0
Beckert 2b 6 0 3 1
Williams rf 7 0 0 0
Santo 3b 6 1 1 0
Banks 1b 5 0 2 0
  Campbell pr 0 1 0 0
  Keough lf 0 0 0 0
Boccabella lf 3 0 1 1
  Phillips pr,cf 2 1 1 0
Hundley c 4 0 2 0
Browne cf,lf 5 1 1 0
  Altman ph,1b 1 0 1 2
Jenkins p 3 0 0 0
  Church p 1 0 0 0
  Simmons p 0 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
  Amalfitano pr 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 1 0 0 0
Totals 52 4 14 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou 1b 7 0 2 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 2 0
  Bales pr,2b 0 1 0 0
  de la Hoz ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Aaron rf 6 0 0 0
Torre c 5 0 2 0
Carty lf 6 0 1 1
Geiger cf 5 1 2 1
Menke ss,3b,ss 6 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 2 0 0 0
  Cline ph 1 0 0 0
  Woodward 2b,ss,2b 1 0 0 0
Cloninger p 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 1 0 1 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 2 10 2
Chicago 000 001 100 000 024140
Atlanta 010 000 001 000 002103
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   8.1 5 2 2 1 4
  Church   1.2 2 0 0 3 1
  Simmons   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Koonce   1.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Roberts  W (5-8) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
14.0
10
2
2
7
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger   8.0 7 2 1 5 2
  Niekro   3.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Carroll  L (5-7) 2.1 5 2 2 1 0
  Ritchie   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
14.0
14
4
3
8
2

  E–de la Hoz (1), Torre (11), Menke (17).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Chicago Phillips (26,off Carroll), Atlanta Mathews (14,off Jenkins).  3B–Chicago Beckert (6,off Cloninger).  HR–Atlanta Geiger (4,2nd inning off Jenkins 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Jenkins (2,off Cloninger); Banks (3,off Cloninger); Niekro (3,off Church); de la Hoz (1,off Koonce).  SF–Beckert (2,off Cloninger); Carty (6,off Church).  IBB–Banks (8,by Carroll); Hundley (3,by Ritchie); Geiger (1,by Church); Aaron (13,by Koonce).  Team LOB–17.  Team–15.  SB–Aaron (16,2nd base off Jenkins/Hundley).  IBB–Church (1,Geiger); Koonce (9,Aaron); Carroll (3,Banks); Ritchie (2,Hundley).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–4:21.  A–10,977.
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