Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
September 2, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1966 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves 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)
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Houston Astros 1, Atlanta Braves 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 1 1 0
Jackson ss 4 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 1 1
Maye lf 3 0 0 0
Harrison 1b 3 0 1 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Nicholson rf 3 0 0 0
Zachary p 2 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
  Sembera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou 1b 4 1 1 0
Mathews 3b 3 0 1 0
Aaron rf 3 0 0 1
Carty lf 3 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
Oliver c 3 1 1 0
  Torre c 0 0 0 0
Menke ss 2 0 2 1
Woodward 2b 2 0 0 0
Jarvis p 2 0 0 0
Totals 25 2 5 2
Houston 100 000 000140
Atlanta 000 001 10x250
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Zachary  L (1-2) 7.0 5 2 2 4 3
  Sembera   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
5
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jarvis  W (2-1) 9.0 4 1 1 0 7
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
7

  E–None.  2B–Houston R Davis (4,off Jarvis), Atlanta Oliver (8,off Zachary).  Team LOB–2.  SH–Jarvis (1,off Zachary).  SF–Aaron (8,off Zachary).  IBB–Woodward (8,by Zachary).  Team–6.  SB–Morgan (9,2nd base off Jarvis/Oliver).  CS–Jackson (12,2nd base by Jarvis/Torre); Jones (9,2nd base by Zachary/Bateman); Menke (6,2nd base by Zachary/Bateman).  IBB–Zachary (1,Woodward).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:00.  A–9,145.
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