Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
September 3, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 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 4, Atlanta Braves 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 5 1 2 1
Jackson ss 5 0 0 0
Miller rf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 2 0
Maye lf 4 1 1 0
Harrison 1b 4 1 3 1
Heath c 4 0 1 2
Freese 3b 3 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 1 0
  Colbert pr 0 0 0 0
Cuellar p 3 0 0 0
  Bateman ph 1 0 1 0
  Giusti pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou 1b 3 2 2 1
Cline cf 4 0 1 1
Aaron rf 3 1 0 0
Torre c 4 1 2 1
Carty lf 4 0 0 0
de la Hoz 3b 4 0 1 1
Menke ss 4 0 1 0
Woodward 2b 4 1 1 0
Johnson p 2 1 1 0
  Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 4
Houston 020 110 0004124
Atlanta 005 000 10x690
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  L (10-7) 8.0 9 6 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
9
6
1
2
2
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (11-8) 7.0 9 4 4 0 3
  Niekro   1.1 3 0 0 1 0
  Carroll  SV (7) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
1
3

  E–Morgan (18), Harrison (7), Freese 2 (3).  DP–Houston 1, Atlanta 1.  PB–Torre (12).  2B–Houston Maye (12,off Johnson); Heath (5,off Johnson); Harrison (18,off Johnson), Atlanta Alou (30,off Cuellar).  HR–Houston R Davis (2,5th inning off Johnson 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Johnson (9,off Cuellar).  IBB–Alou (6,by Cuellar).  Team–6.  CS–R Davis (2,2nd base by Johnson/Torre).  WP–Cuellar 2 (6).  IBB–Cuellar (7,Alou).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:13.  A–19,908.
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