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Braves 5 @ Cubs 8
Wrigley Field
May 28, 1966

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves, played on May 28, 1966 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs beat the visiting Braves with a score of 8 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 28, 1966 
Visiting Team
Atlanta Braves
R: 5 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 17
Runs: 5
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 17
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 8 H: 10 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 8
Hits: 10
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherBob Hendley  
Losing PitcherTed Abernathy  
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Game Winning RBIRon Santo 

Game Info

DateMay 28, 1966 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamAtlanta Braves 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherDenny Lemaster  
Home Starting PitcherBill Hands  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance8,882 
Time of Game4 hours 25 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ken Burkhart
1B: Chris Pelekoudas
2B: Bob Engel
3B: Frank Secory

Atlanta Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Felipe Alou  Left Fielder 
Mack Jones  Center Fielder 
Hank Aaron  Right Fielder 
Eddie Mathews  Third Baseman 
Joe Torre  First Baseman 
Gene Oliver  Catcher 
Denis Menke  Shortstop 
Woody Woodward  Second Baseman 
Denny Lemaster  Pitcher 
Bobby Bragan  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Adolfo Phillips  Center Fielder 
Glenn Beckert  Second Baseman 
Billy Williams  Right Fielder 
Ron Santo  Third Baseman 
Ernie Banks  First Baseman 
Byron Browne  Left Fielder 
Randy Hundley  Catcher 
Don Kessinger  Shortstop 
Bill Hands  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Braves 5 @ Cubs 8
Wrigley Field
May 28, 1966

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         Game of 5/28/1966 -- Atlanta at Chicago (D)

  Atlanta            AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Alou F, lf            5  0  3  1   Phillips A, cf        5  1  0  0   
Jones M, cf           4  0  0  1   Beckert G, 2b         5  3  2  0   
Geiger G, cf          2  0  0  0   Williams B, rf        5  2  3  4   
Aaron H, rf           5  0  2  0   Santo R, 3b           5  2  1  3   
Mathews E, 3b         4  1  1  0   Banks E, 1b           4  0  1  0   
Bolling F, ph-2b      2  0  0  0   Browne B, lf          5  0  1  0   
Torre J, 1b           5  1  3  0   Hundley R, c          2  0  0  0   
Oliver G, c           5  0  0  0   Thomas L, ph          1  0  1  1   
Menke D, ss           5  2  4  2   Krug C, c             1  0  0  0   
Woodward W, 2b        2  0  0  0   Kessinger D, ss       3  0  0  0   
Carty R, ph           0  0  0  1   Hands B, p            2  0  0  0   
Alomar S, 2b          1  1  1  0   Hoeft B, p            0  0  0  0   
de la Hoz , ph-2b-3b  2  0  0  0   Connors B, p          0  0  0  0   
Lemaster D, p         1  0  0  0   Amalfitano J, ph      1  0  0  0   
Abernathy T, p        1  0  1  0   Hendley B, p          1  0  0  0   
                                   Stewart J, ph         1  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44  5 15  5                        41  8 10  8

Atlanta          010 002 020 000 --  5
Chicago          200 000 030 003 --  8
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Atlanta              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lemaster D*           7.0  7  4  4  3  8
Abernathy T (L)       4.2  3  4  4  3  5

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hands B               5.2  8  3  3  4  4
Hoeft B+              0.1  1  0  0  1  1
Connors B             1.0  0  0  0  0  0
Hendley B (W)         5.0  6  2  1  4  3
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 7th

E -- Kessinger D, Hundley R 2
DP -- Atlanta 1, Chicago 3
LOB -- Atlanta 17, Chicago 6
2B -- Williams B, Browne B, Menke D, Banks E, Aaron H, Alomar S
HR -- Menke D, Williams B, Santo R
SB -- Alou F, Beckert G
CS -- Browne B
SH -- Kessinger D, Lemaster D, Banks E, Alou F
SF -- Menke D, Carty R, Jones M
WP -- Lemaster D
T -- 4:25
A -- 8882

    

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