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Mets 4 @ Braves 5
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
April 23, 1966

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets, played on April 23, 1966 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The home team Braves beat the visiting Mets with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateApril 23, 1966 
Visiting Team
New York Mets
R: 4 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 3
Runs: 4
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
Atlanta Braves
R: 5 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherHank Fischer  
Losing PitcherDick Selma  
SaveChi-Chi Olivo  
Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateApril 23, 1966 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Mets 
Home TeamAtlanta Braves 
Visiting Starting PitcherDick Selma  
Home Starting PitcherHank Fischer  
BallparkAtlanta-Fulton County Stadium 
CityAtlanta 
StateGA 
Attendance19,539 
Time of Game2 hours 44 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Doug Harvey
1B: Harry Wendelstedt
2B: Shag Crawford
3B: Ed Vargo

New York Mets Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron Hunt  Second Baseman 
Al Luplow  Right Fielder 
Ken Boyer  Third Baseman 
Ed Kranepool  First Baseman 
Ron Swoboda  Left Fielder 
Cleon Jones  Center Fielder 
Choo Choo Coleman  Catcher 
Roy McMillan  Shortstop 
Dick Selma  Pitcher 
Wes Westrum  Manager 

Atlanta Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Felipe Alou  Left Fielder 
Gary Geiger  Center Fielder 
Hank Aaron  Right Fielder 
Lee Thomas  First Baseman 
Joe Torre  Catcher 
Eddie Mathews  Third Baseman 
Denis Menke  Shortstop 
Woody Woodward  Second Baseman 
Hank Fischer  Pitcher 
Bobby Bragan  Manager 

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Mets 4 @ Braves 5
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
April 23, 1966

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/23/1966 -- New York at Atlanta (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Atlanta            AB  R  H RBI
Hunt R, 2b            4  0  1  0   Alou F, lf-cf         4  1  2  0   
Luplow A, rf-lf       4  1  1  0   Geiger G, cf          2  0  0  0   
Boyer K, 3b           4  1  1  0   Carty R, ph-lf        1  0  0  0   
Kranepool E, 1b       4  2  2  4   Aaron H, rf           3  1  1  0   
Swoboda R, lf         3  0  0  0   Thomas L, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Hamilton J, p         0  0  0  0   Torre J, c            3  2  3  3   
Hiller C, ph          1  0  0  0   Mathews E, 3b         3  0  1  0   
Jones C, cf           4  0  1  0   Menke D, ss           3  1  0  0   
Coleman C, c          4  0  0  0   Woodward W, 2b        3  0  2  0   
McMillan R, ss        3  0  1  0   Fischer H, p          2  0  0  0   
Murphy B, pr          0  0  0  0   Olivo C, p            1  0  0  0   
Bressoud E, ss        0  0  0  0                                      
Selma D, p            1  0  0  0                                      
Hepler B, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Sutherland D, p       0  0  0  0                                      
Klimchock L, ph       1  0  0  0                                      
Gardner R, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Lewis J, ph-rf        1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  4  7  4                        29  5  9  3

New York         000 300 001 --  4
Atlanta          310 000 01x --  5

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Selma D (L)           2.1  5  4  1  2  1
Hepler B              1.0  1  0  0  2  0
Sutherland D          0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Gardner R             2.0  0  0  0  2  0
Hamilton J            2.0  3  1  1  0  1

  Atlanta              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Fischer H (W)         6.2  6  3  3  0  5
Olivo C (S)           2.1  1  1  1  0  1

E -- Hunt R
DP -- New York 3
LOB -- New York 3, Atlanta 8
2B -- Alou F
HR -- Torre J 2, Kranepool E 2
SB -- Aaron H, Alou F, Jones C
SH -- Fischer H
HBP -- by Selma D (Menke D)
T -- 2:44
A -- 19539

    

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