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Giants
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
July 31, 1966
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the San Francisco Giants, played on July 31, 1966 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 31, 1966 |
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Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 31, 1966 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bobby Bolin |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dick Kelley |
Ballpark | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
City | Atlanta |
State | GA |
Attendance | 43,987 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 4 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Paul Pryor 1B: John Kibler 2B: Bill Jackowski 3B: Ed Sudol |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tito Fuentes | Shortstop |
Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
Jim Ray Hart | Left Fielder |
Jim Davenport | Third Baseman |
Ozzie Virgil | Catcher |
Ollie Brown | Right Fielder |
Hal Lanier | Second Baseman |
Bobby Bolin | Pitcher |
Herman Franks | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
Name | Position |
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Felipe Alou | First Baseman |
Mack Jones | Center Fielder |
Hank Aaron | Right Fielder |
Joe Torre | Catcher |
Rico Carty | Left Fielder |
Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
Woody Woodward | Second Baseman |
Denis Menke | Shortstop |
Dick Kelley | Pitcher |
Bobby Bragan | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
July 31, 1966
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Kelley
Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Kelley
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Kelley
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Kelley
Hart hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Bolin
Alou is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Bolin
Jones hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Bolin
Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Bolin
There goes Alou. The throw from Virgil and he is safe. Alou steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torre vs. Bolin
Torre strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Kelley
Davenport hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Kelley
Virgil hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Kelley
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Bolin
Carty strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Bolin
Mathews strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodward vs. Bolin
Woodward hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Kelley
Lanier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolin vs. Kelley
Bolin hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Lanier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fuentes vs. Kelley
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Lanier moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McCovey vs. Kelley
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mays vs. Kelley
Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lanier scores. McCovey moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hart vs. Kelley
Hart hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kelley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Bolin
Menke hits a popup, foul, towards short. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelley vs. Bolin
Kelley strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Bolin
Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Hart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Kelley
Davenport hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virgil vs. Kelley
Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Davenport moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Kelley
Brown is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lanier vs. Kelley
Lanier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davenport scores. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bolin vs. Kelley
Bolin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Woodward settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fuentes vs. Kelley
Fuentes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Bolin
Jones takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Bolin
There's a wild pitch. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aaron vs. Bolin
Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torre vs. Bolin
Torre takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carty vs. Bolin
Carty hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jones scores. Torre moves to third. Carty moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mathews vs. Bolin
Mathews is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cline vs. Bolin
Ty Cline pinch hits for Woody Woodward.
Virgil fires over to third and throws the ball away. That's an error on Virgil. Torre scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cline vs. Bolin
Carty is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cline vs. Bolin
Cline hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Kelley
Frank Bolling now playing second base.
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Kelley
Mays hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Kelley
Hart hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davenport vs. Kelley
Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Bolin
Menke hits a popup towards short. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelley vs. Bolin
Kelley is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Bolin
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Kelley
Virgil hits a line drive into left field. Carty picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Carty. Virgil moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Kelley
Brown bunts towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brown for the out. Virgil moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lanier vs. Kelley
Lanier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Virgil scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolin vs. Kelley
Bolin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Kelley
Fuentes hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Bolin
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Bolin
Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Bolin
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Kelley
McCovey hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Ritchie
Jay Ritchie now pitching.
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Ritchie
Ritchie fires to first and picks off Mays. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Ritchie
Hart strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Ritchie
Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Bolin
Carty hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Bolin
Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Bolin
Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Hart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Menke vs. Bolin
Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carty moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Geiger vs. Bolin
Gary Geiger pinch hits for Jay Ritchie.
Geiger hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Virgil settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Abernathy
Ted Abernathy now pitching.
Virgil strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Abernathy
Brown hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Abernathy
Lanier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolin vs. Abernathy
Bolin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lanier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fuentes vs. Abernathy
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Bolin
Alou hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Bolin
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Bolin
Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Hart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Abernathy
McCovey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jones who is chasing the ball. McCovey reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mays vs. Abernathy
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hart vs. Abernathy
Hart strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Davenport vs. Abernathy
Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Bolin
Torre strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Bolin
Carty hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Bolin
Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carty moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bolling vs. Bolin
Bolling hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Carty tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Menke vs. Bolin
Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Hart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/31/1966 -- San Francisco at Atlanta (D) San Francisco AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI Fuentes T, ss 5 0 0 0 Alou F, 1b 3 0 0 0 McCovey W, 1b 4 1 2 1 Jones M, cf 3 1 0 0 Mays W, cf 3 0 1 1 Aaron H, rf 4 0 0 0 Hart J, lf 5 0 1 0 Torre J, c 3 1 0 0 Davenport J, 3b 5 1 1 0 Carty R, lf 4 1 3 1 Virgil O, c 4 1 1 0 Mathews E, 3b 3 0 1 0 Brown O, rf 2 0 0 0 Woodward W, 2b 1 0 0 0 Lanier H, 2b 4 1 4 2 Cline T, ph 1 0 0 0 Bolin B, p 4 0 1 0 Bolling F, 2b 1 0 0 1 Menke D, ss 4 0 1 0 Kelley D, p 2 0 0 0 Ritchie J, p 0 0 0 0 Geiger G, ph 1 0 0 0 Abernathy T, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 4 11 4 30 3 5 2 San Francisco 001 101 100 -- 4 Atlanta 000 200 001 -- 3 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Bolin B (W) 9.0 5 3 2 3 6 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO Kelley D (L)* 6.0 8 4 3 3 1 Ritchie J 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Abernathy T 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th E -- Alou F, Virgil O, Carty R DP -- Atlanta 1 LOB -- San Francisco 10, Atlanta 5 3B -- McCovey W HR -- McCovey W SB -- Alou F SH -- Brown O SF -- Bolling F HBP -- by Bolin B (Alou F) WP -- Bolin B T -- 2:04 A -- 43987
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