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May 7, 1966

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Top 8	R	H	E
Giants	15	13	0
Cardinals	2	7	3

Top 8	R	H	E
Giants	15	13	0
Cardinals	2	7	3

Orlando Cepeda Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.333	.273
OBP	.500	.333
At Bats	3	44
Hits	1	12
• Singles	0	8
• Doubles	0	1
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	1	3
Walks	1	3
RBI’s	4	13

Nelson Briles Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	1	0

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Sportsman's Park - May 7, 1966

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Nelson Briles

Tim McCarver

Tito Francona

Jerry Buchek

Charley Smith

Jimy Williams

Mike Shannon

Curt Flood

Lou Brock

Orlando Cepeda

Count: - , 2 Outs

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Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buchek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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Top 8 Davenport strikes out.

Top 8 Nelson Briles now pitching. Alou is called out on strikes.

Bottom 7 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.

Bottom 7 Alex Johnson pinch hits for Curt Simmons. Johnson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Buchek hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Cap Peterson now playing right field. Jim Davenport now playing third base. Bob Barton now catching. McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Cap Peterson pinch hits for Tom Haller. Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 7 Herbel takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Herbel fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 6 Francona strikes out.

Bottom 6 Ron Herbel now pitching. Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 6 Lanier hits a fly ball into left field. Shannon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Fuentes hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 6 Gabrielson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Curt Simmons now pitching. Cepeda hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fuentes scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Buchek scores. Kernek moves to third.

Bottom 5 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCarver scores. Buchek moves to third. Kernek moves to second.

Bottom 5 George Kernek pinch hits for Hal Woodeshick. Kernek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCarver moves to third. Buchek moves to second.

Bottom 5 Buchek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCarver moves to second.

Bottom 5 Jesus Alou now playing left field. Ollie Brown now playing center field. McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 5 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Jesus Alou pinch hits for Willie Mays. Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Haller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Buchek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Haller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Francona takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Shannon is called out on strikes.

Top 4 Landrum hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Buchek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Marichal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Woodeshick fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith juggles the ball. That's an error on Smith. Fuentes goes all the way around to score. Lanier moves to third. That run is unearned.

Top 4 Fuentes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 4 Hal Woodeshick now pitching. Jimy Williams now playing shortstop. Jerry Buchek now playing second base. Gabrielson strikes out.

Bottom 3 Brock hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Jimy Williams pinch hits for Tracy Stallard. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Cepeda hits a popup towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Tracy Stallard now pitching. Hart hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 3 Mays hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Mays reaches second base with a double. Landrum scores. Haller goes all the way around to score.

Top 3 Haller takes first base on ball four. Landrum moves to second.

Top 3 Landrum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona fields it and throws to second for the out. Lanier scores.

Top 3 Marichal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fuentes scores. Lanier moves to third.

Top 3 Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gabrielson scores. Fuentes moves to second.

Top 3 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Gabrielson moves to third.

Top 3 Dennis Aust now pitching. The ball gets by McCarver for a passed ball. Gabrielson moves to second.

Top 3 Gabrielson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mahaffey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 3 Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.

Top 3 Hart takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Landrum moves to third. Haller moves to second.

Top 3 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Marichal tags and scores.

Top 3 Haller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Landrum moves to second.

Top 3 Landrum hits a line drive into right field. Brock picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Brock. Lanier scores. Marichal moves to third.

Top 3 Marichal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lanier moves to third.

Top 3 Lanier hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Shannon. Lanier reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 2 Buchek hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 McCarver hits a fly ball into left field. Landrum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Landrum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Fuentes strikes out.

Top 2 Gabrielson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 2 Cepeda takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Francona strikes out.

Bottom 1 There goes Flood. The throw from Haller and he is safe. Flood steals second.

Bottom 1 Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marichal fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brock for the out.

Top 1 There goes Landrum. The throw from McCarver and he is out, Smith applying the tag.

Top 1 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek misplays the ball. That's an error on Buchek. Landrum moves to second.

Top 1 Mays hits a popup towards first. Francona settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Haller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Landrum takes first base on ball four.

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Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buchek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Giants @ Cardinals
May 7, 1966