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August 26, 1966

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 4 8 0
Astros 3 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 4 8 0
Astros 7 9 1

Bob Aspromonte Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .259
OBP .500 .304
At Bats 4 448
Hits 2 116
• Singles 2 92
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 0 42

Cal Koonce Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 0
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Astrodome - August 26, 1966
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Home Run
Cal Koonce
Randy Hundley
Ernie Banks
Glenn Beckert
Ron Santo
Don Kessinger
John Boccabella
Byron Browne
Billy Williams
Bob Aspromonte
Sonny Jackson
Joe Morgan
Ron Brand

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 4 8 0 6
Houston Astros 7 9 1 7
Winning Pitcher Turk Farrell
Losing Pitcher Bob Hendley
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bob Aspromonte
Attendance 23,139
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Cal Koonce now pitching. Aspromonte hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nicholson scores. Brand moves to third. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bob Hendley now pitching. Morgan takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to third. Brand moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ron Brand pinch hits for Turk Farrell. Brand takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Boccabella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Bateman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Holtzman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Browne hits a line drive into left field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Harrison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Aspromonte hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aspromonte fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Boccabella hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bateman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Turk Farrell now pitching. Banks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bateman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Boccabella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gene Freese pinch hits for Carroll Sembera. Freese strikes out.
Top 7 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sembera fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sembera fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 6 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Staub hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Browne. Staub reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Holtzman is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Browne strikes out.
Top 6 Hundley strikes out.
Bottom 5 Harrison hits a fly ball into left field. Boccabella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Aspromonte hits a fly ball into center field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Carroll Sembera now pitching. Boccabella strikes out. There goes Banks. The throw from Bateman to second, and Banks is out.
Top 5 Banks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Santo hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Beckert takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Giusti strikes out. Hundley drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Giusti out.
Bottom 4 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nicholson is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harrison scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kessinger for the out.
Top 4 Holtzman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Giusti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Browne is called out on strikes.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Hundley moves to second.
Top 4 Hundley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bateman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Boccabella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Harrison hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Morgan scores. Aspromonte moves to second.
Bottom 3 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Morgan moves to third.
Bottom 3 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Boccabella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Boccabella hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Santo hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Giusti fields it and throws to first for the out. Kessinger moves to second.
Top 3 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Giusti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 2 Holtzman is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Browne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Santo moves to third. Hundley moves to second.
Top 2 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan misplays the ball. That's an error on Morgan. Santo moves to second.
Top 2 Boccabella hits a fly ball into left field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Banks strikes out.
Top 2 Santo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Staub takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Harrison hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Hundley fields it and throws to first for the out. Aspromonte moves to second.
Bottom 1 Aspromonte hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harrison scoops it up and throws to first, with Giusti covering, for the out.
Top 1 Beckert hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kessinger hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.