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August 29, 1966

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Bottom 11 R H E
Cubs 2 8 0
Braves 2 7 1
Bottom 11 R H E
Cubs 2 8 0
Braves 2 7 1

Gary Geiger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .255
OBP .500 .367
At Bats 3 106
Hits 1 27
• Singles 0 15
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 4
Walks 1 19
RBI’s 1 10

Curt Simmons Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 0
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - August 29, 1966
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Curt Simmons
Randy Hundley
Ernie Banks
Glenn Beckert
Ron Santo
Don Kessinger
Byron Browne
Adolfo Phillips
Billy Williams
Gary Geiger
Rico Carty
Joe Torre
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Curt Simmons now pitching. Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Carty moves to second.

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Bottom 11 Carty hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Torre moves to second.
Bottom 11 Torre takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Church hits a popup towards short. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Mike de la Hoz now playing third base. Woody Woodward now playing second base. Denis Menke now playing shortstop. Browne hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Niekro, and towards Woodward, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Aaron hits a popup, foul, towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Mike de la Hoz pinch hits for Lee Bales. de la Hoz hits a popup, foul, towards first. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 10 Niekro bunts towards the mound. Church fields it and throws to first for the out. Woodward moves to second.
Bottom 10 Adolfo Phillips now playing center field. Byron Browne now playing left field. Woodward takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Adolfo Phillips pinch runs for John Boccabella. Niekro fires to first and picks off Phillips.
Top 10 Boccabella takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Lee Bales now playing second base. Woody Woodward now playing shortstop. Denis Menke now playing third base. Banks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Menke strikes out.
Bottom 9 Geiger is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Len Church now pitching. Carty hits a fly ball into center field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bales tags and scores. Torre tags and moves to second.
Bottom 9 Torre hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Bales moves to third.
Bottom 9 Lee Bales pinch runs for Eddie Mathews. Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Boccabella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Browne. Mathews reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Beckert hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Woody Woodward now playing second base. Phil Niekro now pitching. Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mack Jones pinch hits for Tony Cloninger. Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Ty Cline pinch hits for Frank Bolling. Cline hits a fly ball into left field. Boccabella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Menke hits a popup, foul, towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jenkins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Browne takes first base on ball four. Santo moves to third. Hundley moves to second.
Top 8 Hundley takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Boccabella hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Banks bunts in front of the plate. Torre scoops up the ball and tags Banks for the out. Santo moves to second.
Top 8 Santo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Geiger is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Carty strikes out.
Bottom 7 Torre hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Beckert hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Browne tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou fields it and throws to second for the out. Browne moves to third.
Top 7 Jenkins bunts in front of the plate. Torre juggles the ball. That's an error on Torre. Browne moves to second.
Top 7 Browne hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cloninger strikes out.
Top 6 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Boccabella hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Santo scores. Banks moves to second.
Top 6 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Santo moves to third.
Top 6 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bolling hits a popup towards first. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Menke hits a popup, foul, towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jenkins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Aaron. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Aaron steals second.
Bottom 4 Torre hits a line drive towards short. Kessinger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Mathews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Browne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 4 Hundley takes first base on ball four. Boccabella moves to second.
Top 4 Boccabella takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Banks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Santo hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cloninger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Beckert hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger who is chasing the ball. Beckert reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Kessinger strikes out.
Top 3 Jenkins strikes out.
Bottom 2 Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Boccabella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Geiger hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Carty hits a fly ball into center field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torre for the out.
Top 2 Browne hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hundley hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Boccabella hits a popup towards first. Alou settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mathews is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kessinger moves to third.
Top 1 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kessinger moves to second.
Top 1 Kessinger hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.