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August 2, 1966

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Braves 5 14 2
Cubs 5 14 3
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Braves 5 14 2
Cubs 5 14 3

Ron Santo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .311
OBP .400 .416
At Bats 5 338
Hits 2 105
• Singles 2 72
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 23
Walks 0 58
RBI’s 0 55

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 6 7
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Wrigley Field - August 2, 1966
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Strikeout
Ted Abernathy
Joe Torre
Felipe Alou
Frank Bolling
Eddie Mathews
Denis Menke
Rico Carty
Mack Jones
Hank Aaron
Ron Santo
Billy Williams
Adolfo Phillips
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Santo strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 12 Williams is walked intentionally.
Bottom 12 Beckert bunts towards first. Alou scoops it up and throws to first, with Bolling covering, for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 12 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou fields the ball and throws to Abernathy covering. Safe.
Top 12 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Bolling hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 12 Carty hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Jenkins is called out on strikes.
Bottom 11 Kessinger strikes out.
Bottom 11 Hundley strikes out.
Top 11 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 11 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones moves to second.
Top 11 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks juggles the ball. That's an error on Banks.
Top 11 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Browne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 10 Santo hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Fergie Jenkins now pitching. Cloninger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger throws to second for one, and Beckert throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Menke moves to second.
Top 10 Bolling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 10 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hendley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Beckert hits a line drive into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Phillips strikes out.
Bottom 9 Hendley is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Torre hits a line drive into left field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kessinger hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hundley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Browne hits a line drive into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jones hits a line drive for a double play.
Top 8 Alou strikes out.
Top 8 There goes Cloninger. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Cloninger steals second.
Top 8 Cloninger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Beckert moves to second.
Bottom 7 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 7 Beckert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Phillips is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bolling hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Carty strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hendley is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Kessinger hits a line drive into right field. Aaron picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Aaron. Browne scores. Kessinger moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hundley hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Browne hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron who is chasing the ball. Browne reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Felipe Alou now playing first base. Banks hits a popup towards short. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Torre hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aaron takes first base on ball four. Bolling scores. Menke moves to third. Cloninger moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Jones strikes out.
Top 6 Bob Hendley now pitching. Gene Oliver pinch hits for Ty Cline. Oliver strikes out.
Top 6 Cloninger takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Menke hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Williams. Menke reaches second base with a double. Mathews scores. Bolling moves to third.
Top 6 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Roberts. Mathews moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Beckert hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Aaron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Jones strikes out.
Top 5 Cline hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Phillips strikes out.
Bottom 4 Roberts bunts towards the mound. Cloninger fields it and throws to first for the out. Hundley moves to third. Kessinger moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kessinger bunts towards first. Cline juggles the ball. That's an error on Cline. Browne scores. Hundley moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hundley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Browne moves to third.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Browne moves to second.
Bottom 4 Browne hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Banks scores.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Aaron who is chasing the ball. Banks reaches third base with a triple. Santo goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a popup towards short. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cloninger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Menke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Browne who is chasing the ball. Menke reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops it up and throws to first, with Roberts covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Beckert hits a popup towards first. Cline settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Phillips is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Carty strikes out.
Top 3 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cloninger scores. Cline scores. Jones moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Top 3 Jones takes first base on ball four. Cloninger moves to third. Cline moves to second.
Top 3 Cline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cloninger moves to second.
Top 3 Cloninger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Hundley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Browne scores.
Bottom 2 Browne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews has Banks trapped. There's the throw to Torre and back to Menke, who tags Banks for the out. Browne moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Banks hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron who is chasing the ball. Banks reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Carty strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Torre. The throw from Hundley and he is out, Kessinger applying the tag.
Top 2 Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a popup in front of the plate. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Beckert hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Phillips moves to third.
Bottom 1 Phillips hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops it up and throws to first, with Roberts covering, for the out.
Top 1 Cline strikes out.