Pittsburgh Pirates vs Atlanta Braves
April 12, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1966 at Atlanta Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Atlanta Braves 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 6 0 1 0
Alley ss 6 0 2 0
Clemente rf 6 1 2 0
Stargell lf 6 1 1 2
Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 5 0 2 0
Bailey 3b 4 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 5 1 2 1
Veale p 3 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 0 0 0 0
  Mota pr 0 0 0 0
  Schwall p 1 0 0 0
Totals 46 3 10 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 0 2 0
Mathews 3b 6 0 0 0
Aaron rf 6 0 1 0
Carty lf 5 0 2 0
Torre c 4 2 2 2
Menke ss 3 0 0 0
Thomas 1b 5 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 5 0 1 0
Cloninger p 3 0 0 0
Totals 42 2 8 2
Pittsburgh 000 000 010 000 23100
Atlanta 000 010 000 000 1281
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale   8.2 5 1 1 5 4
  Face   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Schwall  W (1-0) 4.0 3 1 1 3 3
Totals
13.0
8
2
2
8
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger  L (0-1) 13.0 10 3 3 3 12
Totals
13.0
10
3
3
3
12

  E–Menke (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Atlanta 2.  HR–Pittsburgh Pagliaroni (1,8th inning off Cloninger 0 on, 0 out); Stargell (1,13th inning off Cloninger 1 on, 2 out), Atlanta Torre 2 (2,5th inning off Veale 0 on, 1 out,13th inning off Schwall 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Bailey (1,off Cloninger); Cloninger (1,off Veale); Torre (1,off Schwall).  IBB–Lynch (1,by Cloninger); Menke (1,by Schwall).  Team LOB–8.  Team–11.  CS–Clendenon (1,2nd base by Cloninger/Torre); Menke (1,2nd base by Veale/Pagliaroni).  SB–Aaron (1,2nd base off Schwall/Pagliaroni).  WP–Veale (1), Cloninger 2 (2).  IBB–Schwall (1,Menke); Cloninger (1,Lynch).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:37.  A–50,671.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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