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September 6, 1965

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Top 9	R	H	E
Mets	1	8	1
Braves	3	9	0

Top 9	R	H	E
Mets	1	8	1
Braves	3	9	0

Greg Goossen Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.667	.571
OBP	.667	.571
At Bats	3	7
Hits	2	4
• Singles	2	4
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	0
RBI’s	0	0

Phil Niekro Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	2	4

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County Stadium - September 6, 1965

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Phil Niekro

Joe Torre

Felipe Alou

Frank Bolling

Eddie Mathews

Woody Woodward

Ty Cline

Mack Jones

Hank Aaron

Greg Goossen

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
New York Mets	1	8	1	5
Milwaukee Braves	3	9	0	11
Winning Pitcher	Wade Blasingame
Losing Pitcher	Jack Fisher
Save	Phil Niekro
Game Winning RBI	Hank Aaron
Attendance	7,213
Time of Game	2 hours 37 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Goossen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Swoboda hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Ty Cline now playing left field. Hickman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ribant fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Sandy Alomar pinch runs for Rico Carty. There goes Alomar. The throw from Goossen and he is safe. Alomar steals second.

Bottom 8 Carty hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Dennis Ribant now pitching. Kevin Collins now playing shortstop. Woodward hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ribant fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Smith hits a line drive towards short. Woodward reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Christopher hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Hunt hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Johnny Lewis pinch hits for Jack Fisher. Lewis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kranepool moves to second.

Top 8 Phil Niekro now pitching. Ed Kranepool pinch hits for Bobby Klaus. Kranepool hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 7 Alou is walked intentionally.

Bottom 7 Torre hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Swoboda. Torre reaches second base with a double. Mathews moves to third.

Bottom 7 Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Aaron strikes out.

Top 7 Jones hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bolling catches it and throws to first to double up Goossen.

Top 7 Goossen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 7 Swoboda is called out on strikes.

Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Carty hits a popup towards short. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Hickman strikes out.

Top 6 Smith takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Christopher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Hunt hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Woodward hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fisher fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alou moves to second.

Bottom 5 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fisher fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 5 Bobby Klaus now playing shortstop. Torre hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Christopher. Torre reaches second base with a double.

Top 5 Fisher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fisher for the out.

Top 5 Danny Napoleon pinch hits for Bud Harrelson. Napoleon hits a fly ball towards right. Aaron catches it and throws to third to double up Swoboda. Swoboda tags and scores.

Top 5 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Swoboda moves to third. Goossen moves to second.

Top 5 Goossen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Swoboda moves to second.

Top 5 Swoboda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Mathews strikes out.

Bottom 4 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones moves to second.

Bottom 4 Jones takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Carty strikes out.

Bottom 4 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Hickman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Christopher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Woodward hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith juggles the ball. That's an error on Smith. Mathews moves to third. Torre moves to second.

Bottom 3 Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hunt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones scores. Aaron scores. Mathews moves to second.

Bottom 3 Mathews takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to third. Aaron moves to second.

Bottom 3 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carty scores. Jones moves to second.

Bottom 3 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carty moves to third.

Bottom 3 Carty takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Blasingame strikes out.

Top 3 Hunt hits a line drive into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Fisher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 3 Harrelson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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

Bottom 2 Bolling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hunt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Goossen hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Swoboda strikes out.

Top 2 Hickman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Mathews takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Aaron strikes out.

Bottom 1 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Christopher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Carty moves to third.

Bottom 1 Carty hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Swoboda. Carty reaches second base with a double.

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

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

Top 1 Blasingame fires to first and has Hunt trapped. There's the throw to Woodward who tags Hunt for the out.

Top 1 Hunt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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