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Miley BB CD 1966 Cardinals-Braves 5/12
Called by Harry Caray, Jack Buck, and Jerry Gross

This is the first game played at Busch Stadium, and the Cardinals win in 12 innings.  Lou Brock singles home Curt Flood to plate the winning run.

Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org
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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 3

Game Played on Thursday, May 12, 1966 (N) at Busch Stadium II

ATL N    0  0  0    1  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  2
STL N 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 12 0
BATTING
Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Alou lf,rf 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 0
Geiger cf 4 1 3 0 1 1 2 0
Aaron rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
O'Dell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Olivo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oliver ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Alomar pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Torre c 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Thomas 1b 4 0 0 1 0 1 15 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
Bolling 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Woodward ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 4
Blasingame p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Keough lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carty ph,lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals 39 3 6 3 5 4 33 12
FIELDING - 
E: Torre (3), Keough (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Geiger 2 (3,off Washburn 2).
HR: Alou 2 (8,6th inning off Washburn 0 on 0 out,8th inning off Stallard 0
on 0 out).
SH: Bolling (2,off Washburn).
SF: Thomas (1,off Washburn).
GDP: Torre (6,off Woodeshick).
Team LOB: 7.
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Javier 2b 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 9
Shannon rf 6 1 3 1 0 0 4 0
Flood cf 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 0
Cepeda 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 18 2
Smith 3b 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
Johnson lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Skinner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brock lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
McCarver c 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Buchek ss 4 1 2 1 1 1 3 3
Washburn p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stallard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Woodeshick p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dennis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 4 12 4 4 4 36 21
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Javier-Buchek-Cepeda.
BATTING - 
2B: Woodeshick (1,off Niekro).
3B: Shannon (1,off Blasingame).
SH: Cepeda (1,off Niekro).
HBP: Flood (1,by Niekro).
IBB: Buchek (1,by Blasingame); Javier (1,by Niekro); Smith (1,by Niekro).
Team LOB: 14.
PITCHING
Atlanta Braves               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Blasingame 7 5 2 2 1 3 0 27
O'Dell 2.1 5 1 1 1 1 0 13
Olivo 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Niekro L(2-3) 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 9
Totals 11 12 4 4 4 4 0 51
Niekro faced 4 batters in the 12th inning
WP: Blasingame (2).
HBP: Niekro (2,Flood).
IBB: Blasingame (1,Buchek); Niekro 2 (4,Javier,Smith).
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Washburn 7 5 2 2 1 2 1 27
Stallard 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 1 4
Hoerner 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Woodeshick 2.2 0 0 0 3 2 0 10
Dennis W(1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 12 6 3 3 5 4 2 46
Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Bill Jackowski, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Paul Pryor