Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 17, 1968 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 16, 1968
Mets 2, Reds 1 1968 Regular Season Game 32
May 17, 1968
Braves 3, Mets 1 Next Game:
May 18, 1968
Mets 5, Braves 2

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National League Standings, May 17, 1968

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Bud
Harrelson 2b
Al
Weis lf
Art
Shamsky rf
Ron
Swoboda c
Jerry
Grote 1b
Greg
Goossen 3b
Jerry
Buchek cf
Tommie
Agee p
Don
Cardwell

May 17, 1968, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Atlanta Braves 3, New York Mets 1

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Sonny Jackson ss 7 0 1 0 0 1

Mike Lum lf 7 0 0 0 0 1

Hank Aaron rf 5 1 0 0 2 0

Tito Francona 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1

- Skip Guinn pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Deron Johnson 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0

Felipe Alou cf 7 1 3 1 0 1

Clete Boyer 3b 7 0 2 0 0 1

Felix Millan 2b 5 0 0 1 0 0

Bob Tillman c 3 0 1 0 0 0

- Marty Martinez pr-c 2 0 0 0 0 1

Pat Jarvis p 3 0 0 0 0 2

- Sandy Valdespino ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Jim Britton p 1 0 0 0 0 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bud Harrelson ss 6 0 0 0 1 0 .192

Al Weis 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .111

Art Shamsky lf 5 1 1 1 1 0 .256

Ron Swoboda rf 6 0 0 0 0 3 .260

Jerry Grote c 6 0 1 0 0 1 .343

Greg Goossen 1b 6 0 0 0 0 2 .267

Jerry Buchek 3b 6 0 1 0 0 2 .273

Tommie Agee cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .127

- Cleon Jones cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .205

Don Cardwell p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .071

- Cal Koonce p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- J.C. Martin ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143

- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .221

- Danny Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ed Charles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 R H E

Atlanta Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Pat Jarvis 11.0 4 1 1 2 5

Jim Britton (W) 5.0 0 0 0 3 4

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Don Cardwell 9.0 7 1 1 1 4 1.88

Cal Koonce 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

Ron Taylor 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.59

Danny Frisella (L,0-2) 2.0 2 2 2 1 4 3.12

Errors: Tommie Agee (1).
2B: Felipe Alou, Clete Boyer.
3B: Felipe Alou.
HR: Art Shamsky (2).
Intentional Walks: Art Shamsky.
HBP: Bob Tillman.
SH: Don Cardwell, Al Weis, Pat Jarvis.
SF: Felix Millan.
SB: Hank Aaron, Sonny Jackson.
CS: Cleon Jones (2).

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