Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 30, 1968 - Box Score

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May 26, 1968
Braves 2, Mets 1 1968 Regular Season Game 42
May 30, 1968
Mets 6, Pirates 3 Next Game:
May 30, 1968
Mets 5, Pirates 4

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National League Standings, May 30, 1968

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Tommie
Agee 2b
Ken
Boswell lf
Art
Shamsky c
J.C.
Martin rf
Ron
Swoboda 3b
Kevin
Collins 1b
Ed
Kranepool ss
Al
Weis p
Jerry
Koosman

May 30, 1968, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, PA

New York Mets 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf 3 1 3 1 1 0 .191

- Cleon Jones pr-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230

Ken Boswell 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .230

Art Shamsky lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .282

J.C. Martin c 2 1 2 1 2 0 .381

Ron Swoboda rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .233

Kevin Collins 3b 4 1 0 0 1 2 .000

Ed Kranepool 1b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .207

Al Weis ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .164

Jerry Koosman p 4 0 0 0 0 3 .036

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

- Bill Short p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Maury Wills 3b 4 1 0 1 0 1

Manny Mota cf-lf 4 1 3 0 0 0

Willie Stargell lf 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Jose Pagan ph-1b 1 0 1 1 0 0

Roberto Clemente rf 4 0 2 1 0 0

Donn Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0

- Luke Walker p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Mazeroski 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0

Gene Alley ss 4 0 0 0 0 2

Jerry May c 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Wickersham p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Matty Alou ph-cf 1 0 1 0 1 0

Jim Bunning p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Juan Pizarro p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Carl Taylor ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Manny Jimenez ph 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gary Kolb pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 13 1

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 9 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman (W,8-2) 7.2 7 2 2 1 5 1.59

Ron Taylor 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 2.30

Bill Short 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 8.53

Cal Koonce 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Jim Bunning (L) 5.0 10 5 4 4 3

Juan Pizarro 1.0 1 0 0 0 2

Dave Wickersham 2.0 2 1 1 0 1

Luke Walker 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Errors: Ed Kranepool (3), Gene Alley.
WP: Jim Bunning.
2B: Tommie Agee (4), Al Weis (2), Roberto Clemente 2.
3B: J.C. Martin (1).
Intentional Walks: Kevin Collins.
HBP: Al Weis, J.C. Martin, Manny Jimenez.
SH: Art Shamsky.
SF: Maury Wills.

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