Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 20, 1968 - Box Score

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September 20, 1968
Mets 3, Phillies 2 1968 Regular Season Game 156
September 20, 1968
Mets 5, Phillies 4 Next Game:
September 21, 1968
Phillies 4, Mets 3

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National League Standings, September 20, 1968

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Bud
Harrelson 2b
Ken
Boswell lf
Cleon
Jones rf
Art
Shamsky c
J.C.
Martin 1b
Ed
Kranepool 3b
Jerry
Buchek cf
Tommie
Agee p
Don
Cardwell

September 20, 1968, Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, PA

New York Mets 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bud Harrelson ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 .221

Ken Boswell 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .260

Cleon Jones lf 4 2 3 1 0 0 .290

Art Shamsky rf 4 0 2 2 0 1 .229

J.C. Martin c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235

Ed Kranepool 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .233

Jerry Buchek 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .187

Tommie Agee cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .208

Don Cardwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053

- Kevin Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .201

- Nolan Ryan p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .114

- Don Shaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ed Charles ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .275

- Al Jackson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259

- Cal Koonce p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Tony Taylor 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0

Roberto Pena ss 4 1 1 0 1 0

Tony Gonzalez cf 2 1 0 0 3 0

Dick Allen lf 2 1 1 1 2 0

John Briggs 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0

Cookie Rojas 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0

Doug Clemens rf 3 0 0 0 1 1

Clay Dalrymple c 4 0 1 0 0 1

Larry Jackson p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Turk Farrell p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Grant Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill White ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Gary Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 5 11 2

Philadelphia Phillies 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Don Cardwell 2.0 4 4 3 1 0 3.03

Nolan Ryan 2.0 0 0 0 5 0 3.09

Don Shaw 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.90

Cal Koonce (W,6-4) 3.0 1 0 0 2 1 2.02

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Larry Jackson 5.1 6 3 3 0 3

Turk Farrell (L) 2.0 4 2 2 0 4

Grant Jackson 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Gary Wagner 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

Errors: Ken Boswell (10).
PB: J.C. Martin.
2B: Cleon Jones (25), Dick Allen.
3B: Cleon Jones (3).
Intentional Walks: Dick Allen.
SH: Larry Jackson.
SF: Cookie Rojas.
SB: Tommie Agee (12), Roberto Pena.

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