Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 27, 1968 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 25, 1968
Mets 3, Braves 0 1968 Regular Season Game 161
September 27, 1968
Phillies 3, Mets 2 Next Game:
September 28, 1968
Mets 3, Phillies 1

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National League Standings, September 27, 1968

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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Ken
Boswell lf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Art
Shamsky 3b
Ed
Charles c
J.C.
Martin rf
Ron
Swoboda cf
Tommie
Agee ss
Bob
Heise p
Jim
McAndrew

September 27, 1968, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 2

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Cookie Rojas 2b 6 0 1 1 0 0

- Larry Jackson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Turk Farrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Roberto Pena ss 6 1 3 0 0 0

Tony Gonzalez cf 5 0 2 0 0 0

Dick Allen lf 3 1 1 1 2 2

John Briggs rf-1b 4 0 2 0 1 1

Bill White 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Rick Joseph ph-1b-3b 2 0 0 0 0 1

Gary Sutherland 3b-2b 5 1 1 0 0 1

Mike Ryan c 3 0 0 0 1 1

- Tony Taylor pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Clay Dalrymple c 1 0 0 0 0 0

Jeff James p 2 0 1 0 0 1

- Gary Wagner p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Doug Clemens ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Ken Boswell 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .261

Cleon Jones lf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .296

Art Shamsky 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .234

Ed Charles 3b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .279

J.C. Martin c 4 1 0 0 1 0 .225

Ron Swoboda rf 3 0 1 1 2 0 .240

Tommie Agee cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .219

Bob Heise ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .231

Jim McAndrew p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .045

- Don Cardwell p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .049

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

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

- Larry Stahl ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235

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

- Mike Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E

Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 11 0

New York Mets 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 2

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Jeff James 7.0 7 2 2 3 4

Gary Wagner (W) 3.0 2 0 0 1 0

Turk Farrell 1.0 0 0 0 1 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jim McAndrew 3.1 3 1 1 1 4 2.28

Don Cardwell 3.2 5 1 1 1 2 2.95

Cal Koonce 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 1.98

Don Shaw 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0.75

Ron Taylor (L,1-5) 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 2.59

Errors: Art Shamsky (2).
WP: Don Cardwell.
2B: Ron Swoboda (14), Ken Boswell (7), Gary Sutherland, Roberto Pena.
Intentional Walks: Dick Allen.
HBP: Art Shamsky.
SH: Bob Heise, Tommie Agee, Jeff James.
SB: Cleon Jones (23), Tony Gonzalez.
CS: Cleon Jones (12).

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