Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 23, 1965 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 22, 1965
Cardinals 5, Mets 1 1965 Regular Season Game 36
May 23, 1965
Cardinals 8, Mets 7 Next Game:
May 24, 1965
Mets 6, Phillies 2

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National League Standings, May 23, 1965

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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Bobby
Klaus cf
Johnny
Lewis 3b
Charley
Smith rf
Ron
Swoboda c
Hawk
Taylor 1b
Jim
Hickman ss
Roy
McMillan lf
Billy
Cowan p
Gary
Kroll

May 23, 1965, Sportsman's Park, St. Louis, MO

St. Louis Cardinals 8, New York Mets 7

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bobby Klaus 2b 5 1 1 0 1 0 .218

Johnny Lewis cf-rf-cf 5 2 2 0 1 1 .275

Charley Smith 3b 5 0 1 3 0 0 .255

Ron Swoboda rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .293

- Danny Napoleon lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238

Hawk Taylor c 5 2 2 4 0 0 .300

Jim Hickman 1b-rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .113

Roy McMillan ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .242

Billy Cowan lf-cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .188

- Ed Kranepool ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .341

Gary Kroll p 4 1 1 0 0 1 .273

- Larry Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jim Bethke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jesse Gonder ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333

- Tom Parsons p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Curt Flood cf 6 2 2 0 1 0

Lou Brock lf 6 0 2 0 1 1

Bill White 1b 5 1 2 1 2 0

Ken Boyer 3b 5 1 1 1 1 1

Dick Groat ss 5 2 1 1 1 0

Tim McCarver c 6 1 3 2 0 1

Phil Gagliano rf 5 1 1 0 1 2

Julian Javier 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2

- Tito Francona ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Dal Maxvill pr-2b 3 0 1 3 0 1

Ray Sadecki p 2 0 1 0 0 0

- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Skinner ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Nelson Briles p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Carl Warwick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Barney Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Shannon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Purkey p 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 2

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 8 16 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Gary Kroll 7.1 8 2 2 4 5 5.65

Larry Bearnarth 1.1 5 5 1 1 0 4.80

Jim Bethke 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 2.70

Tom Parsons (L,0-2) 1.1 2 1 1 2 3 6.14

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Ray Sadecki 4.2 7 5 5 2 0

Ron Taylor 2.1 2 2 2 0 2

Nelson Briles 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

Barney Schultz 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Bob Purkey (W) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1

Errors: Roy McMillan 2 (8), Ken Boyer.
2B: Gary Kroll (1), Charley Smith (3), Tim McCarver, Bill White.
3B: Dal Maxvill.
HR: Hawk Taylor 2 (4), Tim McCarver.
SH: Charley Smith.
SB: Ron Swoboda (1), Tim McCarver, Lou Brock.

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