Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 9, 1965 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 7, 1965
Cubs 8, Mets 3 1965 Regular Season Game 85
July 9, 1965
Astros 6, Mets 2 Next Game:
July 10, 1965
Astros 10, Mets 1

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National League Standings, July 9, 1965

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Chuck
Hiller ss
Roy
McMillan rf
Johnny
Lewis lf
Ron
Swoboda 1b
Ed
Kranepool cf
Billy
Cowan 3b
Bobby
Klaus c
Chris
Cannizzaro p
Jack
Fisher

July 9, 1965, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 2

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Joe Morgan 2b 4 1 1 3 1 0

Lee Maye lf 5 2 2 1 0 0

Jim Gentile 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1

Rusty Staub rf 4 0 2 2 0 1

Bob Aspromonte 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1

Jim Wynn cf 3 1 2 0 1 1

Gus Triandos c 3 1 0 0 1 0

Bob Lillis ss 2 1 0 0 0 1

Larry Dierker p 3 0 0 0 0 3

- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Chuck Hiller 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .293

Roy McMillan ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .230

Johnny Lewis rf 4 1 2 1 0 2 .258

Ron Swoboda lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244

Ed Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .292

Billy Cowan cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .205

Bobby Klaus 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .182

- Jim Hickman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .181

Chris Cannizzaro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185

- Jesse Gonder ph-c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .237

Jack Fisher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167

- Gordie Richardson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Joe Christopher ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .247

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Danny Napoleon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188

- Dennis Musgraves p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- John Stephenson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222

- Gary Kroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136

- Charley Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273

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

Houston Astros 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 1

New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 2

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Larry Dierker (W) 8.0 7 2 2 3 5

Ron Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jack Fisher (L,6-10) 1.1 5 5 4 1 1 3.63

Gordie Richardson 1.2 2 1 0 0 2 0.00

Tug McGraw 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 4.24

Dennis Musgraves 3.0 1 0 0 1 3 0.00

Gary Kroll 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 3.69

Errors: Chuck Hiller (5), Joe Morgan.
PB: Jesse Gonder.
WP: Tug McGraw.
2B: Rusty Staub, Jim Wynn.
3B: Joe Morgan, Lee Maye.
HBP: Bob Lillis 2, Jim Gentile.
SH: Larry Dierker.
SF: Rusty Staub.
SB: Jim Wynn 2, Joe Morgan, Bob Lillis.

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