Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 5, 1965 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 4, 1965
Pirates 3, Mets 0 1965 Regular Season Game 109
August 5, 1965
Pirates 11, Mets 3 Next Game:
August 6, 1965
Cubs 4, Mets 3

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National League Standings, August 5, 1965

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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Ron
Hunt cf
Johnny
Lewis 1b
Ed
Kranepool 3b
Charley
Smith lf
Jim
Hickman rf
Gary
Kolb c
Jimmie
Schaffer ss
Roy
McMillan p
Al
Jackson

August 5, 1965, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Pittsburgh Pirates 11, New York Mets 3

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Bob Bailey 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0

Manny Mota cf 4 0 1 1 0 1

Roberto Clemente rf 5 3 3 1 0 1

Donn Clendenon 1b 5 2 2 2 0 2

Bill Mazeroski 2b 4 2 2 2 0 0

Willie Stargell lf 4 0 1 1 0 1

Andre Rodgers ss 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Alley ss 1 0 0 0 0 1

Jim Pagliaroni c 3 1 2 0 1 0

Don Cardwell p 4 2 2 3 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Ron Hunt 2b 4 2 1 1 0 0 .263

Johnny Lewis cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .262

Ed Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .262

Charley Smith 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271

Jim Hickman lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .229

Gary Kolb rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .182

Jimmie Schaffer c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .167

- John Stephenson ph-c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .222

Roy McMillan ss 3 1 2 0 1 1 .228

Al Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

- Gary Kroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .120

- Chuck Hiller ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257

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

- Joe Christopher ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 11 14 0

New York Mets 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Don Cardwell (W) 9.0 8 3 3 2 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Jackson (L,5-15) 6.2 6 5 5 1 3 4.53

Gary Kroll 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 4.16

Gordie Richardson 2.0 7 5 5 0 3 3.86

PB: John Stephenson.
WP: Al Jackson.
2B: Ron Hunt (3), Willie Stargell, Roberto Clemente, Bob Bailey, Bill Mazeroski.
3B: Donn Clendenon.
HR: Don Cardwell, Donn Clendenon, Roberto Clemente.
Intentional Walks: Jim Pagliaroni.
HBP: Joe Christopher, Ron Hunt.
SH: Al Jackson 2.
SF: Manny Mota.

Newspaper covers for this game

PIRATES DRUB METS, 11-3

PIRATES DRUB METS, 11-3

New York Daily News
August 6, 1965

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