Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 3, 1966 - Box Score

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July 3, 1966
Pirates 8, Mets 7 1966 Regular Season Game 74
July 3, 1966
Mets 9, Pirates 8 Next Game:
July 4, 1966
Mets 9, Phillies 6

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National League Standings, July 3, 1966

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

3b
Chuck
Hiller 2b
Ron
Hunt rf
Al
Luplow cf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Ed
Kranepool lf
John
Stephenson ss
Eddie
Bressoud c
Jerry
Grote p
Bob
Friend

July 3, 1966, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Matty Alou cf 3 0 0 0 1 1

Gene Alley ss 5 0 1 0 0 1

Manny Mota rf-lf 3 3 1 0 1 1

Willie Stargell lf-1b 5 2 2 4 0 1

Jose Pagan 3b 4 1 3 1 1 0

Donn Clendenon 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Jerry Lynch lf 1 1 1 0 0 0

- Roberto Clemente ph-rf 3 0 1 0 0 0

Jesse Gonder c 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Jerry May ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Jim Pagliaroni ph-c 1 0 0 0 1 1

Bill Mazeroski 2b 5 1 3 3 0 0

Don Cardwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Billy O'Dell p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Al McBean p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Blass p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Bailey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Pete Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Vern Law ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Roy Face p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Purkey ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Chuck Hiller 3b 5 1 3 1 0 1 .351

- Billy Murphy lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224

Ron Hunt 2b 3 2 1 0 2 0 .284

Al Luplow rf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .230

Cleon Jones cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .284

Ed Kranepool 1b 3 1 3 1 0 0 .225

- Roy McMillan ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .164

John Stephenson lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .203

- Ken Boyer 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268

Eddie Bressoud ss-1b 3 1 1 1 1 2 .214

Jerry Grote c 3 1 1 2 1 2 .267

Bob Friend p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Rob Gardner p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .152

- Jack Hamilton p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .107

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 8 12 0

New York Mets 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 x 9 14 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Don Cardwell 0.1 3 3 2 1 0

Billy O'Dell 4.0 6 3 3 1 5

Al McBean (L) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0

Steve Blass 0.2 2 1 1 0 1

Pete Mikkelsen 2.0 1 0 0 2 1

Roy Face 1.0 0 0 0 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bob Friend 3.1 6 5 4 0 2 2.86

Rob Gardner (W,3-6) 3.1 3 1 1 3 5 4.40

Jack Hamilton 2.1 3 2 2 1 2 3.79

Errors: Roy McMillan (5).
PB: Jesse Gonder.
2B: Roy McMillan (5), Chuck Hiller (2), Jerry Grote (7), Roberto Clemente.
3B: Chuck Hiller (1).
HR: Willie Stargell 2, Bill Mazeroski.
SH: Matty Alou, Manny Mota.
SF: Cleon Jones.
SB: Manny Mota.
CS: Ron Hunt (5).

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