Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 5, 1966 - Box Score

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September 5, 1966
Reds 8, Mets 2 1966 Regular Season Game 140
September 5, 1966
Reds 8, Mets 5 Next Game:
September 6, 1966
Mets 3, Reds 2

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National League Standings, September 5, 1966

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Ron
Hunt ss
Eddie
Bressoud 3b
Ken
Boyer rf
Jim
Hickman cf
Cleon
Jones lf
Ron
Swoboda c
Jerry
Grote 1b
Ed
Kranepool p
Dick
Selma

September 5, 1966, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Cincinnati Reds 8, New York Mets 5

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Tommy Harper lf-rf 5 0 0 0 1 2

Pete Rose 2b 3 0 1 0 2 0

Tommy Helms 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0

Deron Johnson 1b-lf 5 2 2 0 0 1

Art Shamsky rf 4 0 0 0 0 0

- Dick Simpson rf 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gordy Coleman ph 1 1 1 1 0 0

- Tony Perez 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Vada Pinson cf 4 3 2 3 0 0

Jimmie Coker c 2 0 0 0 1 0

- Chico Ruiz ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Johnny Edwards c 1 0 1 1 0 0

Leo Cardenas ss 3 1 2 3 1 0

Jim O'Toole p 3 0 1 0 0 2

- Don Nottebart p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mel Queen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ted Davidson p 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Ron Hunt 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .289

Eddie Bressoud ss 5 0 0 0 0 3 .231

Ken Boyer 3b 5 2 3 2 0 0 .272

Jim Hickman rf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .235

Cleon Jones cf 4 2 2 2 1 2 .279

Ron Swoboda lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .223

- Al Luplow ph-lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .261

Jerry Grote c 2 0 1 0 1 1 .241

- Larry Elliot ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .251

- Hawk Taylor c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180

Ed Kranepool 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .246

Dick Selma p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .091

- Billy Murphy ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230

- Chuck Hiller ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .312

- Bob Friend p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .037

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

Cincinnati Reds 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 8 12 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 5 9 1

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

Jim O'Toole 6.0 6 3 3 2 9

Don Nottebart 2.0 1 1 1 1 3

Ted Davidson (W) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dick Selma 7.0 6 4 4 5 4 4.74

Bob Friend (L,5-6) 3.0 6 4 3 0 1 3.90

Errors: Ron Hunt (17).
PB: Jerry Grote.
WP: Don Nottebart.
2B: Cleon Jones (15), Ron Hunt (19), Jerry Grote (12), Vada Pinson.
3B: Dick Selma (1).
HR: Cleon Jones (8), Ken Boyer (13), Vada Pinson, Leo Cardenas.
HBP: Vada Pinson.
SH: Leo Cardenas.
CS: Vada Pinson, Tommy Harper.

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