Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 8, 1967 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 6, 1967
Giants 4, Mets 1 1967 Regular Season Game 106
August 8, 1967
Mets 3, Braves 2 Next Game:
August 9, 1967
Mets 5, Braves 1

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National League Standings, August 8, 1967

Box Score Game Memories Scorecard Mets Stats
Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Bud
Harrelson cf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Bob
Johnson lf
Tommy
Davis rf
Ron
Swoboda 3b
Ed
Charles 2b
Jerry
Buchek c
Greg
Goossen p
Bob
Hendley

August 8, 1967, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 3, Atlanta Braves 2

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Felipe Alou cf 4 0 0 0 1 1

Denis Menke ss 5 0 2 1 0 2

Hank Aaron rf 5 0 0 0 0 1

Joe Torre 1b 4 0 0 0 1 2

Clete Boyer 3b 4 1 0 0 1 2

Rico Carty lf 4 0 1 0 1 0

Bob Uecker c 4 0 0 0 1 0

Woody Woodward 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1

Denny Lemaster p 1 0 0 0 2 0

- Cecil Upshaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jay Ritchie p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bud Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .272

Cleon Jones cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .212

- Larry Stahl ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .212

Bob Johnson 1b-2b 5 2 2 1 0 2 .356

Tommy Davis lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .315

- Hal Reniff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ed Kranepool ph-1b 1 1 1 1 0 0 .280

Ron Swoboda rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259

Ed Charles 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .256

Jerry Buchek 2b 3 0 1 0 1 2 .240

- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Greg Goossen c 3 0 0 0 0 3 .194

- John Sullivan ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .218

Bob Hendley p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .067

- Tommie Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .196

- Dick Selma p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Phil Linz ph-lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .158

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

Atlanta Braves 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 7 1

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Denny Lemaster 7.2 3 0 0 2 9

Cecil Upshaw 1.0 3 2 2 1 0

Jay Ritchie (L) 1.1 1 1 1 0 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bob Hendley 6.0 3 2 1 4 6 3.12

Dick Selma 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 3.27

Hal Reniff 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 1.86

Ron Taylor (W,3-3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.68

Errors: Ron Swoboda (6).
2B: Ed Kranepool (8), Denis Menke 2, Rico Carty.
HR: Bob Johnson (4).
Intentional Walks: Jerry Buchek, Joe Torre, Felipe Alou.
SH: Cecil Upshaw.
CS: Bud Harrelson (10).

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