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1966 Regular Season Game 18
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National League Standings, May 8, 1966

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Mets Starting Lineup
2b
Hunt Ron
Hunt
ss
Bressoud Eddie
Bressoud
3b
Boyer Ken
Boyer
cf
Jones Cleon
Jones
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
rf
Lewis Johnny
Lewis
lf
Hickman Jim
Hickman
c
Stephenson John
Stephenson
p
Ribant Dennis
Ribant
May 8, 1966, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 1

Cubs ab r hbibbso
Glenn Beckert 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0
- Billy Hoeft p 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Altman rf 3 0 0 0 1 1
Billy Williams lf 4 1 1 1 0 0
Ron Santo 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0
Byron Browne cf 4 0 1 0 0 1
Ernie Banks 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Krug c 3 0 0 0 0 2
Don Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Hands p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Bill Connors p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Ted Abernathy p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Jimmy Stewart ph 1 0 1 0 0 0
- Joey Amalfitano 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Ron Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .246
Eddie Bressoud ss 4 1 2 1 0 1 .304
Ken Boyer 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .290
Cleon Jones cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .326
Ed Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .175
Johnny Lewis rf 4 0 1 2 0 2 .250
Jim Hickman lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .208
John Stephenson c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .250
Dennis Ribant p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago Cubs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
New York Mets 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 7 0

Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Bill Hands (L) 2.2 4 4 4 0 2
Bill Connors 0.0 2 1 1 1 0
Ted Abernathy 4.1 1 0 0 1 2
Billy Hoeft 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Dennis Ribant (W,1-0) 9.0 5 1 1 1 4 2.25

3B: Eddie Bressoud (1), Glenn Beckert.
HR: Jim Hickman (1), Billy Williams.
SH: Dennis Ribant.
SB: Cleon Jones (2).









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