Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 8, 1965 - Box Score

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August 8, 1965
Cubs 7, Mets 6 1965 Regular Season Game 113
August 8, 1965
Cubs 14, Mets 10 Next Game:
August 10, 1965
Dodgers 4, Mets 3

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National League Standings, August 8, 1965

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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Chuck
Hiller ss
Roy
McMillan cf
Johnny
Lewis 3b
Charley
Smith 1b
Ed
Kranepool lf
Jim
Hickman rf
Gary
Kolb c
John
Stephenson p
Gary
Kroll

August 8, 1965, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Chicago Cubs 14, New York Mets 10

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Joey Amalfitano 2b-ss 6 2 4 2 0 1

Don Landrum cf 4 2 1 0 1 2

- Glenn Beckert ph-2b 1 1 1 1 0 0

Billy Williams rf 5 3 3 2 0 1

Ernie Banks 1b 2 2 1 0 0 0

- Harvey Kuenn 1b-lf 1 1 0 2 2 0

Ron Santo 3b 3 0 0 2 3 1

George Altman lf 3 0 1 2 0 0

- Jimmy Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Billy Hoeft p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Doug Clemens ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ted Abernathy p 0 0 0 1 0 0

Vic Roznovsky c 2 0 0 0 1 1

- Chris Krug ph-c 2 1 0 0 1 2

Don Kessinger ss 4 0 2 1 0 0

- Ed Bailey ph-1b 0 1 0 1 2 0

Ernie Broglio p 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Bob Humphreys p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ellis Burton ph-lf-cf 4 1 1 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Chuck Hiller 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .260

- Bobby Klaus 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .196

Roy McMillan ss 4 1 1 2 1 0 .233

Johnny Lewis cf 3 2 0 0 2 1 .263

Charley Smith 3b 4 2 2 4 0 0 .269

Ed Kranepool 1b 5 0 3 1 0 0 .268

Jim Hickman lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .221

Gary Kolb rf 4 2 2 0 1 2 .250

John Stephenson c 3 1 2 2 0 0 .256

- Chris Cannizzaro c 1 1 1 0 0 0 .180

Gary Kroll p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .115

- Darrell Sutherland p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Larry Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Tom Parsons p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .062

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

- Jim Bethke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Joe Christopher ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .239

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

Chicago Cubs 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 6 14 14 2

New York Mets 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 12 0

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Ernie Broglio 1.1 5 7 7 3 1

Bob Humphreys 3.2 4 2 2 0 3

Billy Hoeft 2.0 0 0 0 1 1

Ted Abernathy (W) 2.0 3 1 1 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Gary Kroll 2.2 4 4 4 4 3 4.45

Darrell Sutherland 3.0 4 2 2 2 1 6.00

Larry Miller 1.1 2 2 2 1 2 4.91

Tom Parsons (L,1-10) 1.1 2 3 3 1 2 4.80

Gordie Richardson 0.0 2 3 3 2 0 5.96

Jim Bethke 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 3.00

Errors: Harvey Kuenn 2.
WP: Ted Abernathy.
2B: John Stephenson (4), Chuck Hiller (8), Gary Kolb (2), Joey Amalfitano 2, Ernie Banks.
3B: Charley Smith (3), Billy Williams.
HR: Charley Smith (14), Billy Williams.
HBP: Chris Cannizzaro, Charley Smith, Billy Williams, Ernie Banks, Ted Abernathy.
SH: Tom Parsons.
SB: Gary Kolb (2), Don Landrum.
CS: John Stephenson (1).

Newspaper covers for this game

CUBS KAYO METS AGAIN, 7-6

CUBS KAYO METS AGAIN, 7-6

New York Daily News
August 9, 1965

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