Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 19, 1966 - Box Score

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Mets 5, Braves 4 1966 Regular Season Game 4
April 19, 1966
Cardinals 5, Mets 2 Next Game:
April 21, 1966
Cardinals 5, Mets 4

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National League Standings, April 19, 1966

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Cleon
Jones 2b
Ron
Hunt 3b
Ken
Boyer 1b
Dick
Stuart cf
Jim
Hickman lf
Ron
Swoboda c
Jerry
Grote ss
Roy
McMillan p
Jack
Fisher

April 19, 1966, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Mets 2

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Lou Brock rf 5 1 1 1 0 2

Julian Javier 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1

Curt Flood cf 5 0 1 0 0 1

Tim McCarver c 4 0 2 3 0 1

Charley Smith 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0

George Kernek 1b 4 1 3 0 0 0

Alex Johnson lf 4 1 1 0 0 0

- Mike Shannon lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jerry Buchek ss 2 0 0 1 0 0

- Bob Skinner ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Dal Maxvill ss 0 0 0 0 0 0

Larry Jaster p 2 1 1 0 1 1

- Tito Francona ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dennis Aust p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Hal Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Don Dennis p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Cleon Jones rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .250

- Johnny Lewis ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Ron Hunt 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .286

Ken Boyer 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .467

Dick Stuart 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091

- Ed Kranepool ph-1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 .400

Jim Hickman cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .214

Ron Swoboda lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250

Jerry Grote c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000

- Chuck Hiller ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000

- Choo Choo Coleman pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

Roy McMillan ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .111

- Dennis Ribant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Al Luplow ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500

Jack Fisher p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dave Eilers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Billy Murphy ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

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

- Eddie Bressoud ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Lou Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

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

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 10 0

New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 2

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Larry Jaster (W) 7.0 4 2 2 2 6

Dennis Aust 1.2 2 0 0 0 1

Hal Woodeshick 0.0 0 0 0 1 0

Don Dennis 0.1 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jack Fisher (L,0-2) 4.1 7 4 4 2 2 4.05

Dave Eilers 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Gordie Richardson 2.0 1 1 1 0 4 7.71

Dennis Ribant 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00

Errors: Ken Boyer 2 (2).
WP: Larry Jaster.
3B: Tim McCarver, George Kernek.
HR: Ken Boyer (1).
HBP: Ron Hunt.
SF: Jerry Buchek.
SB: Ron Hunt (2).

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