Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 31, 1966 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 30, 1966
Mets 3, Phillies 1 1966 Regular Season Game 37
May 31, 1966
Phillies 6, Mets 4 Next Game:
June 1, 1966
Pirates 3, Mets 1

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National League Standings, May 31, 1966

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

May 31, 1966, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Philadelphia Phillies 6, New York Mets 4

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Cookie Rojas 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0

Johnny Callison rf 5 0 0 0 0 2

Dick Allen lf 3 2 1 0 2 0

- Doug Clemens lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill White 1b 5 3 3 2 0 0

Tony Gonzalez cf 3 0 1 1 1 1

- Harvey Kuenn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Phil Linz pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jackie Brandt cf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dick Groat 3b 5 0 1 2 0 0

Clay Dalrymple c 4 0 1 1 0 1

Bobby Wine ss 3 0 0 0 1 0

Chris Short p 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Ray Herbert p 3 0 0 0 0 2

- Darold Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Ron Hunt 2b 3 0 2 0 2 0 .301

Roy McMillan ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .176

- Dennis Ribant pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Eddie Bressoud ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .230

Ken Boyer 3b 5 1 0 0 0 1 .278

Dick Stuart 1b 4 1 2 2 0 2 .197

- Billy Murphy pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179

- Ed Kranepool 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189

Ron Swoboda lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .227

Cleon Jones cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .281

Jerry Grote c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .215

- John Stephenson ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .268

Johnny Lewis rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .212

Jack Hamilton p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .143

- Larry Bearnarth p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Gerry Arrigo p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667

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

- Chuck Hiller ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .393

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

Philadelphia Phillies 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 10 0

New York Mets 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 2

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Chris Short 2.0 7 4 4 1 1

Ray Herbert (W) 6.1 4 0 0 2 2

Darold Knowles 0.2 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jack Hamilton 2.1 6 4 3 2 2 3.27

Larry Bearnarth (L,1-2) 3.2 2 1 1 1 1 4.24

Gerry Arrigo 2.1 2 1 1 1 3 3.48

Dave Eilers 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 4.66

Errors: Dick Stuart (2).
PB: Jerry Grote.
WP: Jack Hamilton.
2B: Cleon Jones (2), Ron Hunt (5).
HR: Johnny Lewis (3), Dick Stuart (2), Bill White.
Intentional Walks: Bobby Wine.

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