Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 3, 1966 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 2, 1966
Mets 4, Pirates 3 1966 Regular Season Game 73
July 3, 1966
Pirates 8, Mets 7 Next Game:
July 3, 1966
Mets 9, Pirates 8

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National League Standings, July 3, 1966

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Cleon
Jones 2b
Ron
Hunt 3b
Ken
Boyer 1b
Eddie
Bressoud c
Jerry
Grote cf
Billy
Murphy lf
Ron
Swoboda ss
Roy
McMillan p
Dick
Rusteck

July 3, 1966, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Pittsburgh Pirates 8, New York Mets 7

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Gene Alley ss 5 2 3 1 0 0

Manny Mota cf-lf 5 0 3 1 0 1

Roberto Clemente rf 4 1 1 0 1 1

Donn Clendenon 1b 4 2 1 1 1 0

Jim Pagliaroni c 3 1 1 3 2 0

Jose Pagan 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0

Bill Mazeroski 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0

Bob Bailey lf 3 0 1 2 0 0

- Matty Alou ph-cf 1 0 1 0 0 0

Bob Veale p 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Pete Mikkelsen p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Roy Face p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Cleon Jones rf-cf 2 1 1 1 3 0 .285

Ron Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .283

- Gerry Arrigo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

Ken Boyer 3b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .268

Eddie Bressoud 1b-ss 4 1 1 4 1 2 .212

Jerry Grote c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .266

- Ed Kranepool ph-1b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .214

Billy Murphy cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .224

- Al Luplow ph-rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .231

Ron Swoboda lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .188

Roy McMillan ss 1 1 0 0 2 0 .159

- Larry Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

- Chuck Hiller ph-2b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333

Dick Rusteck p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Darrell Sutherland p 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000

- Hawk Taylor ph-c 2 0 1 0 0 1 .210

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 8 16 2

New York Mets 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 7 9 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Bob Veale (W) 6.2 4 5 4 7 5

Pete Mikkelsen 0.2 3 2 2 1 0

Roy Face 1.2 2 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dick Rusteck (L,1-2) 4.0 7 3 3 1 0 4.20

Darrell Sutherland 3.0 8 5 5 1 2 9.95

Larry Bearnarth 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 5.09

Gerry Arrigo 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 4.34

Errors: Manny Mota.
2B: Billy Murphy (3), Gene Alley 2, Roberto Clemente, Bill Mazeroski.
3B: Manny Mota.
HR: Ed Kranepool (8), Eddie Bressoud (7), Donn Clendenon, Gene Alley, Jim Pagliaroni.
Intentional Walks: Donn Clendenon, Jim Pagliaroni.
SH: Ron Hunt.
CS: Matty Alou, Bob Bailey.

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