Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 18, 1966 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 17, 1966
Mets 8, Pirates 7 1966 Regular Season Game 120
August 18, 1966
Mets 9, Pirates 5 Next Game:
August 19, 1966
Phillies 5, Mets 4

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National League Standings, August 18, 1966

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Ron
Hunt ss
Eddie
Bressoud cf
Cleon
Jones 3b
Ken
Boyer rf
Jim
Hickman lf
Ron
Swoboda c
Jerry
Grote 1b
Ed
Kranepool p
Rob
Gardner

August 18, 1966, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Gene Alley ss 4 0 3 1 1 0

Manny Mota cf 4 0 0 0 1 0

Roberto Clemente rf 4 0 0 0 1 0

Donn Clendenon 1b 4 1 2 1 0 2

Jose Pagan 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2

Bill Mazeroski 2b 4 2 2 2 0 1

Bob Bailey lf 4 1 1 0 0 1

Jerry May c 2 1 1 1 0 1

- Jerry Lynch ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Pete Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Billy O'Dell p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Matty Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Woodie Fryman p 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Don Cardwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Michael ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Al McBean p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jesse Gonder ph-c 1 0 1 0 1 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Ron Hunt 2b 5 2 2 2 0 0 .293

Eddie Bressoud ss 5 0 1 2 0 1 .226

Cleon Jones cf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .282

- Ralph Terry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200

Ken Boyer 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .264

Jim Hickman rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .266

Ron Swoboda lf 2 2 1 1 2 1 .217

Jerry Grote c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .232

Ed Kranepool 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .259

Rob Gardner p 2 1 0 0 0 0 .171

- Jack Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .114

- Al Luplow ph-cf 1 1 1 0 1 0 .259

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 10 4

New York Mets 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 x 9 9 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Woodie Fryman (L) 3.2 4 6 0 3 4

Don Cardwell 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Al McBean 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

Pete Mikkelsen 2.1 3 3 3 2 0

Billy O'Dell 0.2 1 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Rob Gardner (W,4-7) 5.1 8 5 5 2 3 4.91

Jack Hamilton 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 3.80

Ralph Terry 3.0 1 0 0 2 4 4.32

Errors: Jose Pagan 4.
2B: Jim Hickman (3), Ron Swoboda (6), Eddie Bressoud (10), Gene Alley 2.
3B: Ron Hunt (2).
HR: Bill Mazeroski 2, Donn Clendenon, Jerry May.
Intentional Walks: Jerry Grote.
SH: Jerry Grote.
CS: Manny Mota.

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