Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 9, 1966 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 6, 1966
Mets 3, Reds 2 1966 Regular Season Game 142
September 9, 1966
Braves 8, Mets 3 Next Game:
September 10, 1966
Braves 3, Mets 2

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National League Standings, September 9, 1966

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Shaun
Fitzmaurice 2b
Ron
Hunt rf
Cleon
Jones 3b
Ken
Boyer 1b
Jim
Hickman ss
Eddie
Bressoud lf
Danny
Napoleon c
Jerry
Grote p
Bob
Shaw

September 9, 1966, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Atlanta Braves 8, New York Mets 3

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Felipe Alou 1b 5 2 3 1 0 0

Eddie Mathews 3b 4 2 1 0 1 1

Hank Aaron rf 3 0 0 0 1 2

- Ty Cline ph-rf 1 1 0 0 0 0

Joe Torre c 4 2 2 2 1 0

Rico Carty lf 5 1 4 4 0 1

Mack Jones cf 4 0 1 0 1 0

Denis Menke ss 4 0 1 0 0 1

Woody Woodward 2b 2 0 0 1 1 0

Dick Kelley p 3 0 0 0 0 3

- Clay Carroll p 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Shaun Fitzmaurice cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .000

- Johnny Lewis ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .210

Ron Hunt 2b 4 1 0 1 1 0 .285

Cleon Jones rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .281

Ken Boyer 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .271

Jim Hickman 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .230

- Chuck Hiller ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .310

- Greg Goossen c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Eddie Bressoud ss 4 0 0 1 0 1 .229

Danny Napoleon lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Al Luplow lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259

Jerry Grote c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .237

- Ed Kranepool 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245

Bob Shaw p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .273

- Ron Swoboda ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .225

- Bud Harrelson pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .156

- Ralph Terry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167

- Bill Hepler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214

- Larry Elliot ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .253

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

Atlanta Braves 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 8 12 2

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 6 1

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Dick Kelley 6.1 5 3 2 3 5

Clay Carroll (W) 2.2 1 0 0 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bob Shaw 7.0 6 3 3 2 7 4.03

Ralph Terry (L,0-1) 0.1 3 4 4 1 1 5.95

Bill Hepler 1.2 3 1 1 2 0 3.43

Errors: Jerry Grote (6), Eddie Mathews.
WP: Bill Hepler.
2B: Ken Boyer (27), Felipe Alou, Rico Carty.
3B: Larry Elliot (2).
HR: Joe Torre, Felipe Alou.
Intentional Walks: Joe Torre.
HBP: Jim Hickman.
SF: Woody Woodward.
SB: Bud Harrelson (3).

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