Ultimate Mets Database: Game of October 2, 1966 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 30, 1966
Mets 1, Astros 0 1966 Regular Season Game 160
October 2, 1966
Astros 6, Mets 1 Next Game:
October 2, 1966
Astros 8, Mets 2

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National League Standings, October 2, 1966

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Bud
Harrelson 2b
Chuck
Hiller rf
Al
Luplow cf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Ed
Kranepool c
Greg
Goossen 3b
Eddie
Bressoud lf
Danny
Napoleon p
Bob
Shaw

October 2, 1966, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 1

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Brock Davis cf 4 0 1 0 1 1

Sonny Jackson ss 5 2 2 0 0 1

Joe Morgan 2b 4 2 1 0 1 0

Rusty Staub rf 4 1 1 1 1 0

Chuck Harrison 1b 3 1 2 3 2 0

Lee Maye lf 5 0 3 2 0 0

Bill Heath c 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Adlesh ph-c 4 0 0 0 0 2

Bob Aspromonte 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1

Chris Zachary p 3 0 1 0 0 1

- Danny Coombs p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Claude Raymond p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bud Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0 1 2 .213

Chuck Hiller 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .284

Al Luplow rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .251

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

- John Stephenson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .197

Cleon Jones cf-rf 3 0 0 1 1 2 .275

Ed Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250

- Jim Hickman ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238

Greg Goossen c 3 0 0 0 0 3 .188

Eddie Bressoud 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .227

Danny Napoleon lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .212

- Jack Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .132

- Larry Elliot ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .246

- Dick Rusteck p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Shaun Fitzmaurice ph-cf 2 1 1 0 0 1 .200

Bob Shaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235

- Johnny Lewis ph-lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .193

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

Houston Astros 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Chris Zachary (W) 6.2 3 1 1 7 9

Danny Coombs 0.2 1 0 0 0 2

Claude Raymond 1.2 0 0 0 0 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bob Shaw (L,11-10) 2.1 6 5 5 1 2 3.92

Tug McGraw 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 5.34

Jack Hamilton 1.0 2 1 1 2 0 3.93

Dick Rusteck 3.0 1 0 0 1 3 3.00

Bill Hepler 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 3.52

PB: Greg Goossen.
WP: Tug McGraw.
2B: Rusty Staub.
3B: Sonny Jackson.
HBP: Greg Goossen.
SB: Sonny Jackson.

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