New York Mets vs Houston Astros
June 25, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1965 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 2, Houston Astros 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hiller 2b 4 0 1 0
  Klaus 2b 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph 1 0 0 0
McMillan ss 5 0 3 0
Kranepool 1b 5 0 1 0
Christopher lf 4 0 1 0
Lewis rf 4 1 1 0
Smith 3b 4 1 3 1
Cowan cf 3 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Napoleon ph 1 0 0 0
  Kroll p 0 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 2 0 1 0
  Gonder ph,c 2 0 0 0
Spahn p 2 0 0 0
  Parsons p 0 0 0 0
  Swoboda ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 11 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 2
Gaines rf 5 1 2 2
Wynn cf 4 1 2 1
Bond 1b 3 0 1 1
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 1 0
Triandos c 4 0 0 0
Maye lf 3 1 1 0
Lillis ss 3 0 0 0
Dierker p 2 2 1 0
  Giusti p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
New York 000 101 0002111
Houston 020 040 00x692
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L (4-10) 4.0 7 6 6 2 1
  Parsons   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  McGraw   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Kroll   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
4
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (2-3) 6.0 9 2 1 0 9
  Giusti  SV (1) 3.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
2
1
0
12

  E–Cannizzaro (7), Maye 2 (7).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Triandos (8).  2B–Houston Maye (6,off Spahn).  3B–New York Lewis (1,off Dierker), Houston Morgan (6,off Spahn); Wynn (3,off Spahn).  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Bond (3,by McGraw); Lillis (3,by McGraw).  IBB–Maye (2,by Parsons).  Team–9.  SB–Wynn (12,2nd base off McGraw/Gonder).  WP–Spahn (1), Dierker (4), Giusti 2 (5).  HBP–McGraw 2 (2,Bond,Lillis).  IBB–Parsons (1,Maye).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:32.  A–27,161.
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