Houston Astros vs New York Mets
July 9, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1965 at Shea Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 3
Maye lf 5 2 2 1
Gentile 1b 4 0 2 0
Staub rf 4 0 2 2
Aspromonte 3b 5 0 0 0
Wynn cf 3 1 2 0
Triandos c 3 1 0 0
Lillis ss 2 1 0 0
Dierker p 3 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hiller 2b 4 0 1 0
McMillan ss 4 0 1 0
Lewis rf 4 1 2 1
Swoboda lf 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 1
Cowan cf 4 0 0 0
Klaus 3b 2 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 0 0 0 0
  Gonder ph,c 3 0 0 0
Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Richardson p 0 0 0 0
  Christopher ph 1 1 1 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Napoleon ph 1 0 0 0
  Musgraves p 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph 0 0 0 0
  Kroll p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Houston 150 000 000691
New York 001 000 010272
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (3-4) 8.0 7 2 2 3 5
  Taylor  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (6-10) 1.1 5 5 4 1 1
  Richardson   1.2 2 1 0 0 2
  McGraw   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Musgraves   3.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Kroll   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
4
3
8

  E–Morgan (14), Hiller (6), McMillan (18).  DP–Houston 2, New York 2.  PB–Gonder (4).  2B–Houston Wynn (18,off Fisher); Staub (7,off Kroll).  3B–Houston Morgan (7,off Fisher); Maye (4,off Richardson).  SH–Dierker (3,off Kroll).  SF–Staub (2,off Richardson).  HBP–Gentile (2,by Richardson); Lillis 2 (5,by Musgraves,by Kroll).  Team LOB–8.  SB–Wynn 2 (20,2nd base off Richardson/Gonder,2nd base off Musgraves/Gonder); Morgan (10,2nd base off McGraw/Gonder); Lillis (2,2nd base off Musgraves/Gonder).  WP–McGraw (3).  HBP–Richardson (1,Gentile); Musgraves (1,Lillis); Kroll (4,Lillis).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:54.  A–29,645.
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