St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
August 21, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1965 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Mets 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 1 0
Groat ss 3 1 1 1
Flood cf 4 0 1 0
White 1b 4 0 1 1
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Skinner rf 4 0 1 0
McCarver c 4 0 1 0
Maxvill 2b 3 0 1 0
Purkey p 0 0 0 0
  Briles p 1 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Shannon ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 5 1 1 0
McMillan ss 5 1 1 0
Smith 3b 4 0 1 1
Lewis cf 2 2 0 0
Swoboda lf 2 1 0 0
  Kolb lf 0 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 1
Christopher rf 3 1 1 2
  Hickman rf 0 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 4 0 2 1
Fisher p 3 0 2 1
Totals 31 6 8 6
St. Louis 000 100 010280
New York 302 001 00x680
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  L (9-9) 0.2 2 3 3 3 0
  Briles   3.1 3 2 2 3 2
  Sadecki   2.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Woodeshick   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
6
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  W (8-16) 9.0 8 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
5

  E–None.  2B–St. Louis Flood (23,off Fisher); Brock (27,off Fisher), New York McMillan (16,off Sadecki).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Fisher (3,off Sadecki).  HBP–Christopher (5,by Briles).  Team–9.  WP–Fisher (5).  HBP–Briles (5,Christopher).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:40.  A–15,941.
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