New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
April 24, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1966 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves 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, Atlanta Braves 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 5 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 2 3 0
Hickman rf 4 0 3 1
Jones cf 3 0 1 1
Swoboda lf 4 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0
Grote c 3 0 1 0
Fisher p 1 0 0 0
  Lewis ph 1 0 0 0
  Ribant p 0 0 0 0
  McMillan ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutherland p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf,lf 5 0 1 1
Mathews 3b 5 0 2 0
Aaron rf 5 1 2 0
Thomas 1b 4 0 0 0
Torre c 2 1 2 0
Carty lf 4 0 1 0
  Alomar 2b 0 0 0 0
Menke ss 1 2 1 1
Woodward 2b 3 1 1 1
  Geiger ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Blasingame p 3 0 2 2
  O'Dell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 12 5
New York 000 101 0002100
Atlanta 030 110 00x5120
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (0-3) 4.0 6 4 4 3 1
  Ribant   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Sutherland   2.0 3 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
6
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Blasingame  W (1-0) 6.0 7 2 2 1 3
  O'Dell  SV (3) 3.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–New York Boyer (4,off Blasingame), Atlanta Torre (3,off Fisher); Mathews (2,off Fisher).  Team LOB–8.  Team–11.  SB–Aaron (4,2nd base off Ribant/Grote).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:53.
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