New York Mets vs Houston Astros
May 24, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1966 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 3, Houston Astros 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 1 1 0
Jones cf 4 0 2 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 0 0
Kranepool lf 4 1 1 0
Swoboda rf 4 0 2 0
Grote c 1 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph,c 3 1 0 0
McMillan ss 3 0 0 0
Fisher p 1 0 0 0
  Arrigo p 0 0 0 0
  Luplow ph 1 0 1 2
  Gardner pr 0 0 0 0
  Richardson p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis ph 1 0 0 0
  Hepler p 0 0 0 0
  Eilers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 1 2 0
Jackson ss 3 2 0 0
Wynn cf 4 1 0 0
Gentile 1b 3 1 1 3
Staub rf,lf 4 0 3 2
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 1 0
Maye lf 3 0 1 0
  Nicholson rf 1 0 0 0
Bateman c 2 0 0 0
Roberts p 2 0 0 0
  Raymond p 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
New York 100 200 000382
Houston 410 000 00x581
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (1-5) 2.2 6 5 3 2 1
  Arrigo   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Richardson   3.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Hepler   0.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Eilers   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
3
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts   3.2 7 3 3 0 3
  Raymond  W (1-0) 5.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
5

  E–Grote 2 (3), Morgan (6).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Stephenson (2).  2B–New York Hunt (4,off Roberts); Boyer (6,off Roberts); Luplow (2,off Roberts), Houston Gentile (4,off Fisher); Staub (4,off Fisher); Maye (1,off Fisher).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Jackson (8,off Fisher).  HBP–Bateman (2,by Fisher).  Team–10.  WP–Fisher (3).  HBP–Fisher (2,Bateman).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:30.  A–12,447.
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