New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
June 15, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1966 at Atlanta Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, Atlanta Braves 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 5 0 1 0
Luplow rf 4 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 1
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
Taylor c 4 0 2 0
  Grote c 0 0 0 0
Swoboda lf 3 1 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 1 1 0
Bressoud ss 4 2 2 3
Ribant p 3 0 1 0
  Hepler p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 1 1 1 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Mathews 3b 3 0 0 0
  Menke ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Woodward ss 4 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 0 0 0
Alou 1b 3 2 2 2
Jones cf 4 1 2 0
Carty lf 4 0 2 0
Torre c 4 0 0 1
Millan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
Lemaster p 0 0 0 0
  Herrnstein ph 1 0 0 0
  Umbach p 0 0 0 0
  de la Hoz ph 1 0 1 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 1 1 1 1
  O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Bolling ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
New York 030 000 0025101
Atlanta 000 101 110493
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ribant   6.1 7 3 3 2 1
  Hepler  W (1-0) 1.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Hamilton  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster   2.0 5 3 2 0 1
  Umbach   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Carroll   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  O'Dell  L (2-3) 1.0 3 2 1 0 0
  Abernathy   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
3
3
2

  E–Bressoud (3), Mathews (6), Woodward (12), Abernathy (1).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–New York Kranepool (5,off Lemaster), Atlanta Carty (8,off Ribant).  HR–New York Bressoud (4,2nd inning off Lemaster 2 on, 1 out), Atlanta Alou 2 (13,6th inning off Ribant 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Hepler 0 on, 1 out); Geiger (2,7th inning off Ribant 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Boyer (4,off Abernathy).  IBB–Luplow (1,by Abernathy).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  CS–Hunt (3,2nd base by Lemaster/Torre); Luplow (3,2nd base by Abernathy/Torre); Menke (3,2nd base by Hepler/Taylor).  SB–Aaron (8,2nd base off Ribant/Taylor).  IBB–Abernathy (3,Luplow).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:53.  A–13,972.
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