New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
June 17, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1966 at Crosley Field. The New York Mets defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 6, Cincinnati Reds 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 1 1 2
Bressoud ss,1b 4 1 1 3
Jones rf,cf 5 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 5 1 2 1
Swoboda lf,rf 5 0 1 0
Murphy cf 3 0 1 0
  Luplow ph 1 0 1 0
  Lewis pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Grote c 3 1 2 0
  Hiller ph 1 1 1 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
  McMillan ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Shaw p 2 0 0 0
  Taylor ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Harper rf 5 2 2 0
Rose 2b 4 1 3 1
Pinson cf 3 1 2 0
Coleman 1b 4 0 2 4
  Johnson 1b 0 0 0 0
Shamsky lf 4 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0
Ruiz 3b 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 1 1 0
Nuxhall p 2 0 0 0
  Nottebart p 1 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
New York 000 031 0206110
Cincinnati 200 120 0005101
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw  W (3-4) 7.0 10 5 5 1 6
  Hamilton  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall   6.0 6 4 4 2 1
  Nottebart  L (1-2) 1.0 4 2 2 1 0
  McCool   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
3

  E–Shamsky (2).  2B–New York Grote (5,off Nuxhall); Hunt (10,off McCool).  HR–New York Bressoud (5,5th inning off Nuxhall 2 on, 2 out); Boyer (8,6th inning off Nuxhall 0 on, 0 out).  SH–McMillan (2,off McCool).  Team LOB–8.  SB–Pinson (5,2nd base off Shaw/Grote).  WP–Shaw 2 (5).  U–Shag Crawford, Ed Vargo, Doug Harvey.  T–2:29.
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