New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 20, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1966 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals 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, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0
Bressoud ss 3 0 1 0
Luplow rf 4 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 1 1 0
Kranepool 1b 2 1 0 0
  Swoboda ph 1 0 0 0
Lewis lf 3 0 1 1
  Murphy ph 1 0 0 0
Taylor c 4 0 0 0
Selma p 1 0 0 1
  Hiller ph 1 0 0 0
  Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 2 2 0
Gagliano 3b 4 1 1 0
Flood cf 4 1 1 1
Francona 1b 4 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 1 1
Shannon rf 4 0 2 1
Buchek 2b 4 0 1 0
  Javier 2b 0 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 1 0
Briles p 3 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 3
New York 020 000 000252
St. Louis 300 000 10x490
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Selma  L (3-3) 7.0 8 4 1 1 5
  Bearnarth   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
1
1
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  W (2-5) 8.0 5 2 2 4 2
  Hoerner  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
2

  E–Hunt (11), Bressoud (4).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 1.  3B–St. Louis Brock (4,off Selma).  SF–Selma (1,off Briles); McCarver (3,off Selma).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  SB–Brock 2 (25,2nd base off Selma/Taylor 2).  CS–McCarver (3,2nd base by Selma/Taylor).  WP–Selma (2).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:40.  A–18,639.
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