Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
July 3, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1966 at Shea Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, New York Mets 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alley ss 5 2 3 1
Mota cf,lf 5 0 3 1
Clemente rf 4 1 1 0
Clendenon 1b 4 2 1 1
Pagliaroni c 3 1 1 3
Pagan 3b 5 1 2 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 3 0
Bailey lf 3 0 1 2
  Alou ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Veale p 3 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 16 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jones rf,cf 2 1 1 1
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
  Arrigo p 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 0
Bressoud 1b,ss 4 1 1 4
Grote c 3 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph,1b 2 1 1 1
Murphy cf 3 1 2 0
  Luplow ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Swoboda lf 5 0 0 0
McMillan ss 1 1 0 0
  Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller ph,2b 0 1 0 0
Rusteck p 1 0 0 0
  Sutherland p 1 0 1 0
  Taylor ph,c 2 0 1 0
Totals 34 7 9 6
Pittsburgh 100 021 4008162
New York 010 000 510790
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale  W (10-5) 6.2 4 5 4 7 5
  Mikkelsen   0.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Face  SV (12) 1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
8
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Rusteck  L (1-2) 4.0 7 3 3 1 0
  Sutherland   3.0 8 5 5 1 2
  Bearnarth   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Arrigo   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
4
4

  E–Mota (1), Pagliaroni (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, New York 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Alley 2 (13,off Rusteck,off Sutherland); Mazeroski (12,off Rusteck); Clemente (13,off Sutherland), New York Murphy (3,off Veale).  3B–Pittsburgh Mota (4,off Rusteck).  HR–Pittsburgh Clendenon (9,6th inning off Sutherland 0 on, 0 out); Alley (3,7th inning off Sutherland 0 on, 0 out); Pagliaroni (7,7th inning off Sutherland 2 on, 1 out), New York Bressoud (7,7th inning off Veale 3 on, 2 out); Kranepool (8,7th inning off Mikkelsen 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Clendenon (5,by Sutherland); Pagliaroni (3,by Arrigo).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Hunt (9,off Veale).  Team–9.  CS–Bailey (1,2nd base by Sutherland/Grote); Alou (11,2nd base by Bearnarth/Taylor).  IBB–Sutherland (3,Clendenon); Arrigo (2,Pagliaroni).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–3:03.
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