New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 8, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1966 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jones cf 3 0 1 2
Hiller 3b 2 0 2 0
  Bressoud ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Luplow lf 3 0 0 0
  Swoboda ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0
Elliot rf 4 0 1 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Stephenson c 3 1 1 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
McMillan ss 4 1 2 0
Fisher p 2 0 0 0
  Boyer ph 1 0 1 0
  Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 2 2 0
Alley ss 4 1 1 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Stargell lf,1b 4 3 3 3
Pagan 3b 4 1 0 0
Clendenon 1b 2 1 1 1
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
  Mota lf 0 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 2 4
Gonder c 4 0 0 0
Sisk p 3 0 0 0
  O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 10 8
New York 001 000 100290
Pittsburgh 013 004 10x9100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (6-9) 6.0 8 8 8 1 5
  Bearnarth   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
9
9
1
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Sisk  W (3-1) 6.2 8 2 2 2 3
  O'Dell  SV (7) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Stargell (17,off Fisher).  3B–New York McMillan (1,off Sisk), Pittsburgh Clendenon (6,off Fisher).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (21,3rd inning off Fisher 2 on, 2 out); Mazeroski (7,6th inning off Fisher 3 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–2.  SB–Alou (13,2nd base off Bearnarth/Stephenson).  WP–Bearnarth (2).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:16.  A–32,440.
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