San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
August 2, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1966 at Shea Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 5, New York Mets 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes ss,2b 5 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 2 0 0 0
  Mason pr 0 0 0 0
  Burda 1b 2 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 1 1 0
Hart lf 4 2 2 0
Davenport 3b,ss 2 2 1 0
Virgil c,3b 3 0 2 3
Brown rf 3 0 0 0
Lanier 2b 2 0 0 0
  Haller ph,c 1 0 0 1
Sadecki p 1 0 0 0
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Gabrielson ph 0 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Marichal p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0
Bressoud ss 4 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 1
Jones cf 4 0 0 1
Swoboda lf 3 0 0 0
  Luplow ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Taylor c 3 1 1 1
  Grote c 1 1 1 0
Elliot rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 1 1
Arrigo p 2 1 1 0
  Hamilton p 1 0 1 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 0 0 0 0
  Hiller ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutherland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
San Francisco 010 000 130570
New York 100 110 010491
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki   2.1 2 1 1 1 2
  Herbel   2.2 3 2 2 2 2
  McDaniel   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Linzy   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Henry   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Marichal  W (17-4) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Arrigo   5.1 5 1 1 1 4
  Hamilton  L (5-11) 2.0 2 4 3 5 1
  Gardner   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
6
5

  E–Bressoud (14).  DP–New York 2.  PB–Virgil (1); Taylor (1).  2B–New York Hunt (15,off Herbel); Elliot (6,off Linzy).  HR–New York Boyer (10,1st inning off Sadecki 0 on, 2 out); Taylor (2,4th inning off Herbel 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Virgil (1,off Arrigo); Haller (1,off Hamilton).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Boyer (3,by Herbel).  Team–8.  CS–Virgil (1,Home by Gardner/Grote).  WP–Sadecki (6), Herbel (5), Hamilton 2 (15).  IBB–Herbel (6,Boyer).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–3:01.  A–38,258.
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