New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 9, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 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."

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New York Mets 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 3 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 0 2 0
Swoboda lf 4 0 0 0
Hickman rf 3 0 1 0
  Elliot ph 1 0 0 0
Grote c 2 1 1 0
  Hiller ph 1 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 2 0 2 0
Ribant p 2 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 1 0 1 1
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 8 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 0 0
Alley ss 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Stargell lf 2 0 0 0
Pagan 3b 4 1 1 0
Clendenon 1b 4 1 2 1
Pagliaroni c 3 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 2 0 0 0
Fryman p 1 0 1 1
  Mikkelsen p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
New York 000 000 100180
Pittsburgh 000 200 00x250
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ribant  L (7-5) 6.0 5 2 2 3 2
  Hamilton   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
4
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman  W (9-6) 6.1 8 1 1 2 2
  Mikkelsen  SV (7) 2.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
2

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 4.  2B–New York Kranepool (14,off Fryman); Jones (13,off Fryman), Pittsburgh Clendenon 2 (14,off Ribant 2).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Mazeroski (6,by Ribant).  Team–7.  WP–Ribant (3).  IBB–Ribant (5,Mazeroski).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:05.  A–12,847.
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