New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 14, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 5 0 1 0
Bressoud 3b 3 1 1 0
Hickman rf 3 1 1 0
  Luplow ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Swoboda lf 2 1 0 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Grote c 3 0 1 2
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 1
Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0
Shaw p 2 0 1 0
  Hamilton p 1 0 0 0
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 0 1
Flood cf 4 1 1 0
McCarver c 5 1 3 0
Cepeda 1b 2 0 1 0
  Gibson pr 0 1 0 0
Shannon rf 4 0 1 2
Smith 3b 4 0 1 1
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  Buchek 2b 0 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 1 0 0
Carlton p 1 0 0 0
  Savage ph 1 0 1 0
  Piche p 0 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 1 0
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
  Dennis p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
New York 000 200 010360
St. Louis 000 000 103490
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw   6.1 5 1 1 2 7
  Hamilton  L (6-13) 2.1 2 3 3 4 2
  Terry   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
9
4
4
6
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton   5.0 4 2 2 3 4
  Piche   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Dennis   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Hoerner  W (4-1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
6

  E–None.  PB–Grote (6).  2B–New York Grote (9,off Dennis), St. Louis McCarver (13,off Shaw).  SF–Kranepool (4,off Carlton).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Cepeda (10,by Shaw).  Team–12.  CS–Hunt (8,2nd base by Carlton/McCarver).  HBP–Shaw (6,Cepeda).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:51.  A–34,130.
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