New York Mets vs Houston Astros
September 19, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1966 at Astrodome. The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Mets 1, Houston Astros 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
  Elliot ph 1 0 0 0
  Grote c 0 0 0 0
Hiller 2b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Luplow rf 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 1 1 0
Jones cf 4 0 1 0
Hickman lf 4 0 0 0
Goossen c 2 0 0 0
  Fitzmaurice pr 0 0 0 0
  Bressoud ss 0 0 0 0
Shaw p 2 0 1 0
Totals 32 1 3 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 3 0 0 0
Jackson ss 3 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Harrison 1b 4 0 2 0
Staub rf 3 0 0 0
Bateman c 4 0 0 0
Miller lf 3 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Zachary p 3 0 1 0
  Sembera p 0 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
New York 000 000 000 1–130
Houston 000 000 000 0–040
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw  W (11-13) 10.0 4 0 0 4 3
Totals
10.0
4
0
0
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Zachary  L (2-4) 9.2 3 1 1 1 4
  Sembera   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
3
1
1
1
5
  E–None.  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Jones (16,off Zachary), Houston Zachary (2,off Shaw).  SH–Shaw (6,off Zachary); Aspromonte (3,off Shaw).  Team LOB–3.  Team–6.  SB–B Davis (1,2nd base off Shaw/Goossen).  WP–Sembera (3).  U–Stan Landes, Mel Steiner, Augie Donatelli.  T–2:24.  A–7,206.
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