Houston Astros vs New York Mets
September 30, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1966 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros 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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Houston Astros 0, New York Mets 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Jackson ss 4 0 3 0
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0
Harrison 1b 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 4 0 0 0
Maye lf 3 0 1 0
Heath c 4 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Dierker p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 6 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
Hiller 2b 3 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
Luplow rf 3 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
Goossen c 3 0 0 0
Bressoud 3b 3 1 1 0
Napoleon lf 2 0 0 0
  Hunt ph 1 0 1 1
Fisher p 2 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 2 1
Houston 000 000 000060
New York 000 000 001120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (10-8) 8.0 2 1 1 0 6
Totals
8.0
2
1
1
0
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  W (11-14) 9.0 6 0 0 4 3
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
4
3

  E–None.  DP–New York 2.  2B–Houston Harrison (23,off Fisher), New York Bressoud (15,off Dierker).  Team LOB–7.  Team–1.  SB–Jackson (48,2nd base off Fisher/Goossen).  CS–Jackson (14,2nd base by Fisher/Goossen).  WP–Dierker (4), Fisher (12).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Frank Dezelan.  T–2:01.  A–11,017.
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