Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 2, 1965 - Box Score

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May 2, 1965
Reds 9, Mets 4 1965 Regular Season Game 19
May 2, 1965
Reds 10, Mets 8 Next Game:
May 4, 1965
Mets 2, Phillies 1

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National League Standings, May 2, 1965

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Cleon
Jones 3b
Bobby
Klaus 2b
Ron
Hunt lf
Joe
Christopher cf
Ron
Swoboda 1b
Ed
Kranepool c
Hawk
Taylor ss
Roy
McMillan p
Galen
Cisco

May 2, 1965, Crosley Field, Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati Reds 10, New York Mets 8

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Cleon Jones rf 3 0 1 2 0 0 .156

- Johnny Lewis ph-rf 1 1 1 1 1 0 .279

Bobby Klaus 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .172

Ron Hunt 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .538

Joe Christopher lf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .216

Ron Swoboda cf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .293

- Billy Cowan cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200

Ed Kranepool 1b 5 1 1 0 0 2 .388

Hawk Taylor c 5 1 2 3 0 1 .333

Roy McMillan ss 4 2 4 0 0 0 .190

- Jim Hickman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .059

Galen Cisco p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500

- Tom Parsons p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Danny Napoleon ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .375

- Dennis Ribant p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Jack Fisher p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Gary Kroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400

- Warren Spahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Pete Rose 2b 3 2 0 0 2 0

Tommy Harper lf 3 0 0 0 1 0

Vada Pinson cf 4 1 1 1 1 0

Frank Robinson rf 3 1 0 0 1 0

Gordy Coleman 1b 4 2 2 4 0 0

Deron Johnson 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0

Don Pavletich c 3 1 2 2 0 0

- Chico Ruiz pr 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Bill Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Art Shamsky ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Billy McCool p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Leo Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Nuxhall p 2 0 1 0 0 0

- Roger Craig p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Johnny Edwards ph-c 2 1 2 2 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 8 15 0

Cincinnati Reds 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 x 10 11 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Galen Cisco 1.2 4 4 4 4 0 10.12

Tom Parsons 1.1 2 2 2 0 0 7.07

Dennis Ribant 2.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.93

Jack Fisher (L,0-3) 1.1 2 2 2 1 0 3.66

Gary Kroll 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 7.63

Warren Spahn 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 3.34

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

Joe Nuxhall 5.0 10 5 5 1 4

Roger Craig 1.0 3 3 2 0 1

Bill Henry (W) 1.0 2 0 0 1 1

Billy McCool 2.0 0 0 0 0 1

Errors: Don Pavletich.
WP: Galen Cisco.
2B: Ron Hunt (2), Bobby Klaus (3), Deron Johnson, Don Pavletich, Gordy Coleman.
3B: Johnny Edwards.
HR: Hawk Taylor (1), Johnny Edwards, Don Pavletich, Gordy Coleman.
SH: Ron Hunt, Tommy Harper.
SF: Joe Christopher.

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