Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 21, 1965 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 20, 1965
Pirates 10, Mets 0 1965 Regular Season Game 154
September 21, 1965
Pirates 6, Mets 5 Next Game:
September 22, 1965
Pirates 6, Mets 2

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National League Standings, September 21, 1965

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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Ron
Hunt ss
Roy
McMillan 1b
Ed
Kranepool 3b
Charley
Smith rf
Joe
Christopher cf
Jim
Hickman lf
Ron
Swoboda c
Chris
Cannizzaro p
Al
Jackson

September 21, 1965, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Ron Hunt 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .228

- Bobby Klaus pr-2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .198

Roy McMillan ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .246

Ed Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .263

Charley Smith 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250

Joe Christopher rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .245

Jim Hickman cf-lf 3 1 1 2 0 1 .223

Ron Swoboda lf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .232

- Bud Harrelson pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .083

- Jimmie Schaffer c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .139

Chris Cannizzaro c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .179

- Johnny Lewis ph-cf 2 1 1 2 0 0 .247

Al Jackson p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .119

- Dave Eilers p 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Bob Bailey lf-3b 4 0 0 0 1 0

Manny Mota cf 4 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill Virdon ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Roberto Clemente rf 4 1 2 0 1 0

Donn Clendenon 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0

Bill Mazeroski 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0

- George Spriggs pr 0 1 0 0 0 0

Andre Rodgers 3b 2 1 0 0 1 0

- Willie Stargell ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1

Jim Pagliaroni c 4 2 3 3 1 1

Gene Alley ss 4 0 2 2 0 0

Don Cardwell p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Al McBean p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jerry Lynch ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Roy Face p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 10 3

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 6 11 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Jackson 6.0 7 3 3 4 2 4.38

Dave Eilers (L,1-1) 2.2 4 3 3 0 1 3.60

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Don Cardwell 6.2 8 4 4 1 5

Al McBean 1.1 1 1 0 1 0

Roy Face (W) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

Errors: Charley Smith 2 (12).
PB: Jim Pagliaroni.
2B: Charley Smith (20).
3B: Ron Hunt (1), Gene Alley.
HR: Jim Hickman (14), Johnny Lewis (15), Jim Pagliaroni.
HBP: Don Cardwell, Willie Stargell.
SH: Don Cardwell.
SF: Jim Hickman.
CS: Gene Alley.

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