New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 3, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1965 at Busch Stadium I. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 5 0 1 0
McMillan ss 5 1 3 1
Christopher rf 4 0 1 0
  Lewis rf 0 0 0 0
Smith 3b 5 0 1 1
Swoboda lf 3 1 0 0
  Kranepool 1b 0 0 0 0
Hickman 1b,lf 4 3 4 4
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Goossen c 4 0 2 0
Selma p 2 1 1 0
  Richardson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Tolan rf 4 0 1 0
Flood cf 4 1 1 0
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 3 1 1 1
White 1b 3 1 1 2
Groat ss 3 0 0 0
McCarver c 4 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
Sadecki p 2 0 0 0
  Dennis p 0 0 0 0
  Shannon ph 0 0 0 0
  Briles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
New York 011 102 1006130
St. Louis 000 201 000360
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Selma  W (1-0) 5.0 6 3 3 2 0
  Richardson  SV (2) 4.0 0 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  L (4-12) 6.2 10 6 6 2 6
  Dennis   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Briles   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
2
7

  E–None.  HR–New York Hickman 3 (12,2nd inning off Sadecki 0 on, 2 out,4th inning off Sadecki 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Sadecki 1 on, 1 out), St. Louis White (21,4th inning off Selma 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–White (2,off Richardson).  Team–5.  SB–Jones (1,2nd base off Briles/McCarver).  CS–Hunt (3,2nd base by Sadecki/McCarver); Tolan (1,2nd base by Selma/Goossen).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:47.  A–13,774.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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