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Cardinals
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
August 5, 1966
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 5, 1966 at Shea Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 5, 1966 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
New York Mets
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 5, 1966 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Mets |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve Carlton |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Shaw |
| Ballpark | Shea Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 33,550 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Chris Pelekoudas 1B: Bob Engel 2B: Frank Secory 3B: Ken Burkhart |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Right Fielder |
| Tim McCarver | Catcher |
| Tito Francona | Left Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Mike Shannon | Center Fielder |
| Charley Smith | Third Baseman |
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
| Steve Carlton | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Luplow | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Bressoud | Shortstop |
| Ron Hunt | Second Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Ron Swoboda | Left Fielder |
| Billy Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Jerry Grote | Catcher |
| Ed Kranepool | First Baseman |
| Bob Shaw | Pitcher |
| Wes Westrum | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
August 5, 1966
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Shaw
Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Shaw
McCarver is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Shaw
Francona hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luplow vs. Carlton
Luplow hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bressoud vs. Carlton
Bressoud hits a line drive towards third. Smith catches it and throws to first to double up Luplow. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Carlton
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Shaw
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Shaw
Shannon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Shaw
Smith strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Carlton
Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Boyer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Swoboda vs. Carlton
Swoboda hits a line drive into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Carlton
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grote vs. Carlton
Grote hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kranepool vs. Carlton
Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Shaw
Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Luplow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Shaw
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carlton vs. Shaw
Carlton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Shaw
Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shaw vs. Carlton
Shaw hits a line drive towards first. Cepeda reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luplow vs. Carlton
Luplow is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Carlton
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Shaw
McCarver hits a fly ball into right field. Luplow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Shaw
Francona hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Shaw
Cepeda hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hunt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Shaw
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Carlton
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Carlton
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swoboda vs. Carlton
There's a wild pitch. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Swoboda vs. Carlton
Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Murphy vs. Carlton
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Shaw
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Shaw
Javier hits a line drive into left field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Shaw
Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carlton vs. Shaw
Carlton is hit by the pitch. Maxvill moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brock vs. Shaw
Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Maxvill trying to get to home. Swoboda throws the ball in to Grote who tags Maxvill, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Carlton moves to second. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Carlton
Grote hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. Carlton
Kranepool hits a popup, foul, towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shaw vs. Carlton
Shaw hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grote moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Luplow vs. Carlton
Luplow hits a fly ball into right field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grote tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bressoud vs. Carlton
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Shaw
McCarver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Shaw
There goes McCarver. The throw from Grote and he is safe. McCarver steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Francona vs. Shaw
Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cepeda vs. Shaw
Cepeda hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shannon vs. Shaw
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Carlton
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Carlton
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Shannon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swoboda vs. Carlton
Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Shaw
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Shaw
Javier hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Shaw
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carlton vs. Shaw
Carlton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shaw fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Shaw
Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Gardner
Rob Gardner now pitching.
McCarver hits a fly ball into right field. Luplow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Carlton
Lou Brock now playing left field. Mike Shannon now playing right field. Curt Flood now playing center field.
Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Carlton
Grote takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. Carlton
Kranepool hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Carlton
Cleon Jones pinch hits for Rob Gardner.
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Sutherland
Darrell Sutherland now pitching.
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Boyer. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Sutherland
Cepeda is hit by the pitch. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shannon vs. Sutherland
Grote throws to Bressoud, and they have Flood in a rundown. The throw to Boyer, who applies the tag, and Flood is out. Cepeda moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shannon vs. Sutherland
Shannon strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Sutherland
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cepeda scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Sutherland
Javier hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Grote settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luplow vs. Carlton
Luplow takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bressoud vs. Carlton
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carlton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Carlton
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Sutherland
Maxvill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carlton vs. Sutherland
Carlton bunts towards the mound. Sutherland fields it and throws to first for the out. Maxvill moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brock vs. Sutherland
Brock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCarver vs. Sutherland
McCarver hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Sutherland
Flood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Swoboda. Flood reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cepeda vs. Sutherland
Cepeda is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shannon vs. Sutherland
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Flood moves to third. Cepeda moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Sutherland
Smith is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Javier vs. Sutherland
Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Carlton
Boyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swoboda vs. Carlton
Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Carlton
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grote vs. Carlton
Grote hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/5/1966 -- St.Louis at New York (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Brock L, rf-lf 4 1 2 0 Luplow A, rf 2 0 1 1
McCarver T, c 5 1 2 3 Bressoud E, ss 4 0 0 0
Francona T, lf 3 1 1 1 Hunt R, 2b 4 0 1 0
Flood C, cf 2 0 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 3 0 1 0
Cepeda O, 1b 3 1 0 0 Swoboda R, lf 4 0 0 0
Shannon M, cf-rf 5 0 0 0 Murphy B, cf 4 0 0 0
Smith C, 3b 4 1 2 1 Grote J, c 3 1 2 0
Javier J, 2b 5 1 1 2 Kranepool E, 1b 3 0 0 0
Maxvill D, ss 3 1 1 0 Shaw B, p 2 0 1 0
Carlton S, p 2 0 1 0 Gardner R, p 0 0 0 0
Jones C, ph 1 0 0 0
Sutherland D, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 7 11 7 30 1 6 1
St.Louis 000 100 213 -- 7
New York 000 010 000 -- 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton S (W) 9.0 6 1 1 3 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw B (L) 6.2 8 3 3 0 4
Gardner R 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Sutherland D 2.0 3 4 3 4 1
E -- Boyer K
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- St.Louis 9, New York 6
2B -- Boyer K, Flood C
HR -- Francona T, Javier J, McCarver T
SB -- McCarver T
CS -- Flood C
SH -- Carlton S
SF -- Luplow A
HBP -- by Shaw B (Carlton S), by Sutherland D (Cepeda O)
WP -- Carlton S
T -- 2:26
A -- 33550
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