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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Mets

1965-08-20 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 28055 · 2:02

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Mets 8–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 5 in the 5th. Bob Gibson earned the win. Ken Boyer went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	8	8
NYN	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

W: Bob Gibson L: Al Jackson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Kibler · 1B: Frank Secory · 2B: Ken Burkhart · 3B: Lee Weyer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	5	2	3	0	0	2
Dick Groat	5	1	1	1	0	0
Curt Flood	4	2	1	2	1	0
Ken Boyer	4	2	2	3	0	1
Bill White	2	0	0	0	2	1
Ted Savage	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tim McCarver	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dal Maxvill	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Gibson	3	1	0	0	0	1
Dave Ricketts	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Hiller	4	0	1	0	0	1
Roy McMillan	2	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Lewis	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ed Kranepool	4	0	1	0	0	1
Charley Smith	4	1	1	1	0	0
Gary Kolb	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Hunt	2	0	0	0	1	1
Jimmie Schaffer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Al Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Stephenson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Klaus	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Christopher	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Gibson	9.0	3	1	11

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Jackson	4.2	6	0	4
Gordie Richardson	0.1	0	1	0
Jim Bethke	3.0	2	2	2
Bob Moorhead	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: S9
Dick Groat: 13.1-3
Curt Flood: E4.3-H
Ken Boyer: HR/7.1-H(UR)
Bill White: 13
Ted Savage: K

Bot 1

Chuck Hiller: K
Roy McMillan: K
Johnny Lewis: K

Top 2

Tim McCarver: 43
Dal Maxvill: K
Bob Gibson: 9/FL

Bot 2

Ed Kranepool: S7
Charley Smith: 9/L
Gary Kolb: K/C
Ron Hunt: W.1-2
Jimmie Schaffer: 8/F

Top 3

Lou Brock: K
Dick Groat: 43
Curt Flood: 31

Bot 3

Al Jackson: 3/L
Chuck Hiller: S7
Roy McMillan: HP.1-2
Johnny Lewis: K
Ed Kranepool: K

Top 4

Ken Boyer: 63
Bill White: K/C
Ted Savage: 13

Bot 4

Charley Smith: HR/7
Gary Kolb: 53
Ron Hunt: K/C
Jimmie Schaffer: 3/L

Top 5

Tim McCarver: 3/G
Dal Maxvill: 63
Bob Gibson: HP
Lou Brock: S8.1-2
Dick Groat: SB3.1-2;2-H(E2)
Dick Groat: T7.2-H
Curt Flood: S9.3-H
Ken Boyer: T9.1-H;B-H(E9)(NR)(UR)
Bill White: W
Ted Savage: E1.1-2
Tim McCarver: 9/L

Bot 5

John Stephenson: 8/F
Chuck Hiller: 43
Roy McMillan: 9/F

Top 6

Dal Maxvill: 3/FL
Bob Gibson: K/C
Lou Brock: S7
Dick Groat: SB2
Dick Groat: CS3(25)

Bot 6

Johnny Lewis: K/C
Ed Kranepool: 13
Charley Smith: 6/P

Top 7

Dick Groat: 43
Curt Flood: W
Ken Boyer: K
Bill White: WP.1-2
Bill White: W
Ted Savage: 8/F

Bot 7

Gary Kolb: K
Ron Hunt: 43
Bobby Klaus: 8/F

Top 8

Dave Ricketts: S8
Dal Maxvill: 16(1)3/GDP
Bob Gibson: 8/F

Bot 8

John Stephenson: K
Chuck Hiller: 9/L
Joe Christopher: K

Top 9

Lou Brock: K
Dick Groat: 43
Curt Flood: 7/L

Bot 9

Johnny Lewis: 8/L
Ed Kranepool: 5/FL
Charley Smith: 8/F