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Pirates 2 @ Mets 1
Shea Stadium
July 2, 1968

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 2, 1968 at Shea Stadium. The home team Mets were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateJuly 2, 1968 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 2 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Mets
R: 1 H: 5 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 1
Hits: 5
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherAl McBean  
Losing PitcherDick Selma  
SaveRoy Face  
Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateJuly 2, 1968 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamNew York Mets 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl McBean  
Home Starting PitcherDick Selma  
BallparkShea Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance27,350 
Time of Game2 hours 38 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Harry Wendelstedt
1B: Bill Jackowski
2B: Frank Secory
3B: Ken Burkhart

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Maury Wills  Third Baseman 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Roberto Clemente  Right Fielder 
Willie Stargell  Left Fielder 
Matty Alou  Center Fielder 
Donn Clendenon  First Baseman 
Bill Mazeroski  Second Baseman 
Jerry May  Catcher 
Al McBean  Pitcher 
Larry Shepard  Manager 

New York Mets Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bud Harrelson  Shortstop 
Kevin Collins  Third Baseman 
Cleon Jones  Center Fielder 
Art Shamsky  Left Fielder 
Ron Swoboda  Right Fielder 
Jerry Grote  Catcher 
Ed Kranepool  First Baseman 
Al Weis  Second Baseman 
Dick Selma  Pitcher 
Gil Hodges  Manager 

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Pirates 2 @ Mets 1
Shea Stadium
July 2, 1968

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/2/1968 -- Pittsburgh at New York (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Wills M, 3b           5  0  3  0   Harrelson B, ss       4  1  1  0   
Patek F, ss           4  0  0  0   Collins K, 3b         3  0  0  0   
Alley G, ph-ss        1  0  0  0   Jones C, cf-lf        3  0  0  0   
Clemente R, rf        3  0  0  0   Shamsky A, lf         4  0  0  0   
Stargell W, lf        3  1  1  0   Agee T, cf            0  0  0  0   
Alou M, cf            4  0  1  0   Swoboda R, rf         4  0  1  1   
Clendenon D, 1b       3  1  1  0   Grote J, c            4  0  0  0   
Mazeroski B, 2b       3  0  2  1   Kranepool E, 1b       4  0  1  0   
May J, c              4  0  0  0   Weis A, 2b            3  0  1  0   
McBean A, p           3  0  0  0   Selma D, p            3  0  1  0   
Jimenez M, ph         0  0  0  0   Jackson A, p          0  0  0  0   
Mota M, ph            1  0  0  0   Koonce C, p           0  0  0  0   
Face R, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  2  8  1                        32  1  5  1

Pittsburgh       000 001 001 --  2
New York         100 000 000 --  1

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
McBean A (W)          8.0  5  1  1  1  7
Face R (S)            1.0  0  0  0  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Selma D (L)           8.2  7  2  1  3  6
Jackson A*            0.0  1  0  0  0  0
Koonce C              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Patek F, Weis A, Jones C, Harrelson B
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 9, New York 6
2B -- Swoboda R, Stargell W
CS -- Wills M
SH -- Collins K, Mazeroski B
T -- 2:38
A -- 27350

    

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