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Miley BB CD 1965 Cardinals-Mets 5/11
Called by Lindsey Nelson  Ralph Kiner and Bob Murphy

Hall of Fame pitchers Warren Spahn and Bob Gibson sqare off in this one.  Spahn, near the end of his career and supported by a much weaker team,battles tough against the World Champions, but falls one run short.

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 3

Game Played on Tuesday, May 11, 1965 (N) at Shea Stadium

STL N    0  0  0    0  0  0    3  1  0  -   4  9  0
NY N 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 3 10 0
BATTING
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Gagliano 2b 4 1 2 1 1 1 4 3
Maxvill 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Brock lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 0
Flood cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Groat ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
White 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
Shannon rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
McCarver c 4 0 1 1 0 0 10 0
Gibson p 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 33 4 9 4 5 3 27 13
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Groat-Gagliano-White, Groat-Maxvill-White.
BATTING - 
2B: Gibson (1,off Spahn); Shannon (1,off Spahn).
3B: Groat (1,off Spahn).
HR: Brock (3,7th inning off Spahn 1 on 2 out).
SH: Brock (3,off Spahn).
Team LOB: 8.
New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Klaus 3b,2b 5 0 3 1 0 2 3 5
Hunt 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Smith 3b,ss 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
Lewis rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
Christopher lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 10 0
Cowan pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ribant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swoboda cf 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 1
McMillan ss 3 1 3 2 0 0 1 3
Gonder ph,c 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Cannizzaro c 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
Hickman ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Spahn p 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Napoleon ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 31 3 10 3 6 9 27 13
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Smith-Klaus-Kranepool.
BATTING - 
2B: Klaus (4,off Gibson); McMillan (3,off Gibson).
SH: Spahn (2,off Gibson); Christopher (1,off Gibson); Smith (1,off Gibson).
IBB: Kranepool (3,by Gibson).
Team LOB: 10.
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Gibson W(6-0) 9 10 3 3 6 9 0 40
IBB: Gibson (1,Kranepool).
New York Mets                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Spahn L(2-3) 8 9 4 4 5 2 1 36
Ribant 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Totals 9 9 4 4 5 3 1 39
Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Al Barlick