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Miley BB CD 1966 Astros-Mets 9/30
Called by Lindsey Nelson, Ralph Kiner, and Bob Murphy

Larry Dierker takes a perfect game into the ninth inning... and loses the game.  He faces only 26 batters in going the distance.


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New York Mets 1, Houston Astros 0

Game Played on Friday, September 30, 1966 (N) at Shea Stadium

HOU N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0
NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 2 0
BATTING
Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
B. Davis cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Jackson ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 3
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 1
Harrison 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
Staub rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Maye lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Heath c 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dierker p 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
Totals 30 0 6 0 4 3 24 7
BATTING - 
2B: Harrison (23,off Fisher).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Jackson (48,2nd base off Fisher/Goossen).
CS: Jackson (14,2nd base by Fisher/Goossen).
New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 6
Hiller 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
Jones cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Luplow rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 14 1
Goossen c 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
Bressoud 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Napoleon lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Hunt ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Fisher p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 26 1 2 1 0 6 27 18
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Harrelson-Hiller-Kranepool, Kranepool-Harrelson-Kranepool.
BATTING - 
2B: Bressoud (15,off Dierker).
Team LOB: 1.
PITCHING
Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Dierker L(10-8) 8 2 1 1 0 6 0 26
Dierker faced 2 batters in the 9th inning
WP: Dierker (4).
New York Mets                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Fisher W(11-14) 9 6 0 0 4 3 0 34
WP: Fisher (12).
Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Frank Dezelan