Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 15, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 14, 1962
Phillies 3, Mets 1 1962 Regular Season Game 118
August 15, 1962
Phillies 9, Mets 3 Next Game:
August 15, 1962
Phillies 8, Mets 7

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National League Standings, August 15, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Joe
Christopher ss
Charlie
Neal 3b
Felix
Mantilla lf
Frank
Thomas cf
Jim
Hickman 1b
Rick
Herrscher 2b
Rod
Kanehl c
Joe
Pignatano p
Bob
Miller

August 15, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

Philadelphia Phillies 9, New York Mets 3

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Tony Taylor 2b 2 1 2 1 2 0

- Mel Roach 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Billy Klaus 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Bobby Wine ph-3b 3 1 1 0 0 0

Johnny Callison rf 4 2 2 2 1 0

Tony Gonzalez cf 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Ted Savage ph-lf 2 1 1 1 0 1

Don Demeter lf-cf 4 3 3 4 1 0

Frank Torre 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0

Clay Dalrymple c 3 1 1 1 2 1

Ruben Amaro ss 3 0 0 0 1 0

Dennis Bennett p 4 0 0 0 0 2

- Cal McLish p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Joe Christopher rf-cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .198

Charlie Neal ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .253

Felix Mantilla 3b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .278

Frank Thomas lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .281

Jim Hickman cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .264

- Marv Throneberry ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262

Rick Herrscher 1b-rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .118

- Richie Ashburn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .302

Rod Kanehl 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .282

Joe Pignatano c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .300

- Sammy Drake ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .286

Bob Miller p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .172

- Willard Hunter p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250

- Gene Woodling ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .264

- Bob Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Choo Choo Coleman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .244

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 9 10 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 10 1

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Dennis Bennett (W) 7.1 7 2 2 0 6

Cal McLish 1.2 3 1 1 0 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bob Miller (L,0-9) 3.0 4 4 4 4 1 5.16

Willard Hunter 4.0 3 1 1 3 3 5.94

Bob Miller 2.0 3 4 4 1 1 6.17

Errors: Jim Hickman (5).
WP: Dennis Bennett.
2B: Frank Thomas (20), Bobby Wine.
HR: Don Demeter 2, Johnny Callison.
HBP: Joe Christopher.

Newspaper covers for this game

METS DROP PAIR, 9-3, 8-7

METS DROP PAIR, 9-3, 8-7

New York Daily News
August 16, 1962

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