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1962 Regular Season Game 128
August 23, 1962
Giants 2, Mets 1
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National League Standings, August 23, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup
rf
Ashburn Richie
Ashburn
ss
Neal Charlie
Neal
3b
Mantilla Felix
Mantilla
lf
Thomas Frank
Thomas
1b
Throneberry Marv
Throneberry
c
Coleman Choo Choo
Coleman
2b
Kanehl Rod
Kanehl
cf
Hickman Jim
Hickman
p
Jackson Al
Jackson
August 23, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

San Francisco Giants 2, New York Mets 1

Giants ab r hbibbso
Harvey Kuenn 3b 3 0 0 0 2 1
Carl Boles lf 5 0 2 0 0 1
Willie Mays cf 5 0 1 0 0 0
Orlando Cepeda 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0
Felipe Alou rf 5 0 2 0 0 0
John Orsino c 4 1 3 0 1 0
Jose Pagan ss 4 0 1 0 1 0
Ernie Bowman 2b 5 1 2 2 0 0
Juan Marichal p 5 0 1 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Richie Ashburn rf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .308
Charlie Neal ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .251
Felix Mantilla 3b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .279
Frank Thomas lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .273
Marv Throneberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245
Choo Choo Coleman c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .238
Rod Kanehl 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .272
Jim Hickman cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .254
- Joe Christopher ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .197
Al Jackson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .068
- Gene Woodling ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .275

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 13 3
New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2

San Francisco Giants ip h rer bbso
Juan Marichal (W) 10.0 5 1 0 5 6
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Al Jackson (L,6-17) 10.0 13 2 2 4 2 4.34

Errors: Charlie Neal (16), Carl Boles.
2B: Orlando Cepeda, John Orsino.
HR: Ernie Bowman.
CS: Choo Choo Coleman (1).




Newspaper covers for this game
GIANTS TOP METS, 2-1, IN 10

GIANTS TOP METS, 2-1, IN 10

New York Daily News
August 24, 1962





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