Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 8, 1962 - Box Score

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Colt .45's 4, Mets 2 1962 Regular Season Game 143
September 8, 1962
Colt .45's 4, Mets 3 Next Game:
September 8, 1962
Colt .45's 6, Mets 5

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National League Standings, September 8, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Rod
Kanehl c
Choo Choo
Coleman 3b
Felix
Mantilla lf
Frank
Thomas ss
Charlie
Neal 1b
Marv
Throneberry cf
Jim
Hickman rf
Joe
Christopher p
Jay
Hook

September 8, 1962, Colt Stadium, Houston, TX

Houston Colt .45's 4, New York Mets 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Rod Kanehl 2b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .256

Choo Choo Coleman c 5 1 1 0 0 0 .230

Felix Mantilla 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .276

- Rick Herrscher pr-3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194

Frank Thomas lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .262

Charlie Neal ss 3 0 1 1 1 0 .251

- Elio Chacon ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231

Marv Throneberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .249

Jim Hickman cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261

Joe Christopher rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .215

Jay Hook p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .226

- Ray Daviault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071

- Gene Woodling ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .287

- Richie Ashburn pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305

- Willard Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231

- Craig Anderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100

Colt .45's ab r h bi bb so

Carl Warwick cf 5 1 0 0 0 2

Al Spangler lf 3 0 2 0 1 0

- Bob Lillis ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

Johnny Temple 2b 5 1 1 1 0 0

Dave Roberts 1b-rf 4 0 0 0 0 2

- Joey Amalfitano ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Pendleton rf 2 0 0 0 1 0

- Norm Larker ph-1b 0 1 0 0 2 0

Bob Aspromonte 3b 5 0 2 1 0 0

Jim Campbell c 3 0 1 0 0 0

- Hal Smith ph-c 1 1 1 1 0 0

J.C. Hartman ss 4 0 2 0 0 0

George Brunet p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Billy Goodman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Russ Kemmerer p 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 5

Houston Colt .45's 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 10 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jay Hook 6.0 5 0 0 2 3 4.72

Ray Daviault 2.0 2 2 1 1 1 6.50

Willard Hunter 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 6.00

Craig Anderson (L,3-17) 0.2 1 1 0 1 0 5.49

Houston Colt .45's ip h r er bb so

George Brunet 7.0 3 2 0 4 4

Russ Kemmerer (W) 2.0 3 1 1 1 1

Errors: Rod Kanehl (14), J.C. Hartman.
2B: Rod Kanehl (9), Jim Campbell, J.C. Hartman.
3B: Joe Christopher (2).
HR: Hal Smith.
Intentional Walks: Norm Larker.
SH: Jay Hook.
SB: Charlie Neal (2).

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