Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 14, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 10, 1962
Braves 5, Mets 2 1962 Regular Season Game 147
September 14, 1962
Mets 10, Reds 9 Next Game:
September 15, 1962
Reds 9, Mets 6

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National League Standings, September 14, 1962

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Elio
Chacon 2b
Rod
Kanehl 3b
Charlie
Neal lf
Frank
Thomas cf
Jim
Hickman rf
Joe
Christopher c
Choo Choo
Coleman 1b
Rick
Herrscher p
Al
Jackson

September 14, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

New York Mets 10, Cincinnati Reds 9

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Eddie Kasko 3b 4 2 0 0 2 1

Don Blasingame 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1

Leo Cardenas ss 5 0 2 1 0 2

Frank Robinson rf 5 1 2 1 0 1

Wally Post lf 4 2 2 1 0 1

- Marty Keough lf-1b 0 1 0 0 1 0

Rogelio Alvarez 1b 3 1 3 1 1 0

- Jesse Gonder ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Johnny Klippstein p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Vada Pinson cf 4 1 3 4 1 1

Johnny Edwards c 5 0 0 0 0 3

Joe Nuxhall p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- John Tsitouris p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Freese ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Sisler p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jerry Lynch ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Jim Brosnan p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Gaines ph-lf 0 0 0 0 1 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Elio Chacon ss 3 2 2 1 1 0 .238

- Gene Woodling ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .278

- Sammy Drake pr-2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250

Rod Kanehl 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250

- Felix Mantilla ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278

Charlie Neal 3b-ss 4 2 3 1 1 0 .260

Frank Thomas lf 5 1 3 4 0 0 .264

Jim Hickman cf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .260

Joe Christopher rf 5 0 4 1 0 0 .231

Choo Choo Coleman c 5 1 1 1 0 0 .239

Rick Herrscher 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .179

- Marv Throneberry ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .248

Al Jackson p 2 1 0 0 0 0 .070

- Craig Anderson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .097

- Sammy Taylor ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .223

- Bob Miller pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .139

- Galen Cisco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Roger Craig p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056

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

Cincinnati Reds 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 9 13 1

New York Mets 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 15 0

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

Joe Nuxhall 1.2 6 6 6 2 2

John Tsitouris 1.1 2 1 1 1 0

Dave Sisler 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Brosnan 4.0 6 2 2 1 4

Johnny Klippstein (L) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Jackson 4.1 8 6 6 4 7 4.24

Craig Anderson 3.2 4 2 2 1 3 5.70

Galen Cisco 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 6.23

Roger Craig (W,8-23) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 4.56

Errors: Don Blasingame.
PB: Choo Choo Coleman.
2B: Joe Christopher (10), Frank Thomas (22), Jim Hickman (18), Charlie Neal (13), Frank Robinson, Wally Post.
3B: Vada Pinson.
HR: Choo Choo Coleman (6), Elio Chacon (2), Vada Pinson.
SB: Joe Christopher (9), Elio Chacon (11).

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