Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 12, 1963 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 12, 1963
Reds 3, Mets 0 1963 Regular Season Game 31
May 12, 1963
Mets 13, Reds 12 Next Game:
May 13, 1963
Colt .45's 4, Mets 2

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National League Standings, May 12, 1963

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Chico
Fernandez 2b
Ron
Hunt rf
Ed
Kranepool lf
Duke
Snider 1b
Tim
Harkness cf
Jim
Hickman c
Choo Choo
Coleman 3b
Rod
Kanehl p
Jay
Hook

May 12, 1963, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

New York Mets 13, Cincinnati Reds 12

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Leo Cardenas ss 5 3 2 2 1 1

Pete Rose 2b 4 3 2 2 2 1

Vada Pinson cf 5 1 4 5 0 0

Frank Robinson rf 4 0 0 1 0 1

Jerry Lynch lf 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Ken Walters ph-lf 3 1 1 0 0 1

Gordy Coleman 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0

Jesse Gonder c 3 1 1 1 0 0

- Johnny Edwards c 1 0 0 0 1 0

Eddie Kasko 3b 5 1 0 0 0 1

Jim Owens p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- John Tsitouris p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Marty Keough ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dom Zanni p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Wally Post ph 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Al Worthington p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Don Blasingame ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Chico Fernandez ss 4 2 1 1 1 2 .300

Ron Hunt 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .300

Ed Kranepool rf 3 3 2 2 2 0 .265

Duke Snider lf 2 2 1 3 3 0 .244

- Al Moran pr-3b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .195

Tim Harkness 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .228

Jim Hickman cf 4 1 2 3 0 1 .261

Choo Choo Coleman c 4 1 3 1 1 0 .215

Rod Kanehl 3b 1 0 0 1 0 0 .154

- Larry Burright 3b 2 1 1 0 0 1 .273

- Cliff Cook ph-lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125

Jay Hook p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .231

- Ken MacKenzie p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Larry Bearnarth p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Frank Thomas ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .198

- Tracy Stallard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 0 12 12 1

New York Mets 0 1 4 1 5 0 0 2 x 13 14 2

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

Jim Owens 2.1 5 5 5 4 1

John Tsitouris 1.2 2 1 1 1 2

Dom Zanni 1.0 4 5 5 1 0

Al Worthington (L) 3.0 3 2 2 3 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jay Hook 4.2 7 6 6 1 3 6.00

Ken MacKenzie 0.2 2 5 4 1 0 3.29

Larry Bearnarth (W,1-0) 2.2 3 1 1 2 2 1.32

Tracy Stallard 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 7.71

Errors: Chico Fernandez (2), Gordy Coleman.
PB: Choo Choo Coleman, Jesse Gonder 2.
WP: Jim Owens.
2B: Ed Kranepool (6), Pete Rose, Vada Pinson, Gordy Coleman, Ken Walters.
3B: Ed Kranepool (2), Gordy Coleman.
HR: Jim Hickman (5), Duke Snider (6), Vada Pinson, Leo Cardenas.
Intentional Walks: Cliff Cook.
HBP: Rod Kanehl, Frank Robinson, Wally Post.
SF: Jim Hickman, Ron Hunt.
SB: Choo Choo Coleman (1), Ron Hunt (1), Chico Fernandez (1).
CS: Choo Choo Coleman (3), Vada Pinson.

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