Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 6, 1962 - Box Score

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May 5, 1962
Phillies 2, Mets 1 1962 Regular Season Game 20
May 6, 1962
Mets 7, Phillies 5 Next Game:
May 8, 1962
Mets 3, Cubs 1

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National League Standings, May 6, 1962

Box Score Game Memories Scorecard Mets Stats
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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Jim
Hickman ss
Felix
Mantilla 2b
Charlie
Neal lf
Frank
Thomas 1b
Ed
Bouchee rf
Gus
Bell 3b
Don
Zimmer c
Hobie
Landrith p
Bob
Moorhead

May 6, 1962, Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, PA

New York Mets 7, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Jim Hickman cf 4 1 0 0 2 3 .297

Felix Mantilla ss 7 1 1 0 0 0 .328

Charlie Neal 2b 5 0 2 1 1 0 .310

Frank Thomas lf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .316

Ed Bouchee 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .290

- Rod Kanehl pr-3b 2 2 1 0 0 0 .286

Gus Bell rf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .141

Don Zimmer 3b 2 1 0 0 1 1 .077

- Jim Marshall ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .344

- Craig Anderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Elio Chacon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154

- Roger Craig p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Hobie Landrith c 2 0 1 1 1 0 .389

- John DeMerit pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

- Sammy Taylor c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .125

Bob Moorhead p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000

- Richie Ashburn ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273

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

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

- Gil Hodges ph-1b 2 0 1 2 1 0 .256

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Tony Taylor 2b 5 1 1 0 1 1

Ted Savage cf-lf 5 1 2 2 1 0

Johnny Callison rf 4 1 2 0 1 2

Wes Covington lf 4 0 0 0 0 0

- Billy Klaus pr-3b 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Art Mahaffey p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clay Dalrymple c 5 0 2 1 0 0

Don Demeter 3b-lf-cf-3 5 1 2 0 1 0

Frank Torre 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0

- Jack Baldschun p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jacke Davis cf 1 0 0 0 0 1

Ruben Amaro ss 4 1 1 0 1 0

- Roy Sievers ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Jack Hamilton p 3 0 0 0 0 2

- Bobby Locke p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mel Roach 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E

New York Mets 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 7 9 1

Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bob Moorhead 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 4.15

Bob Miller 0.2 1 2 1 2 0 7.62

Ken MacKenzie 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5.02

Craig Anderson (W,1-1) 4.0 3 0 0 1 2 2.63

Roger Craig 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 11.02

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Jack Hamilton 6.0 4 3 3 6 3

Bobby Locke 1.0 1 2 1 0 0

Jack Baldschun (L) 4.1 3 2 2 6 2

Art Mahaffey 0.2 1 0 0 0 1

Errors: Bob Miller (1), Frank Torre.
PB: Sammy Taylor.
WP: Bob Miller.
2B: Hobie Landrith (3), Felix Mantilla (4), Charlie Neal (2), Clay Dalrymple 2, Ted Savage, Don Demeter.
3B: Frank Thomas (1), Ted Savage.
HBP: Johnny Callison.
SH: Gus Bell, Jim Hickman, Craig Anderson.
SF: Frank Thomas, Clay Dalrymple.
SB: Jim Hickman (2), Tony Taylor, Ted Savage.
CS: Charlie Neal (1).

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