Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 26, 1963 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 26, 1963
Cardinals 7, Mets 4 1963 Regular Season Game 45
May 26, 1963
Mets 3, Cardinals 2 Next Game:
May 28, 1963
Cubs 5, Mets 2

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National League Standings, May 26, 1963

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Rod
Kanehl c
Choo Choo
Coleman 2b
Ron
Hunt lf
Duke
Snider rf
Ed
Kranepool 1b
Tim
Harkness 3b
Charlie
Neal ss
Chico
Fernandez p
Carl
Willey

May 26, 1963, Sportsman's Park, St. Louis, MO

New York Mets 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Rod Kanehl cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .143

- Jim Piersall cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308

Choo Choo Coleman c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .176

- Frank Thomas ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .204

- Norm Sherry c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .091

Ron Hunt 2b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .297

Duke Snider lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .220

Ed Kranepool rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217

- Jim Hickman ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .237

Tim Harkness 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .250

Charlie Neal 3b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .229

Chico Fernandez ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .206

Carl Willey p 4 1 1 0 0 1 .158

- Galen Cisco p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .077

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Curt Flood cf 6 0 1 0 0 1

Dick Groat ss 6 1 3 1 0 1

Bill White 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0

Stan Musial lf 4 0 3 0 1 0

- Duke Carmel pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0

George Altman rf 5 0 1 0 0 1

Julian Javier 2b 5 0 2 0 0 1

Carl Sawatski c 3 1 1 1 2 0

Ron Taylor p 2 0 0 0 0 2

- Leo Burke ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Bobby Shantz p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ed Bauta p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Charlie James ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Diomedes Olivo p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Gibson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Oliver ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 9 1

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 4

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Carl Willey 8.2 9 2 2 4 8 2.21

Galen Cisco (W,2-4) 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 3.83

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Ron Taylor 6.0 6 1 1 1 2

Bobby Shantz 2.1 3 1 0 0 1

Ed Bauta 0.2 0 0 0 0 1

Diomedes Olivo (L) 1.0 0 1 0 0 0

Bob Gibson 1.0 0 0 0 1 1

Errors: Chico Fernandez (3), Bill White.
2B: Rod Kanehl (1), Ron Hunt (7), Chico Fernandez (2), Dick Groat, Stan Musial.
3B: Julian Javier.
HR: Tim Harkness (4), Dick Groat, Carl Sawatski.
Intentional Walks: Carl Sawatski.
SH: Rod Kanehl, Chico Fernandez.
CS: Curt Flood.

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