Ultimate Mets Database: Game of June 9, 1963 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
June 8, 1963
Cardinals 4, Mets 0 1963 Regular Season Game 57
June 9, 1963
Mets 8, Cardinals 7 Next Game:
June 9, 1963
Cardinals 10, Mets 4

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National League Standings, June 9, 1963

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

3b
Rod
Kanehl ss
Chico
Fernandez 2b
Ron
Hunt lf
Frank
Thomas rf
Jim
Hickman 1b
Cliff
Cook cf
Jim
Piersall c
Norm
Sherry p
Carl
Willey

June 9, 1963, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Curt Flood cf 4 1 1 1 0 2

Bill White 1b 5 3 3 0 0 0

Dick Groat ss 5 1 2 2 0 0

Stan Musial lf 1 0 0 0 2 0

- Charlie James pr-lf 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Boyer 3b 5 0 2 1 0 0

George Altman rf 5 0 1 1 0 0

Julian Javier 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0

Carl Sawatski c 2 0 0 0 1 1

- Tim McCarver pr-c 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Gene Oliver ph-c 0 0 0 0 1 0

Curt Simmons p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Ed Bauta p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Duke Carmel ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Humphreys p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Diomedes Olivo p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Leo Burke ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bobby Shantz p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Rod Kanehl 3b 5 2 2 0 0 1 .255

Chico Fernandez ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .239

Ron Hunt 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .261

Frank Thomas lf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .216

Jim Hickman rf 2 1 0 1 2 0 .229

Cliff Cook 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .127

- Tim Harkness 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216

Jim Piersall cf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .164

Norm Sherry c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .093

Carl Willey p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .120

- Larry Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .210

- Don Rowe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222

- Galen Cisco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .067

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

St. Louis Cardinals 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 7 10 2

New York Mets 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 x 8 6 4

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Curt Simmons 5.2 4 5 3 3 3

Ed Bauta 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Bob Humphreys (L) 0.2 2 3 1 2 0

Diomedes Olivo 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Bobby Shantz 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Carl Willey 6.2 5 5 3 4 2 2.50

Larry Bearnarth 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 3.21

Don Rowe 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 4.34

Galen Cisco (W,3-5) 1.1 3 2 0 0 1 4.04

Errors: Chico Fernandez (5), Bill White.
WP: Diomedes Olivo.
2B: Rod Kanehl (3), Jim Piersall (2), Bill White 2.
SF: Curt Flood.
SB: Chico Fernandez 2 (3).

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