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

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Previous Game:
June 25, 1963
Cubs 4, Mets 1 1963 Regular Season Game 74
June 26, 1963
Mets 8, Cubs 6 Next Game:
June 28, 1963
Pirates 3, Mets 1

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National League Standings, June 26, 1963

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Jim
Hickman 2b
Ron
Hunt rf
Duke
Snider lf
Frank
Thomas c
Sammy
Taylor 1b
Tim
Harkness 3b
Charlie
Neal ss
Al
Moran p
Al
Jackson

June 26, 1963, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

New York Mets 8, Chicago Cubs 6

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Ellis Burton rf-cf 5 1 1 1 1 2

- Don Landrum cf 0 1 0 0 1 0

Andre Rodgers ss 4 1 2 0 2 0

Billy Williams lf 7 2 1 2 0 1

Ron Santo 3b 6 1 1 0 1 1

Leo Burke 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1

- Don Elston p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Lindy McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Merritt Ranew ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dick LeMay p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jack Warner p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Paul Toth p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Brewer p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Hubbs 2b 6 0 0 0 0 2

Dick Bertell c 6 0 2 1 0 1

Nelson Mathews cf 4 0 0 0 0 1

- Lou Brock ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 2

Bob Buhl p 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Ernie Banks 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Jim Hickman cf-rf 7 0 1 0 0 2 .228

Ron Hunt 2b 7 2 2 0 0 1 .269

Duke Snider rf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .232

- Jim Piersall pr-cf 0 1 0 0 2 0 .220

Frank Thomas lf 7 1 4 3 0 0 .260

Sammy Taylor c 6 1 0 0 1 1 .258

Tim Harkness 1b 7 1 4 4 0 0 .223

Charlie Neal 3b 5 0 0 0 1 1 .229

Al Moran ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .184

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .202

- Chico Fernandez ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .214

Al Jackson p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .194

- Cliff Cook ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .149

- Larry Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111

- Choo Choo Coleman ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .196

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

- Rod Kanehl ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222

- Carl Willey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .094

- Norm Sherry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .106

- Galen Cisco p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .053

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E

Chicago Cubs 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 15 3

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Bob Buhl 6.0 5 3 3 1 1

Don Elston 1.2 0 1 1 1 2

Lindy McDaniel 0.1 1 0 0 1 1

Dick LeMay 0.2 2 0 0 0 0

Jack Warner 4.2 6 2 2 4 2

Paul Toth 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Brewer (L) 0.0 1 2 2 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Jackson 6.0 7 4 2 2 4 3.74

Larry Bearnarth 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.21

Tracy Stallard 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 3.91

Carl Willey 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.57

Galen Cisco (W,4-6) 3.0 1 2 2 1 4 4.56

Errors: Tim Harkness (3).
2B: Tim Harkness (4), Duke Snider (4), Andre Rodgers 2.
HR: Frank Thomas (5), Tim Harkness (7), Billy Williams, Ellis Burton.
Intentional Walks: Charlie Neal, Chico Fernandez, Ron Santo.
SH: Andre Rodgers.
CS: Jim Piersall (2).

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