Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 8, 1964 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 7, 1964
Mets 3, Reds 2 1964 Regular Season Game 21
May 8, 1964
Mets 5, Cardinals 4 Next Game:
May 9, 1964
Cardinals 5, Mets 1

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National League Standings, May 8, 1964

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Rod
Kanehl 2b
Ron
Hunt 1b
Tim
Harkness lf
Frank
Thomas c
Jesse
Gonder rf
George
Altman 3b
Charley
Smith ss
Al
Moran p
Jack
Fisher

May 8, 1964, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Curt Flood cf 5 0 0 0 0 0

Dick Groat ss 5 0 2 0 0 1

Bill White 1b 3 0 1 0 2 1

Ken Boyer 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1

Tim McCarver c 4 0 0 0 0 0

Charlie James lf 4 2 3 0 0 1

Johnny Lewis rf 4 1 2 1 0 2

Julian Javier 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Doug Clemens ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Jerry Buchek 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1

Ernie Broglio p 1 0 1 0 1 0

- Jeoff Long ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Lew Burdette p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Carl Warwick ph 1 1 1 3 0 0

- Bobby Shantz p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Rod Kanehl cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .452

Ron Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .325

Tim Harkness 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .286

Frank Thomas lf 3 1 0 1 0 1 .240

- Hawk Taylor c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333

Jesse Gonder c 3 0 3 1 0 0 .244

- Dick Smith pr-lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .150

George Altman rf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .212

Charley Smith 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136

- Amado Samuel 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .212

Al Moran ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .227

- Jim Hickman ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .192

Jack Fisher p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .077

- Larry Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

- Joe Christopher ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .320

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

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 10 0

New York Mets 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 12 2

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Ernie Broglio 5.0 4 2 2 0 4

Ron Taylor 1.2 5 2 2 0 2

Lew Burdette 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Bobby Shantz (L) 1.1 3 1 1 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jack Fisher 7.2 10 4 4 3 8 4.86

Larry Bearnarth (W,1-3) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 6.00

Errors: Amado Samuel (2).
WP: Jack Fisher.
2B: George Altman (2), Charlie James.
3B: Jesse Gonder (1), Johnny Lewis.
HR: Carl Warwick.
Intentional Walks: Jim Hickman.
SH: Amado Samuel.
SB: Ron Hunt (2).

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