Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 31, 1964 - Box Score

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May 31, 1964
Giants 5, Mets 3 1964 Regular Season Game 46
May 31, 1964
Giants 8, Mets 6 Next Game:
June 2, 1964
Mets 7, Colt .45's 4

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National League Standings, May 31, 1964

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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Rod
Kanehl ss
Roy
McMillan lf
Frank
Thomas rf
Joe
Christopher 1b
Ed
Kranepool cf
Jim
Hickman 3b
Charley
Smith c
Chris
Cannizzaro p
Bill
Wakefield

May 31, 1964, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

San Francisco Giants 8, New York Mets 6

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Harvey Kuenn lf 5 1 0 0 2 2

- Gaylord Perry p 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Del Crandall ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Bob Hendley p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jesus Alou rf 10 1 4 2 1 1

Willie Mays cf-ss-cf 10 1 1 1 1 2

Orlando Cepeda 1b 9 1 3 0 0 2

Tom Haller c 10 1 4 1 0 0

Chuck Hiller 2b 8 1 1 1 1 1

Jim Ray Hart 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0

- Matty Alou ph-cf-lf 6 0 0 0 0 0

Gil Garrido ss 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Willie McCovey ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Jim Davenport ss-3b-ss 4 1 1 0 2 1

Bobby Bolin p 2 0 1 1 1 1

- Ken MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Shaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Duke Snider ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ron Herbel p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Cap Peterson ph-3b 4 1 0 0 1 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Rod Kanehl 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .292

- Jesse Gonder ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282

- Amado Samuel 2b 7 0 2 0 1 1 .150

Roy McMillan ss 10 1 2 0 0 2 .174

Frank Thomas lf 10 1 2 0 0 1 .252

Joe Christopher rf 10 2 4 3 0 1 .330

Ed Kranepool 1b 10 1 3 1 0 2 .180

Jim Hickman cf 10 1 2 0 0 4 .218

Charley Smith 3b 9 0 4 1 0 2 .250

Chris Cannizzaro c 9 0 1 1 1 3 .242

Bill Wakefield p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

- George Altman ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .207

- Al Jackson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .040

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

- Tom Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dick Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247

- Frank Lary p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Hawk Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .243

- Larry Bearnarth p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .143

- Galen Cisco p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .067

- John Stephenson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 R H E

San Francisco Giants 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 17 3

New York Mets 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 20 1

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Bobby Bolin 6.2 8 6 5 2 7

Ken MacKenzie 0.0 1 0 0 0 0

Bob Shaw 1.1 1 0 0 0 1

Ron Herbel 4.0 3 0 0 0 3

Gaylord Perry (W) 10.0 7 0 0 1 9

Bob Hendley 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bill Wakefield 2.0 2 2 2 2 1 4.34

Craig Anderson 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 5.54

Tom Sturdivant 2.2 3 0 0 1 2 2.79

Frank Lary 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00

Larry Bearnarth 7.0 3 0 0 4 4 3.58

Galen Cisco (L,2-5) 9.0 5 2 2 2 5 2.45

Errors: Galen Cisco (1), Orlando Cepeda.
PB: Chris Cannizzaro.
2B: Ed Kranepool (2), Jesus Alou, Orlando Cepeda, Del Crandall.
3B: Ed Kranepool (1), Jim Davenport, Tom Haller.
HR: Joe Christopher (3).
Intentional Walks: George Altman, Cap Peterson.
HBP: Amado Samuel, Orlando Cepeda.
SH: Galen Cisco, Charley Smith, Chuck Hiller, Ron Herbel.
CS: Charley Smith (2), Jesus Alou.

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