Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 30, 1962

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May 30, 1962
Dodgers 13, Mets 6 1962 Regular Season Game 41
May 30, 1962
Dodgers 6, Mets 5 Next Game:
May 31, 1962
Dodgers 6, Mets 3

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE MAY 30, 1962 GAME:

jroth
March 25, 2005
The Mets lost a doubleheader to the Dodgers that day. It was my first time at the Polo Grounds. Koufax started the first game for the Dodgers and Drysdale pitched the second. Maury Wills hit 2 home runs in the first game. An inside the park and a 'Bobby Thompson' short porch home run to left. Koufax also hit a home run. The Mets pulled their first triple play in the nite cap.

Ed K
August 18, 2005
The first-ever Met triple play was in the top of the 6th of the nightcap of the doubleheader. Willie Davis hit a liner that Chacon caught and flipped to Neal at 2B who flipped to Hodges at 1B. Maury Wills and Jim Gilliam were the runners caught off base.

original mets 62
May 31, 2007
To clear up what jroth said, Johnny Podres pitched the 2nd game, (not Drysdale) and as he was walking to the clubhouse when he was removed from the game , a fan leaned over the bleacher screen and spit in his face. Also, Koufax did not hit a HR in the first game. It was quite day at Coogans Bluff even though our Mets lost 2 games to the team that broke the hearts of all Brooklynites in 1957.

Robert Victor
December 8, 2021
A Long Islander and former Dodger fan, I attended the doubleheader of the Mets and Dodgers on May 30, 1962. I recall during the first game, the crowd was clearly cheering for the Dodgers. But in the second game, the sentiment of the fans swung in favor of the Mets. Perhaps the ineptitude of the team gained the fans' sympathy. The Mets were then in the midst of what turned out to be a 17-game losing streak. I stuck with the Mets all these years since, and was elated (and won a $10 wager against my colleague) when the Mets beat Baltimore in the 1969 World Series. I live in California now, but want to visit NYC and attend a Mets game in 2022.

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