Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 2, 1962 - Box Score

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July 1, 1962
Dodgers 5, Mets 1 1962 Regular Season Game 75
July 2, 1962
Mets 8, Giants 5 Next Game:
July 3, 1962
Giants 10, Mets 1

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National League Standings, July 2, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Richie
Ashburn 3b
Felix
Mantilla lf
Gene
Woodling c
Sammy
Taylor 2b
Charlie
Neal 1b
Marv
Throneberry cf
Jim
Hickman ss
Elio
Chacon p
Craig
Anderson

July 2, 1962, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

New York Mets 8, San Francisco Giants 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Richie Ashburn rf 4 2 0 0 1 0 .312

Felix Mantilla 3b 4 2 1 1 1 1 .252

Gene Woodling lf 5 0 2 4 0 1 .269

Sammy Taylor c 3 1 0 0 2 1 .232

Charlie Neal 2b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .261

Marv Throneberry 1b 5 0 2 1 0 2 .240

Jim Hickman cf 3 0 1 1 0 2 .261

- Frank Thomas ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .294

- Joe Christopher pr-cf 1 1 0 0 0 1 .184

Elio Chacon ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .231

Craig Anderson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ken MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Rod Kanehl ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 .311

- Vinegar Bend Mizell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

- Bob Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Chuck Hiller 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1

Jim Davenport 3b 5 2 2 3 0 1

Willie Mays cf 5 1 1 2 0 0

Willie McCovey lf 3 0 1 0 0 0

- Bob Nieman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Stu Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Harvey Kuenn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Felipe Alou rf 3 0 0 0 2 0

Orlando Cepeda 1b 4 0 3 0 0 1

Ed Bailey c 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Joe Pignatano ph-c 0 0 0 0 1 0

Jose Pagan ss 3 0 1 0 1 0

Juan Marichal p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Duffalo p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Matty Alou ph-lf 2 1 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 8 1

San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 10 3

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Anderson 6.1 10 5 5 2 4 4.56

Ken MacKenzie (W,3-3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 4.10

Vinegar Bend Mizell 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 6.32

Bob Miller 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.79

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Juan Marichal 4.0 5 4 4 3 3

Jim Duffalo 3.0 0 0 0 1 4

Stu Miller (L) 2.0 3 4 0 1 3

Errors: Marv Throneberry (4), Jim Davenport.
2B: Gene Woodling (3).
3B: Jim Davenport.
HR: Willie Mays, Jim Davenport.
SB: Orlando Cepeda.

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YANKEES, METS WINNERS

YANKEES, METS WINNERS

New York Daily News
July 3, 1962

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