Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 7, 1962 - Box Score

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July 6, 1962
Mets 10, Cardinals 3 1962 Regular Season Game 80
July 7, 1962
Mets 5, Cardinals 4 Next Game:
July 7, 1962
Cardinals 3, Mets 2

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National League Standings, July 7, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Richie
Ashburn 3b
Felix
Mantilla lf
Gene
Woodling c
Sammy
Taylor 2b
Charlie
Neal cf
Joe
Christopher 1b
Gil
Hodges ss
Elio
Chacon p
Al
Jackson

July 7, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Curt Flood cf 5 2 1 1 0 0

Julian Javier 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2

Bobby Smith lf 5 0 0 0 0 1

Ken Boyer 3b 5 0 2 2 0 1

Charlie James rf 4 1 1 0 0 1

Bill White 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0

Jimmie Schaffer c 3 0 2 1 0 1

- Stan Musial ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Dal Maxvill pr-ss 0 0 0 0 0 0

Julio Gotay ss 2 0 0 0 1 0

- Carl Sawatski ph-c 0 0 0 0 1 0

Larry Jackson p 3 1 1 0 0 1

- Lindy McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Red Schoendienst ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Curt Simmons p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ernie Broglio p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Richie Ashburn rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .307

Felix Mantilla 3b-2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .276

Gene Woodling lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .230

Sammy Taylor c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .230

Charlie Neal 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265

- Rod Kanehl 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .269

Joe Christopher cf 3 1 2 0 1 1 .217

Gil Hodges 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .272

Elio Chacon ss 2 1 1 0 1 0 .232

- Marv Throneberry ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .237

Al Jackson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .081

- Frank Thomas ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .302

- Jim Hickman pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268

- Ray Daviault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 11 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 5 9 1

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Larry Jackson 6.1 7 3 3 3 3

Lindy McDaniel 0.2 0 0 0 0 1

Curt Simmons 1.0 1 1 1 0 0

Ernie Broglio (L) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Jackson 7.0 9 3 1 1 3 4.40

Ray Daviault (W,1-1) 2.0 2 1 1 1 4 6.03

Errors: Elio Chacon (7).
2B: Julian Javier.
HR: Marv Throneberry (3), Sammy Taylor (2), Curt Flood.
Intentional Walks: Julio Gotay.
SF: Richie Ashburn.

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YANKS TRIUMPH, METS SPLIT

YANKS TRIUMPH, METS SPLIT

New York Daily News
July 8, 1962

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