Milwaukee Braves vs New York Mets
May 12, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1962 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Mets defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 7, New York Mets 8

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Aaron T. lf 4 0 0 1
Jones rf 4 3 2 1
Aaron H. cf 2 2 2 4
Adcock 1b 3 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 3 0 1 1
Torre c 4 0 1 0
Samuel 3b 4 0 0 0
McMillan ss 3 1 2 0
Willey p 0 0 0 0
  Cloninger p 1 0 0 0
  Curtis ph,p 1 1 1 0
  Krsnich ph 1 0 0 0
  Nottebart p 0 0 0 0
  Crandall ph 0 0 0 0
  Fischer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 9 7
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hickman cf 3 2 1 1
Chacon ss 3 2 3 3
Mantilla 3b 5 0 2 2
Thomas lf 5 0 1 1
Throneberry 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hodges ph,1b 3 1 2 1
Bell rf 4 0 1 0
Neal 2b 3 0 1 0
Landrith c 3 1 1 0
Moorhead p 1 1 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Cook ph 1 0 0 0
  MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0
  Hillman p 0 0 0 0
  Bouchee ph 0 0 0 0
  Kanehl pr 0 1 0 0
  Mizell p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 12 8
Milwaukee 000 140 020790
New York 110 202 0118122
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Willey   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Cloninger   4.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Curtis   2.0 3 2 2 2 0
  Nottebart   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Fischer  L (1-2) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
12
8
8
6
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Moorhead   5.0 5 5 4 2 3
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  MacKenzie   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Hillman   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Mizell   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Anderson  W (3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
3
4

  E–Mantilla (3), Throneberry (1).  DP–Milwaukee 1, New York 2.  2B–Milwaukee Jones (4,off MacKenzie); H Aaron (5,off MacKenzie), New York Mantilla (5,off Cloninger).  3B–Milwaukee Jones (3,off Moorhead), New York Chacon (1,off Curtis).  HR–Milwaukee H Aaron (5,5th inning off Moorhead 1 on, 2 out), New York Hickman (5,1st inning off Willey 0 on, 0 out); Hodges (3,9th inning off Fischer 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Adcock (1,off Hillman); Crandall (3,off Anderson); Moorhead (1,off Cloninger); Hickman (3,off Nottebart).  SF–H Aaron (2,off Moorhead); T Aaron (1,off Moorhead); Bolling (2,off Hillman).  Team LOB–4.  Team–8.  SB–H Aaron (2,2nd base off Moorhead/Landrith).  CS–Neal (2,2nd base by Cloninger/Torre); Chacon (1,2nd base by Nottebart/Torre).  WP–Anderson (2).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–3:34.  A–19,748.
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