New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 26, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1962 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 6, San Francisco Giants 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hickman cf 5 0 1 0
Neal 2b 4 1 1 1
Cook 3b 4 0 0 0
  Mantilla 3b 1 1 1 1
Thomas lf 5 1 2 0
Hodges 1b 5 1 3 1
Chacon ss 5 0 1 2
Christopher rf 4 1 1 1
Chiti c 2 0 1 0
  Kanehl pr 0 1 0 0
  Taylor c 2 0 1 0
Hook p 4 0 1 0
Totals 41 6 13 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn lf 5 0 2 2
  Bowman pr 0 0 0 0
Hiller 2b 5 1 0 0
Mays cf 4 3 3 3
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 1
Alou F. rf 4 1 0 0
Bailey c 4 0 1 0
Davenport 3b 4 1 3 1
  Mota pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Pagan ss 4 1 0 0
O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 1 0 0 0
  Alou M. ph 1 0 0 0
  Larsen p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 10 7
New York 102 101 000 16131
San Francisco 021 001 010 27100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hook  L (3-4) 9.1 10 7 6 1 1
Totals
9.1
10
7
6
1
1
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell   3.0 7 3 3 0 4
  Perry   4.0 4 2 2 0 3
  Larsen  W (3-0) 3.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
10.0
13
6
6
0
9

  E–Neal (6).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Kuenn (7,off Hook).  3B–San Francisco Mays (2,off Hook).  HR–New York Christopher (1,6th inning off Perry 0 on, 0 out); Mantilla (3,10th inning off Larsen 0 on, 1 out), San Francisco Mays 2 (16,8th inning off Hook 0 on, 0 out,10th inning off Hook 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Neal (2,off Perry).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  SB–F Alou (2,2nd base off Hook/Taylor).  CS–Mota (2,2nd base by Hook/Taylor).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:50.  A–18,791.
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