New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
June 9, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1962 at Wrigley Field. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 11, Chicago Cubs 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 6 1 1 0
Chacon ss 6 3 4 1
Cook 3b 5 2 2 1
  Kanehl 3b 1 0 1 0
Thomas lf 4 1 2 2
  Christopher lf 1 0 0 0
Throneberry 1b 4 1 3 1
  Hodges 1b 1 0 0 0
Neal 2b 2 1 0 0
Taylor c 4 0 1 3
Hickman rf 4 1 1 1
Moorhead p 0 0 0 0
  Hunter p 4 1 1 0
  Hillman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 11 16 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Santo 3b 5 1 1 0
Hubbs 2b 6 1 1 1
Williams lf 3 1 2 0
Altman rf 5 1 3 3
Banks 1b 5 1 1 0
Brock cf 5 0 1 1
Bertell c 4 1 3 1
  Landrum ph 1 0 1 0
Rodgers ss 4 0 1 0
  Will ph 0 0 0 0
Buhl p 2 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Gerard p 0 0 0 0
  Balsamo p 0 0 0 0
  McKnight ph 0 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
  Grammas ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 14 6
New York 110 032 30111160
Chicago 210 000 2106143
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Moorhead   1.2 5 3 3 1 4
  Hunter  W (1-0) 6.0 8 3 3 3 6
  Hillman  SV (1) 1.1 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
6
11
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  L (3-5) 4.2 6 5 4 5 3
  Schultz   1.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Gerard   0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Balsamo   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Elston   1.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
11
9
6
7

  E–Santo (9), Hubbs 2 (8).  2B–New York Chacon (5,off Buhl); Thomas (10,off Balsamo), Chicago Santo (10,off Moorhead); Bertell (2,off Hunter).  3B–Chicago Altman (2,off Moorhead).  HR–New York Cook (2,6th inning off Schultz 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Throneberry (1,off Balsamo).  HBP–Taylor (1,by Gerard).  Team LOB–12.  Team–14.  HBP–Gerard (1,Taylor).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:34.  A–7,544.
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