New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
July 2, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1962 at Candlestick Park. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 8, San Francisco Giants 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn rf 4 2 0 0
Mantilla 3b 4 2 1 1
Woodling lf 5 0 2 4
Taylor c 3 1 0 0
Neal 2b 4 1 1 1
Throneberry 1b 5 0 2 1
Hickman cf 3 0 1 1
  Thomas ph 1 0 1 0
  Christopher pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Chacon ss 4 0 0 0
Anderson p 3 0 0 0
  MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0
  Kanehl ph 1 1 0 0
  Mizell p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 8 8
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hiller 2b 5 1 2 0
Davenport 3b 5 2 2 3
Mays cf 5 1 1 2
McCovey lf 3 0 1 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Kuenn ph 1 0 0 0
Alou F. rf 3 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 3 0
Bailey c 3 0 0 0
  Pignatano ph,c 0 0 0 0
Pagan ss 3 0 1 0
Marichal p 1 0 0 0
  Duffalo p 1 0 0 0
  Alou M. ph,lf 2 1 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
New York 202 000 040881
San Francisco 000 001 4005103
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson   6.1 10 5 5 2 4
  MacKenzie  W (3-3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Mizell   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Miller  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal   4.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Duffalo   3.0 0 0 0 1 4
  Miller  L (4-4) 2.0 3 4 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
8
4
5
10

  E–Throneberry (9), Davenport (11), Pagan (10), Marichal (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Woodling (3,off Miller).  3B–San Francisco Davenport (3,off Anderson).  HR–San Francisco Davenport (8,6th inning off Anderson 0 on, 0 out); Mays (22,7th inning off Anderson 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–9.  SB–Cepeda (5,2nd base off Anderson/Taylor).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:15.  A–11,058.
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