St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
July 6, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1962 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Mets 10

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 0 2 0
Javier 2b 4 1 1 2
White 1b 4 0 1 0
Musial lf 3 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0
Sawatski c 3 0 0 0
James rf 4 0 1 0
Gotay ss 4 1 2 0
Sadecki p 1 0 0 0
  Duliba p 1 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph 1 1 1 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Chacon ss 4 1 0 0
Christopher cf 5 1 1 0
Cook rf 4 1 1 0
  Hickman rf 1 1 1 0
Thomas lf 4 1 1 0
  Kanehl lf 1 1 1 4
Neal 2b 5 1 2 1
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 1
Mantilla 3b 4 1 4 1
Cannizzaro c 4 1 2 0
Craig p 3 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 14 7
St. Louis 000 000 102382
New York 012 010 06x10140
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  L (5-6) 2.2 6 3 3 2 3
  Duliba   3.1 3 1 1 0 2
  Shantz   2.0 5 6 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
10
5
2
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  W (5-11) 9.0 8 3 3 4 6
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
6

  E–Gotay (16), Shantz (1).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Sawatski (9).  2B–New York Mantilla (8,off Sadecki); Christopher (4,off Duliba).  HR–St. Louis Javier (4,9th inning off Craig 1 on, 2 out), New York Hodges (9,2nd inning off Sadecki 0 on, 1 out); Neal (7,5th inning off Duliba 0 on, 1 out); Kanehl (2,8th inning off Shantz 3 on, 1 out).  HBP–Boyer (1,by Craig).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Craig (1,off Shantz).  IBB–Hodges (1,by Sadecki).  Team–8.  SB–Neal (1,2nd base off Shantz/Sawatski).  WP–Sadecki (4).  HBP–Craig (4,Boyer).  IBB–Sadecki (3,Hodges).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:36.  A–14,515.
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