San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
July 16, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1962 at Polo Grounds V. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, New York Mets 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hiller 2b 4 1 1 0
Davenport 3b 4 0 2 1
McCovey lf 4 0 1 0
  Mota pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 3 1 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
Haller c 3 0 1 0
Pagan ss 4 0 0 0
Sanford p 2 0 0 0
  Larsen p 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Garibaldi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn rf 5 0 1 1
Kanehl cf 5 0 2 0
Mantilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Thomas lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Throneberry 1b 3 1 2 0
  Christopher pr 0 0 0 0
  Cannizzaro c 1 0 0 0
Neal 2b 2 1 2 0
Chacon ss 2 0 1 1
Pignatano c 1 0 0 0
  Woodling ph 0 0 0 0
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman ph 1 0 0 0
Craig p 2 0 0 0
  Hickman ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
San Francisco 100 000 101380
New York 000 010 001282
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  W (11-6) 6.0 6 1 1 1 6
  Larsen   2.0 1 1 1 3 2
  Miller   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Garibaldi  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  L (5-13) 7.0 7 2 1 0 6
  Miller   2.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
2
6

  E–Neal (12), Chacon (12).  DP–San Francisco 1, New York 2.  PB–Haller (7).  2B–New York Neal (8,off Sanford).  3B–San Francisco Hiller (1,off Craig).  IBB–Cepeda (4,by Bob L Miller); Woodling (2,by Larsen).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Neal (3,off Sanford); Chacon (3,off Larsen).  Team–9.  SB–Cepeda (6,2nd base off Craig/Pignatano).  WP–Sanford (5), Bob L Miller 2 (6).  IBB–Larsen (3,Woodling); Bob L Miller (2,Cepeda).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Frank Walsh, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–3:03.  A–23,280.
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