New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 31, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1962 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 2, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn lf 5 1 1 0
Kanehl 2b 5 0 0 0
Woodling rf 4 0 2 1
Throneberry 1b 4 0 1 0
Neal 3b 4 0 0 0
Coleman c 2 1 0 0
Hickman cf 1 0 0 0
  Mantilla ph 1 0 0 0
Chacon ss 3 0 2 1
  Thomas ph 1 0 1 0
  Christopher pr 0 0 0 0
Anderson p 3 0 1 0
  Moorhead p 0 0 0 0
  Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 0 0 0 0
  Herrscher pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 1 0 0 0
  Maxvill ss 3 1 1 0
Flood cf 4 1 2 1
Musial lf 5 0 2 0
  Smith lf 0 0 0 0
White 1b 3 0 2 2
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Oliver c 3 0 0 0
James rf 4 1 1 1
Gotay ss,2b 4 1 2 0
Jackson p 3 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
New York 011 000 000281
St. Louis 000 020 02x4110
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  L (3-15) 7.1 10 4 4 4 3
  Moorhead   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Hunter   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
5
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (12-10) 8.1 8 2 2 4 3
  Shantz  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
3

  E–Chacon (15).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Woodling (8,off Jackson).  HR–St. Louis James (7,8th inning off Anderson 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Coleman (1,by Jackson).  Team LOB–9.  Team–11.  CS–Coleman (2,2nd base by Jackson/Oliver).  SB–Gotay (7,2nd base off Moorhead/Coleman).  HBP–Jackson (5,Coleman).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:06.  A–11,347.
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