St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
April 9, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1963 at Polo Grounds V. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 7, New York Mets 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 2 2 0
Groat ss 5 2 3 0
White 1b 2 2 1 2
Altman rf 5 1 4 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 1 2
Musial lf 3 0 1 1
  James pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Sawatski c 5 0 2 0
Javier 2b 5 0 0 0
Broglio p 4 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 14 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Burright 2b 4 0 2 0
Coleman c 4 0 0 0
Kranepool rf 4 0 0 0
Snider cf 3 0 0 0
Thomas lf 3 0 0 0
Harkness 1b 3 0 0 0
Neal 3b 2 0 0 0
Moran ss 3 0 0 0
Craig p 2 0 0 0
  Rowe p 0 0 0 0
  Throneberry ph 1 0 0 0
  Cisco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 2 0
St. Louis 202 003 0007140
New York 000 000 000022
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio  W (1-0) 9.0 2 0 0 2 8
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
2
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  L (0-1) 5.1 12 7 7 3 4
  Rowe   2.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Cisco   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
4
6

  E–Neal (1), Craig (1).  2B–New York Burright (1,off Broglio).  HR–St. Louis White (1,3rd inning off Craig 0 on, 0 out).  SF–White (1,off Craig).  Team LOB–10.  Team–4.  CS–Javier (1,2nd base by Cisco/Coleman).  BK–Craig 2 (2), Rowe (1).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:41.  A–25,049.
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