Milwaukee Braves vs New York Mets
April 21, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1963 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Mets defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 5, New York Mets 8

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Cline cf 4 0 1 0
Bolling 2b 5 1 1 0
Aaron H. rf 4 1 2 1
Mathews 3b 4 1 2 0
Larker 1b 2 1 1 1
  Aaron T. ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Maye lf 4 0 0 0
  Gabrielson lf 0 0 0 0
Torre c 4 1 1 1
McMillan ss 1 0 0 0
Cloninger p 0 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 1 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Piche p 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Dillard ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hickman cf 3 1 1 5
Hunt 2b 2 0 0 0
Snider rf 5 0 0 0
Thomas lf 5 1 2 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 2 2 0
  Hodges 1b 0 0 0 0
Coleman c 3 1 0 0
Neal 3b,ss 4 2 2 3
Moran ss 2 0 0 0
  Schreiber ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Hook p 1 0 0 0
  Throneberry ph 1 0 0 0
  MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0
  Harkness ph 0 0 0 0
  Kanehl pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Totals 30 8 7 8
Milwaukee 100 004 000582
New York 030 000 05x871
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger   1.2 3 3 3 3 0
  Lemaster   2.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Piche   3.0 2 2 2 3 2
  Raymond  L (2-1) 1.0 2 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
8
8
7
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hook   6.0 7 5 5 3 5
  MacKenzie  W (2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Craig  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
8

  E–Mathews (3), Larker (1), Coleman (1).  DP–New York 2.  PB–Torre (1).  2B–New York Neal (2,off Raymond).  3B–New York Kranepool (1,off Piche).  HR–Milwaukee H Aaron (3,1st inning off Hook 0 on, 2 out), New York Hickman (2,8th inning off Raymond 3 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Kranepool (1,off Lemaster).  SF–Hickman (1,off Cloninger).  HBP–Hunt (1,by Raymond).  IBB–Harkness (1,by Raymond).  Team–8.  WP–Hook (2).  HBP–Raymond (2,Hunt).  IBB–Raymond (1,Harkness).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Al Forman.  T–2:59.
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