Houston Colt .45s vs New York Mets
May 2, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1963 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Mets defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Colt .45s 3, New York Mets 10

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 0 3 1
Runnels 1b 4 0 0 0
Warwick lf 4 0 0 0
Staub rf 3 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 2 1 1 0
  Hartman ss 2 0 0 0
Goss cf 4 1 2 2
Lillis ss,3b 4 1 2 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Nottebart p 2 0 0 0
  Kemmerer p 0 0 0 0
  Hardy ph 0 0 0 0
  Cardinal p 0 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Zachary p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Coleman c 5 0 1 0
Neal 3b 5 2 4 1
Kranepool rf 5 0 1 0
Snider lf 4 1 2 0
  Kanehl pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Harkness 1b 3 1 1 1
  Hodges ph,1b 0 1 0 1
Hickman cf 3 2 1 2
Moran ss 4 0 0 0
Burright 2b 4 1 2 3
Jackson p 3 1 1 1
  Cook ph 1 0 0 0
  MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 13 9
Houston 010 000 101381
New York 030 030 40x10130
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Nottebart  L (3-1) 4.2 9 6 6 1 2
  Kemmerer   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Cardinal   0.0 2 3 3 0 0
  Woodeshick   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Zachary   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
2
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (2-2) 7.0 5 2 2 3 6
  MacKenzie  SV (2) 2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
7

  E–Staub (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Temple (1,off Jackson), New York Hickman (4,off Kemmerer); Burright (2,off Woodeshick).  3B–Houston Goss (1,off Jackson), New York Burright (1,off Nottebart).  HR–Houston Goss (2,9th inning off MacKenzie 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Runnels (1,by Jackson).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  WP–Woodeshick (2).  HBP–Jackson (2,Runnels).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:44.  A–2,020.
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