Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
May 7, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1963 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 1, New York Mets 3

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 5 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 5 0 2 0
Demeter cf 4 0 1 0
Sievers 1b 4 0 2 0
Lemon rf 4 0 1 0
Graham lf 4 0 1 0
Wine ss 4 1 3 1
Oldis c 4 0 0 0
Mahaffey p 2 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 0 0
  Short p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 1 11 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Neal 3b 3 1 2 1
Hunt 2b 3 0 1 0
Kranepool rf 4 1 1 0
Thomas lf 3 1 2 2
  Kanehl lf 0 0 0 0
Harkness 1b 3 0 0 0
Hickman cf 3 0 0 0
Coleman c 3 0 0 0
Moran ss 3 0 1 0
Jackson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3
Philadelphia 000 000 0011110
New York 300 000 00x370
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Mahaffey  L (2-4) 6.0 6 3 3 1 6
  Short   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hamilton   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
1
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (3-2) 9.0 11 1 1 0 7
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
0
7

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Wine (4,off Jackson); Hoak (4,off Jackson); Lemon (1,off Jackson), New York Neal (7,off Mahaffey).  3B–Philadelphia Hoak (2,off Jackson).  HR–Philadelphia Wine (1,9th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out), New York Neal (1,1st inning off Mahaffey 0 on, 0 out); Thomas (3,1st inning off Mahaffey 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Hunt (2,off Mahaffey).  Team–3.  WP–Mahaffey (3).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:11.  A–8,962.
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