New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 17, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1963 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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 3, San Francisco Giants 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Neal 3b 5 0 1 0
Hunt 2b 5 1 2 1
Cook rf 5 0 0 0
Snider lf 3 1 1 0
Hickman cf 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 5 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 3 1 1 0
  Harkness ph 1 0 0 0
  Sherry c 1 0 0 0
Moran ss 5 0 1 1
Cisco p 3 0 0 0
  Coleman ph 1 0 0 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 6 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 3 0 0 1
  Alou M. ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
Alou F. rf 5 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 1
McCovey lf 4 1 1 1
Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 5 1 1 0
Amalfitano 2b,3b 4 1 3 1
Pagan ss 3 0 0 0
Pierce p 1 0 0 0
  Larsen p 0 0 0 0
  O'Dell ph 1 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Kuenn ph 1 0 0 0
  Bowman 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 6 4
New York 000 020 010 00362
San Francisco 200 100 000 01463
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cisco   9.0 5 3 3 6 6
  Craig  L (2-5) 1.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.1
6
4
4
6
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce   5.2 4 2 1 1 7
  Larsen   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Bolin   3.0 1 1 1 1 5
  Perry  W (1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
6
3
2
3
15

  E–Neal (5), Hunt (8), McCovey (4), Cepeda 2 (8).  DP–New York 2.  HR–New York Hunt (3,8th inning off Bolin 0 on, 1 out), San Francisco Mays (7,1st inning off Cisco 0 on, 2 out); McCovey (7,1st inning off Cisco 0 on, 2 out); Amalfitano (1,11th inning off Craig 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Mays (1,by Craig).  Team–8.  SB–Kranepool (1,2nd base off Perry/Bailey).  WP–Cisco (1).  HBP–Craig (3,Mays).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Frank Walsh.  T–3:38.  A–19,352.
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