New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 24, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1963 at Busch Stadium I. 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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New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 10

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 4 0 1 1
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Snider lf 4 0 0 0
Harkness 1b 2 1 0 0
Kranepool rf 3 1 1 0
Coleman c 3 2 0 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
Neal 3b 4 0 2 2
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 1
Craig p 2 0 0 0
  MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0
  Kanehl ph 1 0 0 0
  Hook p 0 0 0 0
  Cook ph 1 0 0 0
  Stallard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 4 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 2 3 1
Groat ss 4 0 1 1
White 1b 4 1 1 0
Musial lf 4 1 1 1
  Carmel pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 3 2
Altman rf 5 2 0 0
Javier 2b 2 2 1 0
Oliver c 4 1 3 3
Gibson p 4 1 1 2
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 14 10
New York 030 000 010441
St. Louis 021 230 02x10142
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  L (2-7) 3.0 7 5 4 0 1
  MacKenzie   2.0 3 3 3 2 0
  Hook   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Stallard   1.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
14
10
9
4
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (2-3) 8.0 4 4 3 8 6
  Shantz  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
4
3
8
8

  E–Craig (4), Groat (9), Gibson (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–St. Louis Oliver (3,off Craig); Groat (10,off Craig); Boyer (6,off Stallard).  3B–St. Louis Flood (5,off Craig).  HR–St. Louis Musial (7,2nd inning off Craig 0 on, 0 out); Gibson (1,5th inning off MacKenzie 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Harkness (2,by Gibson).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Javier (2,off Craig).  Team–8.  SB–Javier (3,2nd base off MacKenzie/Coleman).  HBP–Gibson (5,Harkness).  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:42.  A–6,052.
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