New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 25, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
Neal 3b 2 0 0 0
Cook lf 2 1 0 0
Hickman rf 3 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 4 1 1 0
Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 1
Moran ss 4 0 0 1
Sherry c 2 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 0 0 0 0
  Kanehl pr 0 0 0 0
  Hook p 0 0 0 0
  Harkness ph 1 0 0 0
Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Bearnarth p 1 0 0 0
  Coleman ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 3 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 2 3 2
Groat ss 4 0 2 1
White 1b 5 0 1 1
Boyer 3b 3 1 2 0
James lf 3 0 0 0
Burke rf 3 0 2 0
  Musial ph 0 0 0 0
  Carmel pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Javier 2b 4 1 2 1
Oliver c 1 1 0 1
Sadecki p 3 0 0 0
  Fanok p 1 0 0 0
  Bauta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 12 6
New York 000 000 300333
St. Louis 030 100 20x6121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (4-4) 4.0 9 4 4 3 6
  Bearnarth   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Hook   2.0 2 2 2 1 3
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
5
11
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  W (1-4) 6.1 3 3 2 3 6
  Fanok   1.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Bauta  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
3
2
6
7

  E–Hunt (10), Moran 2 (14), Groat (10).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Groat (11,off Jackson); Flood (8,off Jackson); Javier (11,off Hook).  SH–James (3,off Bearnarth).  SF–Oliver (2,off Hook).  IBB–Musial (4,by Hook).  Team–9.  CS–Kranepool (2,2nd base by Sadecki/Oliver); Groat (1,2nd base by Jackson/Sherry).  SB–Flood 2 (9,2nd base off Jackson/Sherry,2nd base off Bearnarth/Sherry).  WP–Bearnarth (1), Sadecki (4), Fanok (2).  IBB–Hook (1,Musial).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Al Forman.  T–2:51.  A–5,755.
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