New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 26, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1963 at Busch Stadium I. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Kanehl cf 4 0 1 0
  Piersall cf 0 0 0 0
Coleman c 3 0 1 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 1 0
  Sherry c 2 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 5 0 2 1
Snider lf 5 0 0 0
Kranepool rf 3 0 0 0
  Hickman ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Harkness 1b 5 1 2 1
Neal 3b 4 1 0 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Willey p 4 1 1 0
  Cisco p 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 3 9 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 6 0 1 0
Groat ss 6 1 3 1
White 1b 5 0 0 0
Musial lf 4 0 3 0
  Carmel pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Altman rf 5 0 1 0
Javier 2b 5 0 2 0
Sawatski c 3 1 1 1
Taylor p 2 0 0 0
  Burke ph 1 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Bauta p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
  Olivo p 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 2 11 2
New York 000 001 100 01391
St. Louis 001 000 001 002114
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Willey   8.2 9 2 2 4 8
  Cisco  W (2-4) 2.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
11
2
2
4
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Taylor   6.0 6 1 1 1 2
  Shantz   2.1 3 1 0 0 1
  Bauta   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Olivo  L (0-4) 1.0 0 1 0 0 0
  Gibson   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
9
3
1
2
5

  E–Fernandez (3), White (6), Carmel (1), Javier (7), Gibson (3).  2B–New York Fernandez (2,off Taylor); Hunt (7,off Taylor); Kanehl (1,off Shantz), St. Louis Musial (4,off Willey); Groat (12,off Willey).  3B–St. Louis Javier (2,off Willey).  HR–New York Harkness (4,6th inning off Taylor 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Groat (4,3rd inning off Willey 0 on, 1 out); Sawatski (4,9th inning off Willey 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kanehl (1,off Taylor); Fernandez (1,off Gibson).  Team LOB–11.  IBB–Sawatski (3,by Willey).  Team–12.  CS–Flood (6,2nd base by Willey/Coleman).  IBB–Willey (1,Sawatski).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Al Forman, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–3:14.  A–11,594.
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