Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
June 2, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1963 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Mets defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, New York Mets 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 5 0 1 0
Virdon cf 4 1 1 0
Stargell rf 5 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 5 1 2 1
Lynch lf 4 0 1 1
Burgess c 1 0 0 0
  Brand c 1 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 3 1 0 0
Bailey 3b 3 0 1 0
McBean p 1 0 0 0
  Logan ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Savage ph 1 0 0 0
  Haddix p 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 6 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 3 0 1 1
  Thomas ph 0 0 0 0
  Hook p 0 0 0 0
Harkness 1b 5 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0
Snider lf 3 1 1 0
  Hickman lf 2 1 1 1
Kranepool rf 3 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Coleman c 3 1 2 0
Neal 3b 4 1 2 1
Stallard p 2 0 0 0
  Bearnarth p 1 0 0 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 0 0 0 0
  Kanehl pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 111 0360
New York 000 021 000 1481
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
McBean   5.0 4 2 2 3 2
  Sisk   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Haddix   2.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Face  L (2-5) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.1
8
4
4
6
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Stallard   6.0 2 1 1 4 7
  Bearnarth   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Craig   1.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Hook  W (3-5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
6
3
2
5
7

  E–Coleman (6).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, New York 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Bailey (5,off Craig).  3B–Pittsburgh Lynch (1,off Stallard), New York Neal (1,off McBean); Snider (1,off Sisk).  HR–New York Hickman (6,10th inning off Face 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Taylor (1,by Face).  Team–8.  SB–Coleman (2,2nd base off McBean/Burgess).  CS–Neal (2,2nd base by Haddix/Brand).  WP–Sisk (1), Haddix (4).  IBB–Face (5,Taylor).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Frank Walsh.  T–3:26.  A–18,844.
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