St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
June 9, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1963 at Polo Grounds V. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 7, New York Mets 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 1 1 1
White 1b 5 3 3 0
Groat ss 5 1 2 2
Musial lf 1 0 0 0
  James pr,lf 2 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 2 1
Altman rf 5 0 1 1
Javier 2b 4 1 1 0
Sawatski c 2 0 0 0
  McCarver pr,c 0 1 0 0
  Oliver ph,c 0 0 0 0
Simmons p 2 0 0 0
  Bauta p 0 0 0 0
  Carmel ph 1 0 0 0
  Humphreys p 0 0 0 0
  Olivo p 0 0 0 0
  Burke ph 1 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 10 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Kanehl 3b 5 2 2 0
Fernandez ss 3 1 0 0
Hunt 2b 3 1 1 1
Thomas lf 3 2 1 0
Hickman rf 2 1 0 1
Cook 1b 3 1 1 1
  Harkness 1b 1 0 0 0
Piersall cf 4 0 1 2
Sherry c 4 0 0 0
Willey p 2 0 0 0
  Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Rowe p 0 0 0 0
  Cisco p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 6 5
St. Louis 200 000 3027102
New York 002 003 30x864
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons   5.2 4 5 3 3 3
  Bauta   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Humphreys  L (0-1) 0.2 2 3 1 2 0
  Olivo   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Shantz   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
8
4
5
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Willey   6.2 5 5 3 4 2
  Bearnarth   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Rowe   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Cisco  W (3-5) 1.1 3 2 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
3
5
3

  E–White (7), Musial (3), Fernandez (5), Cook 2 (2), Willey (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–St. Louis White 2 (12,off Willey,off Cisco), New York Piersall (2,off Simmons); Kanehl (3,off Humphreys).  SF–Flood (1,off Willey).  Team LOB–9.  Team–5.  SB–Fernandez 2 (3,2nd base off Simmons/Sawatski,3rd base off Simmons/Sawatski).  WP–Olivo (1).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:57.
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