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 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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St. Louis Cardinals 10, New York Mets 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 0 1 1
White 1b 4 1 1 1
Groat ss 3 2 1 0
  Carmel rf 1 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 0 0
Altman rf 3 2 2 0
  Maxvill ss 1 0 0 0
James lf 4 2 2 3
Javier 2b 4 1 0 0
McCarver c 4 2 3 4
Sadecki p 4 0 2 1
Totals 37 10 13 10
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Kanehl cf 5 0 1 0
Neal 3b 4 1 2 1
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Thomas lf 4 2 3 0
Hickman rf 3 1 2 2
Harkness 1b 2 0 0 0
  Cook ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Moran ss 2 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Sherry c 4 0 0 0
Hook p 2 0 0 0
  MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 0 0 0
  Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0
  Piersall ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
St. Louis 000 100 45010130
New York 000 000 1304101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  W (3-4) 9.0 10 4 4 3 5
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hook  L (3-6) 6.2 7 5 5 2 1
  MacKenzie   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Bearnarth   2.0 5 5 4 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
10
9
3
3

  E–Bearnarth (2).  DP–St. Louis 1, New York 2.  PB–Sherry (2).  2B–St. Louis Altman (6,off Hook); Flood (13,off MacKenzie).  HR–St. Louis White (9,4th inning off Hook 0 on, 1 out); McCarver (1,8th inning off Bearnarth 3 on, 1 out), New York Neal (2,8th inning off Sadecki 0 on, 1 out); Hickman (7,8th inning off Sadecki 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Altman (1,by Hook).  Team LOB–4.  Team–7.  CS–White (4,2nd base by Hook/Sherry); Kanehl (1,2nd base by Sadecki/McCarver).  HBP–Hook (5,Altman).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:32.  A–26,332.
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