New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 28, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1963 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 3 0 0 0
Neal 3b 3 0 0 0
  Snider ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Thomas lf 4 0 1 0
Hickman rf,3b 4 0 0 0
Harkness 1b 3 0 0 0
Sherry c 3 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 0
Moran ss 2 1 1 0
  Cook ph 1 0 1 0
  Fernandez ss 1 0 0 0
Craig p 2 0 1 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield 2b 3 1 1 1
Virdon cf 4 1 2 2
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Lynch lf 3 0 0 0
  Savage lf 0 0 0 0
Burgess c 4 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 3 1 1 0
Logan ss 1 0 1 0
Gibbon p 1 0 0 0
  McBean p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 3
New York 000 010 000151
Pittsburgh 002 000 10x363
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  L (2-12) 8.0 6 3 3 3 2
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
3
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon  W (3-5) 6.1 4 1 0 2 6
  McBean  SV (2) 2.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
2
7

  E–Moran (18), Bailey (18), Logan 2 (5).  2B–New York Thomas (4,off Gibbon).  HR–Pittsburgh Virdon (3,3rd inning off Craig 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Craig (2,off Gibbon); Gibbon (2,off Craig); Logan (1,off Craig).  IBB–Piersall (1,by Gibbon).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  SB–Piersall (1,2nd base off Gibbon/Burgess).  WP–Gibbon (2).  IBB–Gibbon (6,Piersall).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:31.  A–10,073.
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