Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
July 5, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1963 at Polo Grounds V. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, New York Mets 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield 2b 3 1 0 0
Virdon cf 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 1 1 2
Lynch lf 2 0 0 0
  Savage pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 3 0
Bailey 3b 3 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 1 0 0 0
  Burgess ph,c 0 0 0 1
Logan ss 4 0 0 0
Cardwell p 3 0 0 0
  McBean p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hickman cf 4 0 2 0
Fernandez 3b 4 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Snider rf 4 1 1 0
Thomas lf 4 0 0 0
Harkness 1b 3 0 1 1
Burright ss 3 0 0 0
Sherry c 3 0 1 0
  Coleman pr,c 0 0 0 0
Stallard p 2 0 0 0
  Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Cisco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Pittsburgh 000 000 120340
New York 000 010 000152
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cardwell  W (5-9) 7.2 5 1 1 0 7
  McBean  SV (5) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Stallard  L (3-6) 7.2 3 3 3 4 6
  Bearnarth   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Cisco   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
5
6

  E–Burright (3), Sherry (5).  2B–New York Harkness (5,off Cardwell).  3B–New York Hickman (3,off Cardwell).  HR–Pittsburgh Clemente (7,8th inning off Stallard 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Burgess (3,off Stallard).  IBB–Burgess (3,by Cisco).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  SB–Clendenon 2 (9,2nd base off Stallard/Sherry,2nd base off Cisco/Coleman); Bailey (4,2nd base off Stallard/Sherry).  BK–Stallard (4).  IBB–Cisco (1,Burgess).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:47.  A–6,779.
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