Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Mets
July 7, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 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 11, New York Mets 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield 2b 5 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 2 1 0
Clemente rf 6 2 3 1
Lynch lf 4 1 2 3
  Savage pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Burgess c 4 1 3 2
Clendenon 1b 5 2 3 3
Bailey 3b 4 1 1 2
Logan ss 5 0 0 0
Law p 3 1 1 0
  McBean p 2 0 1 0
Totals 42 11 15 11
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hickman 3b 4 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 4 1 0 0
Snider rf 3 2 2 0
Gonder c 4 1 2 0
Thomas lf 4 1 2 4
Harkness 1b 4 0 1 0
Piersall cf 3 0 0 1
Burright ss 3 0 0 0
  Cook ph 1 0 0 0
Hook p 0 0 0 0
  Rowe p 1 0 0 0
  Cisco p 1 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Pittsburgh 050 200 04011151
New York 000 203 000570
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  W (3-3) 5.0 6 5 4 1 5
  McBean  SV (6) 4.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
1
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hook  L (3-10) 1.2 6 5 5 1 3
  Rowe   2.0 3 2 2 3 1
  Cisco   3.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Craig   2.0 5 4 4 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
11
6
4

  E–Logan (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Gonder (4).  2B–Pittsburgh Clemente (12,off Craig), New York Gonder (3,off Law).  HR–Pittsburgh Burgess (5,2nd inning off Hook 0 on, 0 out); Bailey (8,2nd inning off Hook 1 on, 0 out); Clendenon (9,8th inning off Craig 1 on, 2 out), New York Thomas (6,6th inning off Law 2 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Piersall (2,off Law).  Team–3.  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:28.  A–9,741.
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