New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
August 23, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1963 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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 5, Chicago Cubs 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hickman 3b 5 0 0 0
Harkness 1b 4 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 4 2 2 1
Gonder c 4 1 1 0
Snider rf 3 0 1 1
Thomas lf 3 0 1 1
Carmel cf 2 2 2 1
Moran ss 3 0 0 0
  Coleman ph 1 0 1 0
Stallard p 1 0 0 0
  Bearnarth p 1 0 0 0
  Hicks ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Christopher ph 0 0 0 1
Totals 32 5 8 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Grammas ss 5 0 1 0
Brock rf 3 1 1 0
Burton cf 2 1 0 0
Santo 3b 3 2 2 1
Williams lf 2 2 2 5
Hubbs 2b 3 0 1 0
Banks 1b 4 0 1 0
Bertell c 3 0 0 0
Toth p 2 0 0 0
  Hobbie p 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 8 6
New York 100 111 001582
Chicago 003 020 10x681
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Stallard   2.1 5 3 3 3 0
  Bearnarth  L (2-6) 3.2 2 2 2 2 3
  Jackson   1.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Craig   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
6
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Toth  W (5-8) 5.2 6 4 4 1 2
  Hobbie   2.1 2 1 1 2 3
  McDaniel  SV (18) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
5

  E–Harkness 2 (11), Brock (7).  2B–New York Hunt (18,off Toth); Gonder (6,off Hobbie), Chicago Santo (22,off Stallard).  HR–New York Hunt (8,1st inning off Toth 0 on, 2 out); Carmel (3,5th inning off Toth 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Williams 2 (21,3rd inning off Stallard 1 on, 1 out,5th inning off Bearnarth 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Snider (3,off Toth); Christopher (1,off McDaniel); Williams (1,off Jackson).  HBP–Hunt (7,by Toth); Santo (3,by Jackson).  IBB–Carmel (1,by Hobbie).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Burton (4,off Stallard).  Team–7.  CS–Hobbie (1,2nd base by Bearnarth/Gonder).  WP–Jackson (6).  HBP–Jackson (11,Santo); Toth (1,Hunt).  IBB–Hobbie (2,Carmel).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:45.  A–9,634.
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