Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
September 17, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1963 at Polo Grounds V. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 8, New York Mets 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 3b 4 2 2 0
Callison rf 5 3 4 3
Covington lf 2 0 0 0
  Demeter ph,lf 2 0 0 1
Gonzalez cf 5 0 1 0
Dalrymple c 5 0 0 0
Sievers 1b 3 2 1 1
Rojas 2b 3 1 1 1
Wine ss 4 0 2 1
Culp p 3 0 0 0
  Baldschun p 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 7
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
  Carmel ph 0 0 0 0
Green 3b 4 1 1 2
Snider lf 3 1 1 0
Harkness 1b 4 1 1 1
Fernandez 2b 4 0 2 1
Kranepool rf 4 0 1 0
Cannizzaro c 1 0 0 0
  Coleman c 3 0 0 0
Moran ss 2 0 0 0
  Christopher ph 1 0 0 0
  Cisco p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 1 1 1
Stallard p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 1 1 1 0
  Hicks ph 1 1 1 1
  Schreiber ss 0 0 0 0
  Gonder ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Philadelphia 211 021 1008110
New York 002 002 101691
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Culp  W (14-11) 5.1 5 4 4 3 3
  Baldschun   3.1 4 2 2 1 3
  Klippstein  SV (8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
4
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Stallard  L (6-16) 2.1 6 4 4 0 2
  Powell   4.2 4 4 2 3 6
  Cisco   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
8
6
3
11

  E–Green (5).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  PB–Dalrymple (8); Coleman (10).  2B–New York Kranepool (11,off Baldschun); Fernandez (6,off Baldschun).  3B–Philadelphia Taylor (10,off Stallard), New York Harkness (3,off Culp).  HR–Philadelphia Callison 2 (23,1st inning off Stallard 1 on, 0 out,3rd inning off Stallard 0 on, 0 out); Rojas (1,2nd inning off Stallard 0 on, 1 out); Sievers (18,7th inning off Powell 0 on, 2 out), New York Green (1,3rd inning off Culp 1 on, 2 out); Hicks (5,7th inning off Baldschun 0 on, 1 out); Thomas (15,9th inning off Baldschun 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Demeter (3,off Powell).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  SB–Rojas (3,3rd base off Powell/Coleman); Wine (1,2nd base off Powell/Coleman).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:54.  A–2,047.
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