New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 21, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1964 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Smith D. 1b 4 0 0 0
Kanehl cf 4 0 1 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0
Christopher lf 3 0 0 0
Hickman rf 4 0 1 0
Smith C. 3b 4 1 1 0
McMillan ss 1 0 0 0
  Samuel ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 4 0 2 0
Fisher p 2 0 1 1
  Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 0 0
Gilliam 3b 3 1 2 0
Davis T. lf 3 1 3 1
Fairly 1b 3 2 1 0
Howard rf 3 1 2 1
Roseboro c 3 0 1 2
Davis W. cf 3 0 1 2
Tracewski 2b 4 0 0 0
Koufax p 4 1 1 0
Totals 30 6 11 6
New York 010 000 000172
Los Angeles 020 040 00x6110
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (1-3) 4.1 7 6 6 4 2
  Bearnarth   1.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Sturdivant   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
5
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  W (4-3) 9.0 7 1 1 2 11
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
11

  E–Hunt (2), Cannizzaro (1).  DP–New York 2.  2B–Los Angeles Roseboro (9,off Fisher); Gilliam (2,off Fisher); W Davis (3,off Sturdivant).  SH–Wills (2,off Fisher).  SF–W Davis (3,off Fisher).  Team–7.  CS–McMillan (1,2nd base by Koufax/Roseboro); T Davis (4,2nd base by Fisher/Cannizzaro); W Davis (2,3rd base by Sturdivant/Cannizzaro).  WP–Koufax (4).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:29.  A–20,617.
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