Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets
September 5, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1964 at Shea Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 6, New York Mets 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 1 2 0
Tracewski 3b 3 0 0 0
Davis W. cf 4 1 1 0
Davis T. lf 3 1 1 2
Howard rf 4 0 0 0
  Fairly 1b 0 0 0 0
Parker 1b,rf 4 2 2 1
Oliver 2b 3 0 0 0
Torborg c 2 1 1 0
  Roseboro ph,c 2 0 1 1
Ortega p 1 0 0 1
  Perranoski p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Klaus 2b 4 0 0 0
Elliot cf 2 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 0 0
Christopher rf 3 1 1 0
Altman lf 4 1 1 0
Graham 3b 4 0 1 0
Gonder c 2 0 2 2
  Kanehl pr 0 0 0 0
  Kroll p 1 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
McMillan ss 2 0 0 0
Locke p 1 0 0 0
  Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Los Angeles 201 201 000681
New York 000 200 000251
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Ortega   3.0 4 2 2 2 1
  Perranoski  W (5-6) 6.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Locke  L (1-2) 3.2 5 5 5 2 1
  Wakefield   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Kroll   5.0 3 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
3
6

  E–Tracewski (14), Gonder (8).  DP–Los Angeles 2.  2B–New York Altman (11,off Ortega).  3B–Los Angeles Torborg (1,off Locke).  HR–Los Angeles T Davis (9,1st inning off Locke 1 on, 2 out); Parker (2,4th inning off Locke 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Ortega (6,off Locke).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–McMillan (3,by Ortega).  Team–5.  SB–Wills 3 (45,2nd base off Locke/Gonder,3rd base off Locke/Gonder,2nd base off Kroll/Taylor); Roseboro (2,2nd base off Kroll/Taylor).  WP–Kroll (1).  BK–Kroll 2 (3).  HBP–Ortega (6,McMillan).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:53.  A–30,350.
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