New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 2, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1964 at Busch Stadium I. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Mets 1, St. Louis Cardinals 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Klaus 2b 5 0 1 0
Altman lf 5 1 2 0
Christopher rf 4 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 1
Hickman cf 4 0 0 0
Gonder c 4 0 1 0
Smith 3b 4 0 1 0
McMillan ss 4 0 0 0
Jackson p 4 0 1 0
Totals 38 1 9 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 0 2 0
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Groat ss 3 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
Shannon rf 3 0 1 0
McCarver c 2 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
  Uecker c 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 1 0
  Maxvill pr 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
New York 001 000 000–190
St. Louis 000 000 000–053
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (11-16) 9.0 5 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (18-12) 8.0 8 1 1 0 7
  Schultz   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
0
7
  E–Groat (38), Boyer (24), White (6).  2B–St. Louis Flood (25,off Jackson).  Team–6.  SB–Altman (4,2nd base off Gibson/McCarver).  CS–Klaus (4,2nd base by Schultz/Uecker).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Al Forman.  T–2:24.  A–19,019.
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