New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 3, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 3, 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 15, St. Louis Cardinals 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Klaus 2b 5 2 2 3
McMillan ss 6 1 1 0
Christopher rf 6 2 3 1
Hickman cf 5 2 2 2
Smith 3b 6 2 2 1
Taylor c 5 2 3 2
Kranepool 1b 5 1 3 4
Altman lf 3 2 1 1
Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Graham ph 1 0 0 0
  Ribant p 1 0 0 0
  Parsons p 3 1 0 0
Totals 46 15 17 14
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 1 2 0
Brock lf 1 1 1 1
White 1b 4 1 2 3
Boyer 3b 5 1 1 1
Groat ss 4 0 3 0
  Buchek pr 0 0 0 0
McCarver c 5 0 0 0
Javier 2b 3 0 1 0
  Maxvill 2b 2 0 1 0
Shannon rf 5 0 1 0
Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Craig p 1 0 0 0
  Richardson p 0 0 0 0
  Humphreys p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
  Washburn p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 1 1 0
  Dowling p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 5
New York 413 010 60015170
St. Louis 310 000 0105135
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Ribant   2.2 5 1 1 2 1
  Parsons  W (1-2) 5.1 5 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
5
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  L (20-11) 1.0 5 5 4 0 0
  Craig   1.1 2 3 3 2 1
  Richardson   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Humphreys   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Taylor   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Cuellar   1.2 5 6 4 0 1
  Washburn   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Dowling   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
15
12
4
4

  E–Brock (15), Groat (39), McCarver 2 (10), Washburn (1).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Kranepool (19,off Taylor), St. Louis Groat (33,off Fisher).  HR–New York Altman (9,2nd inning off Sadecki 0 on, 0 out); Kranepool (10,3rd inning off Craig 2 on, 1 out); C Smith (19,5th inning off Taylor 0 on, 0 out); Klaus (4,7th inning off Cuellar 2 on, 1 out); Christopher (16,7th inning off Cuellar 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis White (20,1st inning off Fisher 1 on, 1 out); Boyer (24,1st inning off Fisher 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Altman 2 (4,by Taylor,by Washburn).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Brock (4,off Parsons).  Team–12.  WP–Ribant (4), Sadecki (7).  IBB–Taylor (7,Altman); Washburn (2,Altman).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–3:14.  A–18,650.
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