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1962 Regular Season Game 109
August 5, 1962
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National League Standings, August 5, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup
rf
Ashburn Richie
Ashburn
ss
Neal Charlie
Neal
3b
Mantilla Felix
Mantilla
lf
Thomas Frank
Thomas
1b
Throneberry Marv
Throneberry
cf
Hickman Jim
Hickman
2b
Kanehl Rod
Kanehl
c
Coleman Choo Choo
Coleman
p
Moorhead Bob
Moorhead
August 5, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

Cincinnati Reds 6, New York Mets 3

Reds ab r hbibbso
Leo Cardenas ss 4 0 2 1 0 1
Don Blasingame 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0
- Wally Post ph 1 0 1 1 0 0
- Eddie Kasko 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vada Pinson cf 5 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Lynch lf 2 1 0 0 2 1
- Marty Keough rf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Robinson rf-lf 4 2 2 1 0 0
Gordy Coleman 1b 3 2 2 3 1 1
Johnny Edwards c 3 0 0 0 1 0
Don Zimmer 3b-2b 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Maloney p 3 0 0 0 0 0
- Bill Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Joe Gaines ph 1 1 1 0 0 0
- Jim Brosnan p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Richie Ashburn rf-cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .317
Charlie Neal ss 2 1 0 0 2 1 .258
Felix Mantilla 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .273
Frank Thomas lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .289
Marv Throneberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .260
Jim Hickman cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .267
- Gene Woodling ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .248
Rod Kanehl 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .291
Choo Choo Coleman c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .320
Bob Moorhead p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .056
- Sammy Drake ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Ray Daviault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
- Bob Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Joe Christopher ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .203

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 6 10 2
New York Mets 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 0

Cincinnati Reds ip h rer bbso
Jim Maloney (W) 7.1 5 3 1 4 7
Bill Henry 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Brosnan 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Bob Moorhead (L,0-1) 7.0 6 4 4 3 3 4.34
Ray Daviault 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 7.09
Bob Miller 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 4.05

Errors: Don Zimmer.
WP: Jim Maloney 2.
2B: Leo Cardenas, Joe Gaines.
3B: Wally Post.
HR: Frank Robinson, Gordy Coleman.
HBP: Jim Hickman.
SH: Sammy Drake, Leo Cardenas.
SB: Rod Kanehl (7), Richie Ashburn (10).
CS: Felix Mantilla (1).




Newspaper covers for this game
METS, 5-2; REDS, 6-3 SPLIT

METS, 5-2; REDS, 6-3 SPLIT

New York Daily News
August 6, 1962





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