Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 30, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 29, 1962
Phillies 3, Mets 2 1962 Regular Season Game 135
August 30, 1962
Phillies 8, Mets 7 Next Game:
August 31, 1962
Cardinals 4, Mets 2

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National League Standings, August 30, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Richie
Ashburn 2b
Rod
Kanehl lf
Gene
Woodling 1b
Marv
Throneberry 3b
Charlie
Neal c
Choo Choo
Coleman cf
Jim
Hickman ss
Elio
Chacon p
Roger
Craig

August 30, 1962, Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Phillies 8, New York Mets 7

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Richie Ashburn rf 5 1 1 0 1 0 .311

Rod Kanehl 2b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .266

Gene Woodling lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .290

- Joe Christopher lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .201

Marv Throneberry 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .242

Charlie Neal 3b 4 2 3 1 1 0 .251

Choo Choo Coleman c 5 2 2 0 0 1 .225

Jim Hickman cf 5 1 3 3 0 0 .259

Elio Chacon ss 1 0 0 0 3 1 .227

- Sammy Taylor ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .222

Roger Craig p 3 0 0 0 1 2 .046

- Ray Daviault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083

- Bob Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Bob Moorhead p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .045

- Willard Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

- Bob Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147

- Frank Thomas ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .268

- Rick Herrscher pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Tony Taylor 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0

Billy Klaus 3b-ss-3b 4 1 1 0 0 0

Johnny Callison rf-cf-rf 4 2 2 1 0 0

Wes Covington lf 3 0 2 0 0 0

- Ruben Amaro ph-ss 0 1 0 0 1 0

Don Demeter cf-3b-cf 3 1 1 4 1 0

Frank Torre 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0

- Ted Savage pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0

Clay Dalrymple c 3 1 3 1 0 0

Bobby Wine ss 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Roy Sievers ph-rf-1b 3 1 2 2 0 0

Art Mahaffey p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jack Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mel Roach ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Jack Baldschun p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 13 0

Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 x 8 12 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Roger Craig 7.0 7 3 3 1 1 4.48

Ray Daviault 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 6.50

Bob Miller (L,2-2) 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 6.38

Bob Moorhead 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 4.50

Willard Hunter 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 6.39

Bob Miller 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 5.31

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Art Mahaffey 6.1 9 5 5 6 6

Bill Smith 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Jack Hamilton 0.1 1 0 0 1 0

Jack Baldschun (W) 2.0 3 2 2 1 1

PB: Clay Dalrymple 3.
2B: Choo Choo Coleman (3), Richie Ashburn (6), Jim Hickman (15), Charlie Neal (12), Clay Dalrymple, Wes Covington.
HR: Jim Hickman (10), Clay Dalrymple, Johnny Callison, Roy Sievers, Don Demeter.
SH: Clay Dalrymple, Jack Baldschun.
SB: Joe Christopher (8), Jim Hickman (4).
CS: Charlie Neal (6).

Newspaper covers for this game

PHILS' SLAM TOPS METS, 8-7

PHILS' SLAM TOPS METS, 8-7

New York Daily News
August 31, 1962

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