Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 28, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 27, 1962
Phillies 11, Mets 9 1962 Regular Season Game 14
April 28, 1962
Mets 8, Phillies 6 Next Game:
April 29, 1962
Mets 8, Phillies 0

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National League Standings, April 28, 1962

Box Score Game Memories Scorecard Mets Stats
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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Richie
Ashburn ss
Elio
Chacon rf
Gus
Bell lf
Frank
Thomas 2b
Charlie
Neal 1b
Gil
Hodges 3b
Felix
Mantilla c
Chris
Cannizzaro p
Jay
Hook

April 28, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

New York Mets 8, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Tony Taylor 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1

Johnny Callison rf 5 1 2 0 0 0

Tony Gonzalez cf 5 1 3 3 0 1

Frank Torre 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0

Wes Covington lf 3 0 0 0 0 3

- Billy Klaus 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0

Don Demeter 3b-lf 4 2 2 2 0 1

Clay Dalrymple c 3 1 2 1 1 0

Ruben Amaro ss 4 0 0 0 0 1

Jim Owens p 2 0 1 0 0 0

- Jack Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Frank Sullivan p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Chris Short p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Roy Sievers ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Billy Consolo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ed Keegan p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Richie Ashburn cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281

- Jim Hickman cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .333

Elio Chacon ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .208

- Ed Bouchee ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .318

- Roger Craig p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

Gus Bell rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .152

Frank Thomas lf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .327

Charlie Neal 2b 5 2 3 2 0 0 .354

Gil Hodges 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .318

Felix Mantilla 3b-ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .310

Chris Cannizzaro c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .095

- John DeMerit pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167

- Harry Chiti c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Jay Hook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

- Bob Miller p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Jim Marshall ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .348

- Dave Hillman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Sammy Taylor ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

- Rod Kanehl pr-3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .273

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

Philadelphia Phillies 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 11 0

New York Mets 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 x 8 13 0

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Jim Owens 5.0 8 4 4 1 3

Jack Hamilton 0.1 1 2 2 1 0

Frank Sullivan (L) 0.1 0 1 1 1 0

Chris Short 1.1 1 0 0 2 2

Ed Keegan 1.0 3 1 1 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jay Hook 0.2 4 4 4 1 1 3.57

Bob Miller 4.1 5 1 1 1 5 7.30

Dave Hillman 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 9.00

Roger Craig (W,1-3) 3.0 1 0 0 2 1 9.39

PB: Clay Dalrymple.
WP: Chris Short.
HR: Charlie Neal 2 (3), Frank Thomas (5), Gil Hodges (2), Jim Hickman (1), Don Demeter 2, Clay Dalrymple, Tony Gonzalez.
SH: Jim Owens.
SB: Johnny Callison.
CS: Rod Kanehl (1), Richie Ashburn (1), Tony Gonzalez, Jim Owens.

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