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1962 Regular Season Game 21
May 8, 1962
Mets 3, Cubs 1
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National League Standings, May 8, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Hickman Jim
Hickman
ss
Mantilla Felix
Mantilla
2b
Neal Charlie
Neal
lf
Thomas Frank
Thomas
1b
Bouchee Ed
Bouchee
3b
Cook Cliff
Cook
rf
Bell Gus
Bell
c
Taylor Sammy
Taylor
p
Hook Jay
Hook
May 8, 1962, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 1

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Jim Hickman cf 2 1 0 0 2 2 .282
Felix Mantilla ss-3b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .324
Charlie Neal 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .303
Frank Thomas lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .309
- John DeMerit lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Ed Bouchee 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257
- Gil Hodges 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
Cliff Cook 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250
- Elio Chacon pr-ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154
Gus Bell rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .147
Sammy Taylor c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .200
Jay Hook p 2 1 1 0 1 0 .333
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Lou Brock cf 4 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Santo 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0
Billy Williams lf 3 0 0 1 0 0
George Altman rf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Ernie Banks 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0
Andre Rodgers ss 2 0 0 0 0 2
- Daryl Robertson ss 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Hubbs 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1
Dick Bertell c 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Bob Will ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Moe Thacker c 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Cardwell p 1 0 0 0 1 0
- Bob Anderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Barney Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Moe Morhardt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Glen Hobbie p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 7 0
Chicago Cubs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jay Hook (W,2-1) 9.0 4 1 1 2 3 3.60
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Don Cardwell 5.1 3 1 0 3 3
Bob Anderson (L) 2.0 3 2 1 3 1
Barney Schultz 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Glen Hobbie 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

Errors: Billy Williams 2.
WP: Jay Hook.
2B: Ken Hubbs.
SH: Jay Hook, Jim Hickman.
SF: Billy Williams.
SB: Lou Brock.
CS: Gus Bell (1).


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