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May 8, 1964
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National League Standings, May 8, 1964

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Kanehl Rod
Kanehl
2b
Hunt Ron
Hunt
1b
Harkness Tim
Harkness
lf
Thomas Frank
Thomas
c
Gonder Jesse
Gonder
rf
Altman George
Altman
3b
Smith Charley
Smith
ss
Moran Al
Moran
p
Fisher Jack
Fisher
May 8, 1964, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Cardinals ab r hbibbso
Curt Flood cf 5 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Groat ss 5 0 2 0 0 1
Bill White 1b 3 0 1 0 2 1
Ken Boyer 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1
Tim McCarver c 4 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie James lf 4 2 3 0 0 1
Johnny Lewis rf 4 1 2 1 0 2
Julian Javier 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Doug Clemens ph 0 0 0 0 1 0
- Jerry Buchek 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1
Ernie Broglio p 1 0 1 0 1 0
- Jeoff Long ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Lew Burdette p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Carl Warwick ph 1 1 1 3 0 0
- Bobby Shantz p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Rod Kanehl cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .452
Ron Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .325
Tim Harkness 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .286
Frank Thomas lf 3 1 0 1 0 1 .240
- Hawk Taylor c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Jesse Gonder c 3 0 3 1 0 0 .244
- Dick Smith pr-lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .150
George Altman rf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .212
Charley Smith 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136
- Amado Samuel 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .212
Al Moran ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .227
- Jim Hickman ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .192
Jack Fisher p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .077
- Larry Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
- Joe Christopher ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .320

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 10 0
New York Mets 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 12 2

St. Louis Cardinals ip h rer bbso
Ernie Broglio 5.0 4 2 2 0 4
Ron Taylor 1.2 5 2 2 0 2
Lew Burdette 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Shantz (L) 1.1 3 1 1 1 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jack Fisher 7.2 10 4 4 3 8 4.86
Larry Bearnarth (W,1-3) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 6.00

Errors: Amado Samuel (2).
WP: Jack Fisher.
2B: George Altman (2), Charlie James.
3B: Jesse Gonder (1), Johnny Lewis.
HR: Carl Warwick.
Intentional Walks: Jim Hickman.
SH: Amado Samuel.
SB: Ron Hunt (2).


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