Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 23, 1964 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 22, 1964
Cubs 3, Mets 2 1964 Regular Season Game 125
August 23, 1964
Mets 2, Cubs 1 Next Game:
August 23, 1964
Mets 5, Cubs 4

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National League Standings, August 23, 1964

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

3b
Bobby
Klaus 2b
Ron
Hunt rf
Joe
Christopher 1b
Ed
Kranepool cf
Jim
Hickman lf
Charley
Smith c
Chris
Cannizzaro ss
Roy
McMillan p
Galen
Cisco

August 23, 1964, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Joey Amalfitano 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0

Doug Clemens rf 4 0 1 0 0 0

- Leo Burke ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Billy Williams lf 3 0 1 0 2 0

Ron Santo 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0

Ernie Banks 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Billy Cowan cf 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Len Gabrielson ph-cf 2 1 1 0 0 0

Dick Bertell c 1 0 0 0 1 0

- Vic Roznovsky ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 0

Andre Rodgers ss 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Jimmy Stewart ph-ss 1 0 0 1 0 1

Bob Buhl p 4 0 1 0 0 1

- Lee Gregory p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bobby Klaus 3b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .284

Ron Hunt 2b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .312

Joe Christopher rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .314

Ed Kranepool 1b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .266

Jim Hickman cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246

Charley Smith lf-ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 .240

Chris Cannizzaro c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .309

- Bill Wakefield p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

- Willard Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Roy McMillan ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .209

- Larry Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154

- Jesse Gonder ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .288

Galen Cisco p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .077

- George Altman ph-lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .222

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0

New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 4

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Bob Buhl (L) 9.1 7 2 2 3 2

Lee Gregory 0.0 1 0 0 2 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Galen Cisco 8.0 4 1 1 3 2 3.46

Larry Bearnarth 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3.84

Bill Wakefield 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 3.52

Willard Hunter (W,2-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 4.67

Errors: Bobby Klaus (3).
2B: Ron Hunt (19), George Altman (8), Ron Santo, Len Gabrielson.
Intentional Walks: Joe Christopher, Ron Hunt.
SH: Galen Cisco, Charley Smith, Ernie Banks.
SF: Joe Christopher, Jimmy Stewart.
CS: Billy Williams.

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