Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 8, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 7, 1962
Cardinals 3, Mets 2 1962 Regular Season Game 82
July 8, 1962
Cardinals 15, Mets 1 Next Game:
July 12, 1962
Dodgers 3, Mets 0

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National League Standings, July 8, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Richie
Ashburn 2b
Rod
Kanehl lf
Gene
Woodling 3b
Frank
Thomas c
Sammy
Taylor 1b
Marv
Throneberry ss
Felix
Mantilla cf
Joe
Christopher p
Jay
Hook

July 8, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

St. Louis Cardinals 15, New York Mets 1

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Curt Flood cf 6 2 3 0 0 0

Julian Javier 2b 6 1 0 0 0 2

Bill White 1b 3 2 2 2 0 1

- Fred Whitfield 1b 3 1 2 3 0 1

Stan Musial lf 4 3 3 4 1 1

- Bobby Smith pr-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Boyer 3b 5 0 2 1 0 2

Carl Sawatski c 4 0 0 0 0 1

- Jimmie Schaffer c 1 0 0 0 0 0

Charlie James rf 5 1 1 0 0 0

Dal Maxvill ss 4 1 0 0 0 1

- Julio Gotay ss 0 1 0 0 0 0

Bob Gibson p 5 3 3 2 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Richie Ashburn rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .293

Rod Kanehl 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259

Gene Woodling lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .215

- Jim Hickman lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268

Frank Thomas 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .297

Sammy Taylor c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .227

- Chris Cannizzaro c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Marv Throneberry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246

Felix Mantilla ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .272

Joe Christopher cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .217

Jay Hook p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .265

- Willard Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273

- Gil Hodges ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .272

- Bob Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227

- Cliff Cook ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .234

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

St. Louis Cardinals 2 0 2 5 0 0 1 2 3 15 16 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Bob Gibson (W) 9.0 3 1 1 6 4

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jay Hook (L,6-9) 4.0 8 9 4 1 3 5.84

Willard Hunter 3.0 3 1 1 0 2 6.56

Bob Miller 2.0 5 5 3 0 4 5.17

Errors: Rod Kanehl (8).
PB: Carl Sawatski.
WP: Bob Miller.
2B: Bill White.
3B: Felix Mantilla (2), Charlie James.
HR: Stan Musial 3, Bob Gibson, Fred Whitfield, Bill White.
HBP: Rod Kanehl, Julio Gotay.
SB: Curt Flood.

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MUSIAL HITS 3; METS LOSE

MUSIAL HITS 3; METS LOSE

New York Daily News
July 9, 1962

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