Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 1, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 29, 1962
Cardinals 5, Mets 1 1962 Regular Season Game 103
August 1, 1962
Phillies 11, Mets 9 Next Game:
August 2, 1962
Phillies 9, Mets 4

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National League Standings, August 1, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Richie
Ashburn 2b
Rod
Kanehl ss
Charlie
Neal lf
Frank
Thomas 1b
Marv
Throneberry 3b
Felix
Mantilla c
Choo Choo
Coleman rf
Jim
Hickman p
Al
Jackson

August 1, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

Philadelphia Phillies 11, New York Mets 9

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Tony Taylor 2b 5 2 1 0 1 0

Johnny Callison rf 5 1 0 0 1 2

Don Demeter lf 5 2 2 2 1 1

Roy Sievers 1b 4 2 2 2 1 0

Mel Roach 3b 2 1 2 0 0 0

- Wes Covington ph 1 1 1 1 0 0

- Bobby Wine 3b 1 1 0 0 1 0

Tony Gonzalez cf 5 1 4 3 0 0

Bob Oldis c 5 0 3 2 0 0

Ruben Amaro ss 5 0 2 0 0 1

Jack Hamilton p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Dennis Bennett p 2 0 1 0 0 1

- Jack Baldschun p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Richie Ashburn cf 4 2 2 0 1 1 .324

Rod Kanehl 2b 4 2 1 0 1 0 .310

Charlie Neal ss 5 1 2 0 0 2 .253

Frank Thomas lf 4 3 2 6 1 0 .287

Marv Throneberry 1b 4 0 1 1 1 1 .257

Felix Mantilla 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .270

Choo Choo Coleman c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .250

- Rick Herrscher ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Chris Cannizzaro c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .214

- Gene Woodling ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252

- Bob Miller pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208

Jim Hickman rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .270

Al Jackson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .087

- Ray Daviault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Joe Christopher ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .215

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

- Sammy Drake ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

- Joe Pignatano ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .304

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

Philadelphia Phillies 3 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 11 18 3

New York Mets 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 9 11 3

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Jack Hamilton 3.1 7 8 5 3 3

Dennis Bennett (W) 5.0 4 1 1 3 3

Jack Baldschun 0.2 0 0 0 0 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Jackson (L,5-13) 3.0 7 7 5 4 2 4.60

Ray Daviault 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 7.29

Bob Miller 3.0 6 1 1 0 1 3.86

Willard Hunter 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 6.45

Errors: Felix Mantilla (7), Tony Taylor.
PB: Chris Cannizzaro.
WP: Jack Baldschun.
2B: Tony Gonzalez, Don Demeter.
3B: Tony Gonzalez.
HR: Frank Thomas 2 (21), Don Demeter.
Intentional Walks: Choo Choo Coleman.
SH: Dennis Bennett.
SF: Felix Mantilla.
SB: Tony Gonzalez.

Newspaper covers for this game

METS WIN 2! YANKS LOSE

METS WIN 2! YANKS LOSE

New York Daily News
August 2, 1962

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