Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 14, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 12, 1962
Reds 8, Mets 4 1962 Regular Season Game 117
August 14, 1962
Phillies 3, Mets 1 Next Game:
August 15, 1962
Phillies 9, Mets 3

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National League Standings, August 14, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

August 14, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 1

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Tony Taylor 2b 7 0 1 1 0 0

Johnny Callison rf 7 0 1 0 0 2

Ted Savage lf 5 0 0 0 2 0

Roy Sievers 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1

- Frank Torre 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0

Don Demeter 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0

- Jack Baldschun p 1 0 0 0 0 1

Tony Gonzalez cf 6 1 1 0 0 2

Bob Oldis c 6 1 1 0 0 0

Ruben Amaro ss 4 1 0 0 2 0

Dallas Green p 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mel Roach 3b 2 0 1 2 0 0

- Bobby Wine 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Richie Ashburn rf-cf 3 0 1 1 4 0 .303

Felix Mantilla 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .272

- Sammy Drake pr-3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .167

Charlie Neal ss 5 0 1 0 1 1 .254

Frank Thomas lf 3 0 0 0 2 2 .281

- Joe Christopher pr-lf 0 0 0 0 2 0 .196

Marv Throneberry 1b 5 0 2 0 1 1 .263

Jim Hickman cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .263

- Gene Woodling ph-rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .266

- Bob Miller pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179

- Chris Cannizzaro rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228

Choo Choo Coleman c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .250

- Rick Herrscher ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143

- Joe Pignatano c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Rod Kanehl 2b 6 1 2 0 0 0 .278

Al Jackson p 5 0 0 0 0 2 .073

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 R H E

Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 1

New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Dallas Green 10.1 7 1 1 7 7

Bill Smith 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Jack Baldschun (W) 4.1 1 0 0 5 3

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Jackson (L,6-15) 15.0 6 3 2 5 6 4.35

Errors: Marv Throneberry (6), Bill Smith.
WP: Dallas Green 2.
3B: Charlie Neal (8).
Intentional Walks: Marv Throneberry, Frank Thomas, Richie Ashburn, Gene Woodling, Ruben Amaro.
HBP: Don Demeter.
SH: Marv Throneberry, Al Jackson, Charlie Neal, Dallas Green.
SB: Richie Ashburn (11).
CS: Marv Throneberry (2), Charlie Neal (5), Bob Oldis.

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