Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 20, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 20, 1962
Pirates 2, Mets 0 1962 Regular Season Game 124
August 20, 1962
Pirates 6, Mets 3 Next Game:
August 21, 1962
Pirates 8, Mets 6

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National League Standings, August 20, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Richie
Ashburn ss
Charlie
Neal rf
Gene
Woodling lf
Frank
Thomas 1b
Marv
Throneberry 3b
Rick
Herrscher 2b
Rod
Kanehl c
Joe
Pignatano p
Bob
Miller

August 20, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, New York Mets 3

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Bill Virdon cf 5 1 1 0 0 0

Dick Groat ss 4 1 1 1 0 0

Bob Skinner lf 5 2 3 2 0 2

- Howie Goss lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Roberto Clemente rf 5 1 1 0 0 1

Jim Marshall 1b 2 1 1 0 2 0

Don Hoak 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1

Don Leppert c 3 0 1 0 1 1

Al McBean p 3 0 0 0 0 3

- Diomedes Olivo p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dick Stuart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Roy Face p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Richie Ashburn cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .302

Charlie Neal ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .249

Gene Woodling rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .280

- Joe Christopher rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194

Frank Thomas lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .276

Marv Throneberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245

Rick Herrscher 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .192

Rod Kanehl 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .282

Joe Pignatano c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .265

- Ken MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100

- Felix Mantilla ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .272

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

Bob Miller p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167

- Choo Choo Coleman ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .232

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 9 1

New York Mets 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Al McBean (W) 6.2 7 3 3 0 5

Diomedes Olivo 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Roy Face 2.0 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bob Miller (L,0-10) 5.0 5 4 4 2 5 5.25

Ken MacKenzie 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 4.95

Bob Miller 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 6.06

Errors: Rick Herrscher (1), Dick Groat.
WP: Bob Miller, Bob Miller, Al McBean.
2B: Rod Kanehl (6), Gene Woodling (7), Bill Mazeroski, Dick Groat.
3B: Bill Virdon, Bob Skinner.
HR: Bob Skinner.
HBP: Don Hoak.
SF: Dick Groat.

Newspaper covers for this game

BUCS WIN 2; METS' NO. 12

BUCS WIN 2; METS' NO. 12

New York Daily News
August 21, 1962

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