Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 3, 1964 - Box Score

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May 2, 1964
Mets 3, Reds 0 1964 Regular Season Game 15
May 3, 1964
Reds 6, Mets 5 Next Game:
May 3, 1964
Reds 6, Mets 3

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National League Standings, May 3, 1964

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Mets Starting Lineup

1b
Ed
Kranepool cf
Larry
Elliot 2b
Ron
Hunt rf
George
Altman c
Jesse
Gonder lf
Frank
Thomas 3b
Rod
Kanehl ss
Charley
Smith p
Jack
Fisher

May 3, 1964, Crosley Field, Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati Reds 6, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Ed Kranepool 1b 5 2 2 0 0 1 .227

Larry Elliot cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200

- Jim Hickman ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .263

Ron Hunt 2b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .328

George Altman rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .171

Jesse Gonder c 5 1 1 0 0 2 .222

Frank Thomas lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .276

Rod Kanehl 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .407

Charley Smith ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .071

Jack Fisher p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Bill Wakefield p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ron Locke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ed Bauta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Larry Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Pete Rose 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1

Chico Ruiz 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0

Vada Pinson cf 4 1 1 1 0 1

Gordy Coleman 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2

- Deron Johnson ph-1b 1 0 1 0 0 0

Mel Queen rf 4 0 1 0 0 0

Johnny Edwards c 4 1 2 0 0 0

Tommy Harper lf 3 2 2 0 1 0

Leo Cardenas ss 3 1 1 0 1 0

Bob Purkey p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Bob Skinner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Billy McCool p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Marty Keough ph 1 1 1 3 0 0

- Al Worthington p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Hal Smith ph 1 0 1 2 0 0

- Joe Nuxhall pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 11 1

Cincinnati Reds 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 x 6 12 4

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jack Fisher 6.1 6 3 3 2 4 4.91

Bill Wakefield 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.69

Ron Locke 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 2.45

Ed Bauta (L,0-2) 0.2 4 2 2 0 0 4.26

Larry Bearnarth 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 6.75

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

Bob Purkey 5.0 6 4 2 0 4

Billy McCool 2.0 4 1 1 0 0

Al Worthington (W) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

Bill Henry 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Errors: Charley Smith (2), Gordy Coleman.
2B: Ed Kranepool (1), Ron Hunt (6), Chico Ruiz.
HR: Vada Pinson, Marty Keough.
SH: Ron Hunt, Ron Locke.
SF: Frank Thomas.
SB: Rod Kanehl (2), Frank Thomas (1).

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