Ultimate Mets Database: Game of June 9, 1962 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
June 8, 1962
Cubs 3, Mets 2 1962 Regular Season Game 51
June 9, 1962
Mets 11, Cubs 6 Next Game:
June 10, 1962
Mets 2, Cubs 1

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National League Standings, June 9, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Richie
Ashburn ss
Elio
Chacon 3b
Cliff
Cook lf
Frank
Thomas 1b
Marv
Throneberry 2b
Charlie
Neal c
Sammy
Taylor rf
Jim
Hickman p
Bob
Moorhead

June 9, 1962, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 11, Chicago Cubs 6

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Richie Ashburn cf 6 1 1 0 0 0 .300

Elio Chacon ss 6 3 4 1 0 0 .275

Cliff Cook 3b 5 2 2 1 0 2 .236

- Rod Kanehl 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .378

Frank Thomas lf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .310

- Joe Christopher lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190

Marv Throneberry 1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .234

- Gil Hodges 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .308

Charlie Neal 2b 2 1 0 0 3 1 .277

Sammy Taylor c 4 0 1 3 0 0 .222

Jim Hickman rf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .266

Bob Moorhead p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

- Willard Hunter p 4 1 1 0 0 2 .250

- Dave Hillman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Ron Santo 3b 5 1 1 0 1 1

Ken Hubbs 2b 6 1 1 1 0 1

Billy Williams lf 3 1 2 0 2 0

George Altman rf 5 1 3 3 0 2

Ernie Banks 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1

Lou Brock cf 5 0 1 1 0 2

Dick Bertell c 4 1 3 1 0 0

- Don Landrum ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

Andre Rodgers ss 4 0 1 0 0 2

- Bob Will ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

Bob Buhl p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Barney Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Gerard p 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Tony Balsamo p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim McKnight ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Don Elston p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Alex Grammas ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

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

New York Mets 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 11 16 0

Chicago Cubs 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 14 3

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bob Moorhead 1.2 5 3 3 1 4 5.74

Willard Hunter (W,1-0) 6.0 8 3 3 3 6 7.20

Dave Hillman 1.1 1 0 0 2 1 7.50

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Bob Buhl (L) 4.2 6 5 4 5 3

Barney Schultz 1.0 4 2 2 0 0

Dave Gerard 0.1 3 3 3 1 0

Tony Balsamo 2.0 1 0 0 0 3

Don Elston 1.0 2 1 0 0 1

Errors: Ron Santo.
2B: Frank Thomas (10), Elio Chacon (5), Ron Santo, Dick Bertell.
3B: George Altman.
HR: Cliff Cook (2).
HBP: Sammy Taylor.
SF: Marv Throneberry.

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