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Cubs Top Mets in 2 Games; Brock HR Hits Bleachers
New York Daily News, June 18, 1962
On the surface, it looks like just another pair of losses for the 1962 Mets, but one of these games has become the stuff of Mets lore: It's when Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple but was called out for failing to touch first base.
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Ron Hodges
Born: June 22, 1949
at Rocky Mount, Va.
Died: November 24, 2023 at Roanoke, Va.
Hodges
Years with Mets: 1973 - 1984

666 games. 19 hr, 147 rbi, 0.240
119 runs, 10 stolen bases


Mets vs. Milwaukee Braves
1963 Game Results
04/11 Braves 6, Mets 1 Hook (L, 0-1)
04/13 Braves 5, Mets 2 Cisco (L, 0-1)
04/14 Braves 1, Mets 0 Craig (L, 0-2)
04/15 Braves 4, Mets 3 Stallard (L, 0-1)
04/19 Mets 5, Braves 4 MacKenzie (W, 1-0)
04/20 Mets 3, Braves 1 Jackson (W, 1-1)
04/21 Mets 8, Braves 5 MacKenzie (W, 2-0)
04/21 Mets 9, Braves 2 Cisco (W, 1-1)
06/04 Braves 3, Mets 2 Willey (L, 4-5)
06/05 Braves 11, Mets 9 Bearnarth (L, 2-2)
06/12 Braves 9, Mets 0 Cisco (L, 3-6)
08/02 Braves 8, Mets 0 Jackson (L, 6-14)
08/02 Mets 3, Braves 1 Cisco (W, 7-9)
08/03 Braves 10, Mets 7 Stallard (L, 4-10)
08/04 Braves 2, Mets 1 Craig (L, 2-20)
08/30 Braves 3, Mets 1 Stallard (L, 6-12)
08/31 Braves 4, Mets 3 Willey (L, 8-12)
09/01 Mets 6, Braves 4 Bearnarth (W, 3-6)
1963 totals: 6 wins, 12 losses



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