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1962 Regular Season Game 123
August 20, 1962
Pirates 2, Mets 0
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National League Standings, August 20, 1962

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Mets Starting Lineup
rf
Ashburn Richie
Ashburn
ss
Neal Charlie
Neal
1b
Throneberry Marv
Throneberry
lf
Thomas Frank
Thomas
cf
Hickman Jim
Hickman
2b
Kanehl Rod
Kanehl
3b
Herrscher Rick
Herrscher
c
Cannizzaro Chris
Cannizzaro
p
Hook Jay
Hook
August 20, 1962, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

Pittsburgh Pirates 2, New York Mets 0

Pirates ab r hbibbso
Bill Virdon cf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Groat ss 4 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Skinner lf 3 0 0 0 1 1
- Howie Goss lf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smoky Burgess c 3 1 2 1 1 0
Roberto Clemente rf 4 1 0 0 0 0
Donn Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Don Hoak 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0
Bill Mazeroski 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0
Bob Friend p 3 0 0 0 0 2
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Richie Ashburn rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .303
Charlie Neal ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .251
Marv Throneberry 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .249
Frank Thomas lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .276
Jim Hickman cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .260
- Gene Woodling ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .281
Rod Kanehl 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .281
Rick Herrscher 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .136
Chris Cannizzaro c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .218
Jay Hook p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .235
- Joe Christopher ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194
- Ken MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 0
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h rer bbso
Bob Friend (W) 9.0 4 0 0 2 6
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jay Hook (L,7-14) 8.0 6 2 1 0 4 5.27
Ken MacKenzie 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 5.09

Errors: Jay Hook (1).
HR: Smoky Burgess.
SB: Jim Hickman (3).




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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