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National League Standings, May 8, 1963

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Mets Starting Lineup
3b
Neal Charlie
Neal
2b
Hunt Ron
Hunt
rf
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
lf
Thomas Frank
Thomas
1b
Harkness Tim
Harkness
cf
Hickman Jim
Hickman
c
Coleman Choo Choo
Coleman
ss
Moran Al
Moran
p
Hook Jay
Hook
May 8, 1963, Polo Grounds, New York, NY

New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Phillies ab r hbibbso
Tony Taylor 2b 4 0 2 0 1 1
Johnny Callison rf 3 0 0 0 1 2
Tony Gonzalez cf 2 1 0 0 1 0
Wes Covington lf 4 1 1 2 0 0
Don Demeter 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Don Hoak 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2
Clay Dalrymple c 4 0 0 0 0 1
- Cookie Rojas pr 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Bob Oldis c 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Wine ss 4 0 1 0 0 1
Ray Culp p 2 0 0 0 1 1
- Frank Torre ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Jack Baldschun p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Charlie Neal 3b 3 0 1 0 2 1 .247
Ron Hunt 2b 3 0 0 0 2 1 .302
Ed Kranepool rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .262
Frank Thomas lf 3 1 1 0 1 2 .213
Tim Harkness 1b 3 1 1 2 0 1 .214
Jim Hickman cf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .253
Choo Choo Coleman c 2 0 1 0 1 1 .143
- Duke Snider ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236
- Norm Sherry c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .152
Al Moran ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .211
Jay Hook p 4 0 1 0 0 0 .182
- Rod Kanehl pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222

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

Philadelphia Phillies ip h rer bbso
Ray Culp 8.0 4 2 2 7 6
Jack Baldschun (L) 0.2 2 1 1 1 1
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jay Hook (W,1-4) 9.0 4 2 2 4 10 5.36

Errors: Jay Hook (1).
PB: Choo Choo Coleman.
2B: Ed Kranepool (4), Jay Hook (1), Charlie Neal (8).
HR: Tim Harkness (2), Wes Covington.
Intentional Walks: Charlie Neal.
HBP: Tim Harkness, Tony Gonzalez.
SB: Charlie Neal (1).
CS: Choo Choo Coleman (2).









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