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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Mets

1963-06-07 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 15268 · 2:44

New York Mets defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. New York Mets put up 3 in the 9th. Al Jackson earned the win. Duke Snider went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8
NYN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4

W: Al Jackson L: Diomedes Olivo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Doug Harvey · 1B: Lee Weyer · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: Ed Vargo · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curt Flood	3	1	2	0	2	1
Dick Groat	3	0	2	1	1	0
Bill White	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ken Boyer	4	1	1	1	0	0
Charlie James	4	0	1	0	0	1
George Altman	3	0	1	0	1	1
Julian Javier	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gene Oliver	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ron Taylor	4	0	0	0	0	1

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Piersall	3	0	0	0	0	0
Choo-Choo Coleman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Hunt	3	1	0	0	1	1
Duke Snider	4	1	2	3	0	0
Ed Kranepool	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chico Fernandez	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tim Harkness	2	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Neal	3	0	0	0	0	1
Al Jackson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Hickman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Taylor	8.1	3	2	2
Diomedes Olivo	0.0	1	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Jackson	9.0	8	6	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Curt Flood: D9
Dick Groat: D9.2-H;B-3(E9)
Bill White: 3/G
Ken Boyer: 63
Charlie James: K

Bot 1

Jim Piersall: 9
Choo-Choo Coleman: 43
Ron Hunt: 13

Top 2

George Altman: W
Julian Javier: 4
Gene Oliver: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Duke Snider: S3/G34/R1
Ed Kranepool: 54(1)3/GDP
Chico Fernandez: S
Tim Harkness: W.1-2
Charlie Neal: 13

Top 3

Ron Taylor: 63
Curt Flood: K
Dick Groat: S
Bill White: 43

Bot 3

Al Jackson: 43
Jim Piersall: 3/FL
Choo-Choo Coleman: 63

Top 4

Ken Boyer: HR/F7D
Charlie James: 43
George Altman: S
Julian Javier: 84(1)/FO/L8S
Gene Oliver: K

Bot 4

Ron Hunt: 63
Duke Snider: 5/FL
Ed Kranepool: 4/L

Top 5

Ron Taylor: 13
Curt Flood: W
Dick Groat: W.1-2
Bill White: K
Ken Boyer: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Chico Fernandez: 3/FL
Tim Harkness: 8
Charlie Neal: E4/G.B-1
Al Jackson: 7

Top 6

Charlie James: 53
George Altman: K
Julian Javier: T
Gene Oliver: IW
Ron Taylor: K

Bot 6

Jim Piersall: 8
Choo-Choo Coleman: 3
Ron Hunt: K/C

Top 7

Curt Flood: S/G
Dick Groat: 34/SH.1-2
Bill White: W+PB.2-3
Ken Boyer: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Duke Snider: 8
Ed Kranepool: 5
Chico Fernandez: 5/FL

Top 8

Charlie James: S.BX2(74)
George Altman: 3/G
Julian Javier: K23

Bot 8

Tim Harkness: 3/FL
Charlie Neal: K
Al Jackson: 7

Top 9

Gene Oliver: 4
Ron Taylor: 63
Curt Flood: W
Dick Groat: 43

Bot 9

Jim Hickman: 6/P
Frank Thomas: S8/G46
Ron Hunt: W.1-2
Duke Snider: PB.2-3;1-2
Duke Snider: HR/L9LD.3-H;2-H

Notes & reviews

Piersall trapped sinking liner; Altman froze at 1B when Ump Barlick initially made an out call before changing it when Piersall got up without the ball.

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