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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Mets

1963-06-09 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 26332 · sunny, dry · Wind from RF · 2:32

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Mets 10–4. St. Louis Cardinals put up 5 in the 8th. Ray Sadecki earned the win. Tim McCarver went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	0	10	13
NYN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	10

W: Ray Sadecki L: Jay Hook SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curt Flood	4	0	1	1	1	1
Bill White	4	1	1	1	1	1
Dick Groat	3	2	1	0	1	0
Ken Boyer	5	0	0	0	0	0
George Altman	3	2	2	0	0	0
Charlie James	4	2	2	3	0	0
Julian Javier	4	1	0	0	0	0
Tim McCarver	4	2	3	4	0	0
Ray Sadecki	4	0	2	1	0	1
Duke Carmel	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dal Maxvill	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rod Kanehl	5	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Neal	4	1	2	1	1	0
Ron Hunt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	2	3	0	0	0
Jim Hickman	3	1	2	2	1	0
Tim Harkness	2	0	0	0	0	1
Al Moran	2	0	0	0	0	0
Norm Sherry	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jay Hook	2	0	0	0	0	1
Cliff Cook	1	0	1	1	1	0
Chico Fernandez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Duke Snider	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Piersall	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Sadecki	9.0	10	3	5

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jay Hook	6.2	7	2	1
Ken MacKenzie	0.1	1	0	0
Larry Bearnarth	2.0	5	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Curt Flood: W
Bill White: 3/LDP.1X1(3)
Dick Groat: 3/P3DF/FL

Bot 1

Rod Kanehl: S6/G56
Charlie Neal: CS2(26)
Charlie Neal: S9/L
Ron Hunt: 8/F8XD.1-2
Frank Thomas: 53/G5

Top 2

Ken Boyer: 8/F8D
George Altman: 43/G4
Charlie James: 53/G5S

Bot 2

Jim Hickman: W
Tim Harkness: 6/P5D
Al Moran: 9/F9L
Norm Sherry: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Julian Javier: 5/P25F/FL
Tim McCarver: 5/P5L
Ray Sadecki: K

Bot 3

Jay Hook: K/C
Rod Kanehl: 5/P5S
Charlie Neal: 6/L6

Top 4

Curt Flood: 9/F89S
Bill White: HR/L9LD
Dick Groat: 7!/L7LD
Ken Boyer: 4!/P9LS

Bot 4

Ron Hunt: 9/F9L
Frank Thomas: S7/G56
Jim Hickman: 54(1)/FO
Tim Harkness: K

Top 5

George Altman: HP
Charlie James: PB.1-2
Charlie James: 9/L89
Julian Javier: 6/P6D
Tim McCarver: S4/G4M/R3.2XH(32)

Bot 5

Al Moran: 53/BG25
Norm Sherry: K/C
Jay Hook: 13/BG1S

Top 6

Ray Sadecki: 31/G34
Curt Flood: 8/F8
Bill White: W
Dick Groat: CS2(24)

Bot 6

Rod Kanehl: 9/F9
Charlie Neal: W
Ron Hunt: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Dick Groat: S8/L8S
Ken Boyer: 2/BP2F/FL
George Altman: D9/G3L.1-3
Charlie James: S8/G46.3-H;2-H
Julian Javier: 5/P5F/FL
Tim McCarver: S9/L9S.1-2
Ray Sadecki: S7/L/TH2.2-H;1-2
Curt Flood: D9/L.2-H;1-3
Bill White: 8/F89D

Bot 7

Frank Thomas: S68/G6M
Jim Hickman: S9/L.1-3
Cliff Cook: S57/G56.3-H;1-2
Chico Fernandez: K/C
Norm Sherry: 7/F7
Duke Snider: K/C

Top 8

Dick Groat: W
Ken Boyer: FC1/G1.1-2(E1/TH2);B-1
George Altman: S5/BG25/R3.2-3;1-2
Charlie James: S8/L.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Julian Javier: 42(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Tim McCarver: HR8/L8XD/IPHR.3-H;2-H;1-H
Ray Sadecki: S9/G34
Curt Flood: K
Bill White: K

Bot 8

Rod Kanehl: 63/G6
Charlie Neal: HR/F7LD
Ron Hunt: 8/F8
Frank Thomas: S5/G5L
Jim Hickman: HR/F7D.1-H
Cliff Cook: W
Chico Fernandez: 8/L8D

Top 9

Duke Carmel: S4/G4M/R3
Ken Boyer: 64(1)3/GDP
Dal Maxvill: 7/L7

Bot 9

Norm Sherry: 6/P56D
Jim Piersall: S9/L
Rod Kanehl: 54(1)/FO/R3
Charlie Neal: 54(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Mets coach Hemus ejected by 2B umpire Weyer for arguing that Thomas was safe at 2nd because 2bman dropped ball; umpire ruled the drop was during a throw so out stood
Kanehl slipped as he was about to catch it and it rolled to the wall.

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