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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Mets

1964-07-09 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 13804 · rain, wet · 2:32

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

Line score

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

W: Al Jackson L: Curt Simmons SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Williams · 1B: Vinnie Smith · 2B: Tom Gorman · 3B: Chris Pelekoudas · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curt Flood	3	1	2	1	1	0
Lou Brock	3	1	0	0	1	2
Dick Groat	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Boyer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill White	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mike Shannon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Julian Javier	4	1	2	0	0	0
Tim McCarver	4	0	1	0	0	0
Curt Simmons	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Kranepool	4	1	1	0	0	2
Ron Hunt	3	0	1	2	1	0
Hawk Taylor	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Christopher	4	1	2	0	0	0
George Altman	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Hickman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Roy McMillan	3	0	0	0	0	0
Charley Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0
Al Jackson	3	1	2	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	1	1	1	2	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Simmons	8.2	8	1	5

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Jackson	9.0	7	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Curt Flood: S8/G
Lou Brock: W.1-2
Dick Groat: S9/G.2-H;1-3
Ken Boyer: 14(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR)
Bill White: K

Bot 1

Ed Kranepool: K/C
Ron Hunt: E6/G
Hawk Taylor: 63.1-2
Joe Christopher: 63

Top 2

Mike Shannon: 43
Julian Javier: 53
Tim McCarver: S7/F
Curt Simmons: K

Bot 2

George Altman: 13/BG
Jim Hickman: E5/TH
Roy McMillan: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Curt Flood: W
Lou Brock: K/C
Dick Groat: 43.1-2
Ken Boyer: 7/L

Bot 3

Charley Smith: 43/G4M
Al Jackson: S5/G
Ed Kranepool: D9/L.1-3
Ron Hunt: S7/G.3-H;2-H
Hawk Taylor: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Bill White: 43
Mike Shannon: S5/BG
Julian Javier: 9/F
Tim McCarver: 9/F

Bot 4

Joe Christopher: S8/G
George Altman: S9/G.1-3
Jim Hickman: K
Roy McMillan: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Curt Simmons: 23
Curt Flood: 4/P
Lou Brock: 8/F89

Bot 5

Charley Smith: 9/FL
Al Jackson: D9/G
Ed Kranepool: K
Ron Hunt: W
Hawk Taylor: 2/FL

Top 6

Dick Groat: 63
Ken Boyer: 63
Bill White: W
Mike Shannon: SB2
Mike Shannon: 8/F

Bot 6

Joe Christopher: 7/F
George Altman: K
Jim Hickman: 31

Top 7

Julian Javier: S7/G
Tim McCarver: 43.1-2
Curt Simmons: 63.2-3
Curt Flood: S7/L.3-H
Lou Brock: K

Bot 7

Roy McMillan: 63
Charley Smith: 53
Al Jackson: 43

Top 8

Dick Groat: 6/L
Ken Boyer: 7/F
Bill White: 31

Bot 8

Ed Kranepool: 6/P
Ron Hunt: 63
Hawk Taylor: K

Top 9

Mike Shannon: 63
Julian Javier: S7/G
Tim McCarver: POCS2(1E3).1-2
Tim McCarver: 13
Curt Simmons: POCS3(26)

Bot 9

Joe Christopher: S7/G
George Altman: 6/P6D
Jim Hickman: 9/F9D
Frank Thomas: HR/7.1-H