Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
April 29, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1962 at Polo Grounds V. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 10, New York Mets 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 5 1 1 0
Callison rf 4 2 1 0
Gonzalez cf 3 3 3 2
Covington lf 5 1 2 3
  Savage lf 0 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
Demeter 3b 4 2 2 2
Dalrymple c 4 1 2 1
Amaro ss 5 0 1 0
Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Locke p 4 0 1 1
  Baldschun p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 14 9
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hickman cf 3 0 0 0
Chacon ss 5 0 0 0
Marshall rf 5 1 1 1
Thomas lf 5 0 1 0
Bouchee 1b 3 0 1 0
Neal 2b 4 0 0 0
Mantilla 3b 3 1 1 0
Chiti c 1 0 0 0
  Ashburn pr 0 0 0 0
  Cannizzaro c 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph,c 1 0 0 0
Jones p 2 0 1 1
  MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Moford p 0 0 0 0
  Kanehl ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 5 2
Philadelphia 012 123 00110144
New York 110 000 000251
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   1.2 4 2 2 1 0
  Locke  W (1-0) 4.2 1 0 0 6 3
  Baldschun  SV (4) 2.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
7
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (0-4) 4.0 8 6 6 0 3
  MacKenzie   2.0 3 3 3 3 1
  Moford   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Anderson   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
3
5

  E–Amaro 3 (6), Brown (1), Chiti (1).  2B–Philadelphia Taylor (2,off MacKenzie); Torre (1,off MacKenzie); Dalrymple (3,off Anderson).  3B–Philadelphia Demeter (2,off Anderson).  HR–Philadelphia Demeter (4,2nd inning off Jones 0 on, 1 out); Gonzalez (3,3rd inning off Jones 1 on, 2 out); Covington (1,6th inning off MacKenzie 1 on, 2 out), New York Marshall (3,1st inning off Brown 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Demeter (2,off MacKenzie).  HBP–Callison (1,by Jones); Gonzalez (3,by Jones); Chiti (1,by Brown).  Team LOB–8.  Team–13.  SB–Gonzalez (4,2nd base off MacKenzie/Chiti); Chacon (2,2nd base off Baldschun/Dalrymple).  BK–Jones (1).  HBP–Brown (1,Chiti); Jones 2 (2,Callison,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–3:27.  A–19,925.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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