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Braves
@ Mets
Polo Grounds
May 12, 1962
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Braves, played on May 12, 1962 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 12, 1962 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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| Home Team |
New York Mets
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 12, 1962 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Home Team | New York Mets |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Carl Willey |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Moorhead |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 19,748 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 34 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: Stan Landes 2B: Vinnie Smith 3B: Mel Steiner |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tommie Aaron | Left Fielder |
| Mack Jones | Right Fielder |
| Hank Aaron | Center Fielder |
| Joe Adcock | First Baseman |
| Frank Bolling | Second Baseman |
| Joe Torre | Catcher |
| Amado Samuel | Third Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Carl Willey | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Hickman | Center Fielder |
| Elio Chacon | Shortstop |
| Felix Mantilla | Third Baseman |
| Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
| Marv Throneberry | First Baseman |
| Gus Bell | Right Fielder |
| Charlie Neal | Second Baseman |
| Hobie Landrith | Catcher |
| Bob Moorhead | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Mets
Polo Grounds
May 12, 1962
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Moorhead
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chacon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Moorhead
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Moorhead
Aaron takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adcock vs. Moorhead
There goes Aaron. The throw from Landrith and he is safe. Aaron steals second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Adcock vs. Moorhead
Adcock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. Willey
Hickman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chacon vs. Willey
Chacon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantilla vs. Willey
Mantilla hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chacon moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Cloninger
Tony Cloninger now pitching.
Thomas hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Throneberry vs. Cloninger
Throneberry hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Chacon moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Cloninger
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Moorhead
Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Moorhead
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moorhead fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Samuel vs. Moorhead
Samuel strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Cloninger
Neal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landrith vs. Cloninger
There goes Neal. The throw from Torre and he is out, McMillan applying the tag. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Cloninger
Landrith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moorhead vs. Cloninger
Moorhead bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Landrith moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hickman vs. Cloninger
Hickman hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chacon vs. Cloninger
Chacon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Landrith scores. Moorhead moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mantilla vs. Cloninger
Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cloninger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Moorhead
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moorhead fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cloninger vs. Moorhead
Cloninger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Moorhead
Aaron hits a line drive into center field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Cloninger
Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards third. Samuel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Cloninger
Throneberry strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Cloninger
Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Neal vs. Cloninger
Neal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Samuel fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Moorhead
Jones takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Moorhead
Moorhead fires over to first and Throneberry drops the ball. That's an error on Throneberry. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Aaron vs. Moorhead
Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jones tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Moorhead
Adcock strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Moorhead
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mantilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Moorhead
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chacon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 1 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Cloninger
Landrith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moorhead vs. Cloninger
Moorhead hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cloninger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hickman vs. Cloninger
Hickman strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chacon vs. Cloninger
Chacon takes first base on ball four. Moorhead moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mantilla vs. Cloninger
Mantilla hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Aaron. Mantilla reaches second base with a double. Moorhead scores. Chacon goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Cloninger
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 1 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Samuel vs. Moorhead
Samuel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Moorhead
McMillan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Curtis vs. Moorhead
Jack Curtis pinch hits for Tony Cloninger.
Curtis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McMillan moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Aaron vs. Moorhead
Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McMillan tags and scores. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Moorhead
Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas who is chasing the ball. Jones reaches third base with a triple. Curtis goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Aaron vs. Moorhead
Aaron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Moorhead
Adcock strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 5 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Curtis
Jack Curtis now pitching. Gil Hodges pinch hits for Marv Throneberry.
Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Curtis
Bell bunts in front of the plate. Torre fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Curtis
Neal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landrith vs. Curtis
Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 5 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Miller
Gil Hodges now playing first base. Bob Miller now pitching.
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mantilla juggles the ball. That's an error on Mantilla. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Miller
Torre hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Samuel vs. Miller
Samuel hits a ball on the ground towards second. Neal scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 5 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cook vs. Curtis
Cliff Cook pinch hits for Bob Miller.
Cook hits a line drive into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. Curtis
Hickman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chacon vs. Curtis
Chacon hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Aaron, who is chasing the ball. Chacon reaches third base with a triple. Hickman goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mantilla vs. Curtis
Mantilla hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Curtis
Thomas hits a line drive beyond third. Samuel can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Chacon scores. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Curtis
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Samuel fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 5 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. MacKenzie
Ken MacKenzie now pitching.
McMillan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Krsnich vs. MacKenzie
Mike Krsnich pinch hits for Jack Curtis.
Krsnich bunts towards the mound. MacKenzie fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. MacKenzie
Aaron strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 5 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Nottebart
Don Nottebart now pitching.
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Nottebart
Neal strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Nottebart
Landrith hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 5 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. MacKenzie
Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Jones reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aaron vs. MacKenzie
Aaron hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Aaron reaches second base with a double. Jones scores. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Adcock vs. Hillman
Dave Hillman now pitching.
Adcock bunts towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adcock for the out. Aaron moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bolling vs. Hillman
Bolling hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Aaron tags and scores. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Hillman
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mantilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Samuel vs. Hillman
Samuel hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mantilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 7 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bouchee vs. Nottebart
Ed Bouchee pinch hits for Dave Hillman.
Bouchee takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hickman vs. Nottebart
Rod Kanehl pinch runs for Ed Bouchee.
Hickman bunts towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Bolling covering, for the out. Kanehl moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chacon vs. Nottebart
Chacon hits a line drive beyond third. Samuel can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Kanehl scores. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantilla vs. Nottebart
There goes Chacon. The throw from Torre and he is out, Bolling applying the tag. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Nottebart
Mantilla hits a line drive into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 7 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Mizell
Vinegar Bend Mizell now pitching.
McMillan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crandall vs. Anderson
Del Crandall pinch hits for Don Nottebart. Craig Anderson now pitching.
Crandall bunts towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. McMillan moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aaron vs. Anderson
There's a wild pitch. McMillan moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Aaron vs. Anderson
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Jones vs. Anderson
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Anderson covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 7 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Fischer
Hank Fischer now pitching.
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fischer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Fischer
Hodges hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/12/1962, game 2 -- Milwaukee at New York (D)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Aaron T, lf 4 0 0 1 Hickman J, cf 3 2 1 1
Jones M, rf 4 3 2 1 Chacon E, ss 3 2 3 3
Aaron H, cf 2 2 2 4 Mantilla F, 3b 5 0 2 2
Adcock J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Thomas F, lf 5 0 1 1
Bolling F, 2b 3 0 1 1 Throneberry M, 1b 2 0 0 0
Torre J, c 4 0 1 0 Hodges G, ph-1b 3 1 2 1
Samuel A, 3b 4 0 0 0 Bell G, rf 4 0 1 0
McMillan R, ss 3 1 2 0 Neal C, 2b 3 0 1 0
Willey C, p 0 0 0 0 Landrith H, c 3 1 1 0
Cloninger T, p 1 0 0 0 Moorhead B, p 1 1 0 0
Curtis J, ph-p 1 1 1 0 Miller B, p 0 0 0 0
Krsnich M, ph 1 0 0 0 Cook C, ph 1 0 0 0
Nottebart D, p 0 0 0 0 MacKenzie K, p 0 0 0 0
Crandall D, ph 0 0 0 0 Hillman D, p 0 0 0 0
Fischer H, p 0 0 0 0 Bouchee E, ph 0 0 0 0
Kanehl R, pr 0 1 0 0
Mizell V, p 0 0 0 0
Anderson C, p 0 0 0 0
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30 7 9 7 33 8 12 8
Milwaukee 000 140 020 -- 7
New York 110 202 011 -- 8
1 out when winning run was scored.
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Willey C* 0.0 2 1 1 1 0
Cloninger T 4.0 5 3 3 2 3
Curtis J 2.0 3 2 2 2 0
Nottebart D 2.0 1 1 1 1 1
Fischer H (L) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Moorhead B 5.0 5 5 4 2 3
Miller B 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
MacKenzie K+ 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Hillman D 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Mizell V# 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Anderson C (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 1st
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
# Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Throneberry M, Mantilla F
DP -- Milwaukee 1, New York 2
LOB -- Milwaukee 4, New York 8
2B -- Mantilla F, Jones M, Aaron H
3B -- Jones M, Chacon E
HR -- Hickman J, Aaron H, Hodges G
SB -- Aaron H
CS -- Neal C, Chacon E
SH -- Moorhead B, Adcock J, Hickman J, Crandall D
SF -- Aaron H, Aaron T, Bolling F
WP -- Anderson C
T -- 3:34
A -- 19748
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