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Cardinals
@ Mets
Polo Grounds
August 18, 1962
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 18, 1962 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 18, 1962 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
New York Mets
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 18, 1962 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Mets |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Gibson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ken MacKenzie |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 14,309 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 53 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Augie Donatelli 1B: Frank Secory 2B: Tony Venzon 3B: Paul Pryor |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Charlie James | Right Fielder |
| Gene Oliver | Catcher |
| Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
| Bob Gibson | Pitcher |
| Johnny Keane | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Christopher | Right Fielder |
| Felix Mantilla | Third Baseman |
| Marv Throneberry | First Baseman |
| Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
| Charlie Neal | Shortstop |
| Jim Hickman | Center Fielder |
| Rod Kanehl | Second Baseman |
| Chris Cannizzaro | Catcher |
| Ken MacKenzie | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Mets
Polo Grounds
August 18, 1962
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. MacKenzie
Javier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. MacKenzie
Flood hits a line drive into right field. Christopher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. MacKenzie
Minoso hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cannizzaro settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. MacKenzie
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Christopher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christopher vs. Gibson
Christopher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Gibson
Mantilla hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Gibson
Throneberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Gibson
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Throneberry moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Neal vs. Gibson
Neal strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. MacKenzie
White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kanehl settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. MacKenzie
James hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. MacKenzie
Oliver hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Hickman fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Hickman. James goes all the way around to score. Oliver moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maxvill vs. MacKenzie
Maxvill bunts towards the mound. MacKenzie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Oliver scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. MacKenzie
Gibson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maxvill moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Javier vs. MacKenzie
Javier strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flood vs. MacKenzie
Flood hits a popup beyond short. Neal can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Maxvill scores. Gibson moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Minoso vs. Daviault
Ray Daviault now pitching.
Minoso strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. Gibson
Hickman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kanehl vs. Gibson
Kanehl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Hickman moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cannizzaro vs. Gibson
Cannizzaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Daviault vs. Gibson
Daviault takes first base on ball four. Hickman moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Christopher vs. Gibson
Christopher hits a line drive towards the mound. Gibson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Daviault
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Daviault
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kanehl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
James vs. Daviault
James hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cannizzaro settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Daviault
Oliver is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Gibson
Mantilla hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Gibson
Throneberry hits a line drive into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Gibson
Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Daviault
Maxvill strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Daviault
Gibson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Daviault
Javier hits a line drive into center field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Daviault
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Neal fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Gibson
Neal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hickman vs. Gibson
Hickman hits a ball on the ground towards second. Javier scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kanehl vs. Gibson
Kanehl strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Daviault
Minoso hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Daviault
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kanehl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Daviault
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Daviault covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Daviault
James is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Daviault
Oliver strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cannizzaro vs. Gibson
Cannizzaro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Daviault vs. Gibson
Daviault hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christopher vs. Gibson
Christopher hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Christopher reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mantilla vs. Gibson
Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill misplays the ball. That's an error on Maxvill. Christopher moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Throneberry vs. Gibson
Throneberry is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Daviault
Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Daviault
Gibson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Daviault
Javier is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Daviault
Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Christopher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Gibson
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Neal vs. Gibson
Neal strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hickman vs. Gibson
Hickman strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kanehl vs. Gibson
Kanehl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cannizzaro vs. Gibson
Cannizzaro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Daviault
Minoso takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Daviault
Boyer takes first base on ball four. Minoso moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Daviault
White bunts towards first. Throneberry fields the ball and throws to Daviault covering. Safe. Minoso moves to third. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
James vs. Daviault
James hits a ball on the ground towards short. Neal fields it and throws to second for the out. Minoso scores. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Oliver vs. Daviault
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Neal misplays the ball. That's an error on Neal. Boyer scores. James moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maxvill vs. Daviault
Maxvill hits a popup, foul, towards first. Throneberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gibson vs. Daviault
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mantilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Gibson
Jimmie Schaffer now catching. Richie Ashburn pinch hits for Ray Daviault.
Ashburn strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christopher vs. Gibson
Christopher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Gibson
Mantilla strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Moorhead
Bob Moorhead now pitching.
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moorhead fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Moorhead
Flood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Moorhead
There goes Flood. The throw from Cannizzaro and he is safe. Flood steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Minoso vs. Moorhead
Minoso strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Moorhead
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mantilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Flood scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Moorhead
There goes Boyer. The throw from Cannizzaro and he is safe. Boyer steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Moorhead
White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Moorhead
James hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mantilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaffer vs. Moorhead
Schaffer strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 9 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Gibson
Bobby Smith now playing center field.
Throneberry strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Gibson
Thomas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schaffer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Gibson
Neal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hickman vs. Gibson
Hickman takes first base on ball four. Neal moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kanehl vs. Gibson
Kanehl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 9 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Moorhead
Stan Musial pinch hits for Dal Maxvill.
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Moorhead
Julio Gotay pinch runs for Stan Musial.
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mantilla fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Moorhead
Javier hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Moorhead
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 10 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Gibson
Julio Gotay now playing shortstop. Choo Choo Coleman pinch hits for Chris Cannizzaro.
Coleman hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Gibson
Gene Woodling pinch hits for Bob Moorhead.
Woodling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Christopher vs. Gibson
Christopher is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantilla vs. Gibson
Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/18/1962, game 2 -- St.Louis at New York (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Javier J, 2b 5 1 1 1 Christopher J, rf 5 0 1 0
Flood C, cf 4 1 1 1 Mantilla F, 3b 5 0 0 0
Smith B, cf 1 0 0 0 Throneberry M, 1b 3 0 0 0
Minoso M, lf 4 2 1 1 Thomas F, lf 3 0 1 0
Boyer K, 3b 4 2 2 1 Neal C, ss 2 0 0 0
White B, 1b 5 1 2 2 Hickman J, cf 2 0 0 0
James C, rf 4 1 2 1 Kanehl R, 2b 4 0 1 0
Oliver G, c 4 1 1 1 Cannizzaro C, c 3 0 0 0
Schaffer J, c 1 0 0 0 Coleman C, ph 1 0 0 0
Maxvill D, ss 4 1 2 1 MacKenzie K, p 0 0 0 0
Musial S, ph 0 0 0 0 Daviault R, p 1 0 0 0
Gotay J, pr-ss 0 0 0 0 Ashburn R, ph 1 0 0 0
Gibson B, p 4 0 1 0 Moorhead B, p 0 0 0 0
Woodling G, ph 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 10 13 9 30 0 3 0
St.Louis 030 010 231 -- 10
New York 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson B (W) 9.0 3 0 0 8 9
New York IP H R ER BB SO
MacKenzie K (L) 1.2 5 3 3 1 1
Daviault R 5.1 4 3 3 3 6
Moorhead B 2.0 4 4 4 2 2
E -- Hickman J, Maxvill D, Neal C
DP -- St.Louis 1, New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 10, New York 11
2B -- Oliver G, Christopher J
HR -- Minoso M, White B, Javier J
SB -- Flood C, Boyer K
HBP -- by Daviault R (James C)
WP -- Gibson B
T -- 2:53
A -- 14309
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