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Cardinals
@ Mets
Polo Grounds
April 9, 1963
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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 April 9, 1963 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | April 9, 1963 |
|---|---|
| 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 | April 9, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Mets |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ernie Broglio |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Roger Craig |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 25,049 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Secory 1B: Bill Jackowski 2B: Vinnie Smith 3B: Paul Pryor |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Dick Groat | Shortstop |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| George Altman | Right Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Carl Sawatski | Catcher |
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Ernie Broglio | Pitcher |
| Johnny Keane | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Larry Burright | Second Baseman |
| Choo Choo Coleman | Catcher |
| Ed Kranepool | Right Fielder |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
| Tim Harkness | First Baseman |
| Charlie Neal | Third Baseman |
| Al Moran | Shortstop |
| Roger Craig | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Mets
Polo Grounds
April 9, 1963
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Craig
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Neal picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Neal. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Groat vs. Craig
Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Craig
White hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Flood tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Altman vs. Craig
Altman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Groat moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Craig
Boyer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Groat scores. Altman moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Craig
Craig spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Craig. Altman moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Musial vs. Craig
Musial hits a popup towards third. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sawatski vs. Craig
Sawatski strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burright vs. Broglio
Burright hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Broglio
Coleman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. Broglio
Kranepool hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Broglio
Snider takes first base on ball four. Burright moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Broglio
Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Craig
Javier strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Broglio vs. Craig
Broglio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Craig fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Craig
Flood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Craig
Groat hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harkness vs. Broglio
Harkness hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Broglio
Neal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moran vs. Broglio
Moran hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Craig vs. Broglio
Craig 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 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Craig
White hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Craig
Altman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Craig
Boyer hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Craig
The umpire calls a balk on Craig Altman moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Craig
Musial hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Altman scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sawatski vs. Craig
The umpire calls a balk on Craig Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sawatski vs. Craig
Sawatski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Javier vs. Craig
Javier strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Broglio vs. Craig
Broglio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Craig fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burright vs. Broglio
Burright strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Broglio
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Broglio
Kranepool hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Craig
Flood hits a line drive towards short. Moran reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Craig
Groat hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Craig
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Altman vs. Craig
Altman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harkness fields the ball and throws to Craig covering. Safe. White moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Craig
Boyer hits a line drive towards third. Neal reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Broglio
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Broglio
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harkness vs. Broglio
Harkness strikes out. Sawatski drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Harkness out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Craig
Musial hits a popup towards short. Moran settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Craig
Sawatski hits a fly ball into right field. Kranepool settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Craig
Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Kranepool settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Broglio
Neal strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moran vs. Broglio
Moran hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craig vs. Broglio
Craig strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Broglio vs. Craig
Broglio strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Craig
Flood hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Craig
Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Flood goes all the way around to score. Groat moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Craig
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Altman vs. Craig
Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Burright fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Groat moves to third. White moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Boyer vs. Rowe
Don Rowe now pitching.
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Moran fields it and throws to second for the out. Groat scores. White moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Musial vs. Rowe
The umpire calls a balk on Rowe White scores. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Rowe
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sawatski vs. Rowe
Charlie James pinch runs for Stan Musial.
Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Burright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burright vs. Broglio
Charlie James now playing left field.
Burright hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Broglio
Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Broglio
Kranepool hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Rowe
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Neal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Broglio vs. Rowe
Broglio strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Rowe
Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Broglio
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Broglio
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harkness vs. Broglio
Harkness hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Rowe
Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Rowe
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Burright fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Altman vs. Rowe
Altman hits a popup towards short. Moran settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Rowe
Boyer strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Broglio
Neal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moran vs. Broglio
Moran hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Broglio
Marv Throneberry pinch hits for Don Rowe.
Throneberry strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Cisco
Galen Cisco now pitching.
James hits a ball on the ground towards short. Moran scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Cisco
Sawatski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Cisco
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cisco fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Broglio vs. Cisco
There goes Javier. The throw from Coleman and he is out, Burright applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burright vs. Broglio
Burright hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Burright reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coleman vs. Broglio
Coleman strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kranepool vs. Broglio
Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Burright moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Snider vs. Broglio
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Broglio covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/9/1963 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Flood C, cf 4 2 2 0 Burright L, 2b 4 0 2 0
Groat D, ss 5 2 3 0 Coleman C, c 4 0 0 0
White B, 1b 2 2 1 2 Kranepool E, rf 4 0 0 0
Altman G, rf 5 1 4 0 Snider D, cf 3 0 0 0
Boyer K, 3b 5 0 1 2 Thomas F, lf 3 0 0 0
Musial S, lf 3 0 1 1 Harkness T, 1b 3 0 0 0
James C, pr-lf 1 0 0 0 Neal C, 3b 2 0 0 0
Sawatski C, c 5 0 2 0 Moran A, ss 3 0 0 0
Javier J, 2b 5 0 0 0 Craig R, p 2 0 0 0
Broglio E, p 4 0 0 0 Rowe D, p 0 0 0 0
Throneberry M, ph 1 0 0 0
Cisco G, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 7 14 5 29 0 2 0
St.Louis 202 003 000 -- 7
New York 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio E (W) 9.0 2 0 0 2 8
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Craig R (L) 5.1 12 7 7 3 4
Rowe D 2.2 1 0 0 1 2
Cisco G 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Neal C, Craig R
LOB -- St.Louis 10, New York 4
2B -- Burright L
HR -- White B
CS -- Javier J
SF -- White B
Balk -- Craig R 2, Rowe D
T -- 2:41
A -- 25049
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