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Phillies
@ Mets
Polo Grounds
May 9, 1963
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on May 9, 1963 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
Date | May 9, 1963 |
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Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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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 9, 1963 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
Home Team | New York Mets |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Cal McLish |
Home Starting Pitcher | Roger Craig |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 3,435 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Mel Steiner 1B: Augie Donatelli 2B: Shag Crawford 3B: Tony Venzon |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
Name | Position |
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Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
Tony Gonzalez | Right Fielder |
Wes Covington | Left Fielder |
Roy Sievers | First Baseman |
Don Demeter | Center Fielder |
Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
Clay Dalrymple | Catcher |
Bobby Wine | Shortstop |
Cal McLish | Pitcher |
Gene Mauch | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
Name | Position |
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Charlie Neal | Third Baseman |
Ron Hunt | Second Baseman |
Ed Kranepool | Right Fielder |
Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
Tim Harkness | First Baseman |
Jim Hickman | Center Fielder |
Al Moran | Shortstop |
Norm Sherry | Catcher |
Roger Craig | Pitcher |
Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Phillies
@ Mets
Polo Grounds
May 9, 1963
Top 1
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Craig
Rojas hits a line drive towards short. Moran reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Craig
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Covington vs. Craig
Covington hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Sievers vs. Craig
Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Neal vs. McLish
Neal hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. McLish
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. McLish
Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kranepool for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Craig
Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Neal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Craig
Hoak hits a popup towards third. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Dalrymple vs. Craig
Dalrymple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Wine vs. Craig
Wine 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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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. McLish
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Harkness vs. McLish
Harkness strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. McLish
Hickman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Moran vs. McLish
Moran hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McLish vs. Craig
McLish is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Craig
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Moran scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Craig
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sherry vs. McLish
Sherry hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Craig vs. McLish
Craig strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. McLish
Neal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Covington vs. Craig
Covington hits a popup towards short. Moran settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Craig
Sievers hits a fly ball into right field. Kranepool settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Craig
Demeter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Hoak vs. Craig
Hoak hits a line drive into center field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. McLish
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. McLish
Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. McLish
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak juggles the ball. That's an error on Hoak. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Harkness vs. McLish
Harkness strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dalrymple vs. Craig
Dalrymple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Wine vs. Craig
Wine hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas who is chasing the ball. Wine reaches third base with a triple. Dalrymple goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
McLish vs. Craig
McLish hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rojas vs. Craig
Rojas is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Gonzalez vs. Craig
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wine scores. Rojas moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Covington vs. Craig
Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Craig has Rojas trapped. There's the throw to Sherry and over to Neal, who tags Rojas for the out. Gonzalez moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sievers vs. Craig
There goes Gonzalez. The throw from Sherry and he is safe. Gonzalez steals third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Sievers vs. Craig
Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Neal fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. McLish
Hickman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hickman for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moran vs. McLish
Moran hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Sherry vs. McLish
Sherry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Craig
Demeter hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Craig
Hoak is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Dalrymple vs. Craig
Dalrymple hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harkness scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dalrymple for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Craig vs. McLish
Craig is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Neal vs. McLish
Neal is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. McLish
Hunt hits a line drive into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Wine vs. Craig
Wine hits a line drive into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McLish vs. Craig
McLish hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Craig fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Craig
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Craig fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. McLish
Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. McLish
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Harkness vs. McLish
Harkness hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Craig
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harkness scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gonzalez for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Covington vs. Craig
Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Craig fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Craig
Sievers hits a fly ball into center field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. McLish
Johnny Callison now playing left field.
Hickman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moran vs. McLish
Moran hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sherry vs. McLish
Sherry is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. McLish
Larry Burright pinch runs for Norm Sherry. Duke Snider pinch hits for Roger Craig.
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Sievers. Burright moves to third. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Neal vs. McLish
Rod Kanehl pinch runs for Duke Snider.
Neal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. MacKenzie
Choo Choo Coleman now catching. Ken MacKenzie now pitching.
Demeter hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. MacKenzie
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Neal fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Neal. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Dalrymple vs. MacKenzie
There goes Hoak. The throw from Coleman to Moran and they have Hoak trapped. The throw over to Harkness, who applies the tag for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dalrymple vs. MacKenzie
Dalrymple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Moran scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. McLish
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. McLish
Kranepool hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hunt moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomas vs. Baldschun
Jack Baldschun now pitching.
Thomas takes first base on ball four. Kranepool moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Harkness vs. Baldschun
Al Jackson pinch runs for Frank Thomas.
Harkness hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hunt scores. Kranepool scores. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Hickman vs. Klippstein
Johnny Klippstein now pitching. Bob Oldis now catching.
Hickman strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Moran vs. Klippstein
Moran hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1-3
Coleman vs. Klippstein
Coleman is walked intentionally. Moran moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Cook vs. Klippstein
Cliff Cook pinch hits for Ken MacKenzie.
There's a wild pitch. Jackson scores. Moran moves to third. Coleman moves to second. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/9/1963 -- Philadelphia at New York (D) Philadelphia AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Rojas C, 2b 3 0 0 0 Neal C, 3b 4 0 0 0 Gonzalez T, rf 4 0 1 1 Hunt R, 2b 4 1 1 0 Covington W, lf 4 0 1 0 Kranepool E, rf 4 1 1 0 Callison J, lf 0 0 0 0 Thomas F, lf 3 0 0 0 Sievers R, 1b 4 0 0 0 Jackson A, pr 0 1 0 0 Demeter D, cf 4 0 1 0 Harkness T, 1b 4 0 1 2 Hoak D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Hickman J, cf 3 0 0 0 Dalrymple C, c 3 1 1 0 Moran A, ss 4 0 1 0 Klippstein J, p 0 0 0 0 Sherry N, c 2 0 0 0 Wine B, ss 3 1 1 1 Burright L, pr 0 0 0 0 McLish C, p 3 0 0 0 Coleman C, c 0 0 0 0 Baldschun J, p 0 0 0 0 Craig R, p 2 0 0 0 Oldis B, c 0 0 0 0 Snider D, ph 1 0 0 0 Kanehl R, pr 0 0 0 0 MacKenzie K, p 0 0 0 0 Cook C, ph 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 2 5 2 31 3 4 2 Philadelphia 000 020 000 -- 2 New York 000 000 003 -- 3 2 outs when winning run was scored. Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO McLish C* 8.0 3 2 2 1 6 Baldschun J (L)+ 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 Klippstein J 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 New York IP H R ER BB SO Craig R 8.0 5 2 2 1 2 MacKenzie K (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th + Pitched to 2 batters in 9th E -- Hoak D, Sievers R, Neal C DP -- Philadelphia 1 LOB -- Philadelphia 5, New York 6 3B -- Wine B SB -- Gonzalez T CS -- Hoak D HBP -- by Craig R (Rojas C), by McLish C (Sherry N) WP -- Klippstein J T -- 2:28 A -- 3435
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