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Phillies
@ Mets
Polo Grounds
September 18, 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 September 18, 1963 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | September 18, 1963 |
|---|---|
| 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 | September 18, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Home Team | New York Mets |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Chris Short |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Craig Anderson |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 1,752 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 19 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Doug Harvey 1B: Lee Weyer 2B: Al Barlick 3B: Ed Vargo |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Taylor | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Callison | Right Fielder |
| Wes Covington | Left Fielder |
| Tony Gonzalez | Center Fielder |
| Clay Dalrymple | Catcher |
| Roy Sievers | First Baseman |
| Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Wine | Shortstop |
| Chris Short | Pitcher |
| Gene Mauch | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Smith | Center Fielder |
| Pumpsie Green | Third Baseman |
| Ron Hunt | Second Baseman |
| Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
| Jim Hickman | Right Fielder |
| Tim Harkness | First Baseman |
| Norm Sherry | Catcher |
| Al Moran | Shortstop |
| Craig Anderson | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Phillies
@ Mets
Polo Grounds
September 18, 1963
Top 1
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Anderson
Taylor 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: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Callison vs. Anderson
Callison hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harkness scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Callison for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Covington vs. Anderson
Covington 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
Bottom 1
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Short
Smith bunts towards the mound. Short fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Short
Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Hunt vs. Short
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Short
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Anderson
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Dalrymple vs. Anderson
Dalrymple hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harkness fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Anderson drops the ball. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sievers vs. Anderson
Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Green fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. Short
Hickman hits a popup into left field, out of the reach of Covington. Hickman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Harkness vs. Short
Harkness strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Sherry vs. Short
Sherry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out. Hickman moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Moran vs. Short
Moran takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Anderson vs. Short
Anderson 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 3
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Anderson
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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wine vs. Anderson
Wine 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: ---
Short vs. Anderson
Short hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Anderson
Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Short moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Callison vs. Anderson
Callison 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
Bottom 3
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Short
Smith strikes out. Dalrymple drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Smith out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Green vs. Short
Green takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Short
There goes Green. The throw from Dalrymple to Wine and they have Green trapped. The throw over to Sievers, who applies the tag for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Short
Hunt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Covington. Hunt reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Short
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Covington vs. Anderson
Covington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harkness scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Covington for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Anderson
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt misplays the ball. That's an error on Hunt. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Dalrymple vs. Anderson
Dalrymple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Sievers vs. Anderson
Sievers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores. Dalrymple moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Rojas vs. Anderson
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Moran fields it and throws to second for the out. Dalrymple moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Wine vs. Anderson
Wine hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith who is chasing the ball. Wine reaches third base with a triple. Dalrymple scores. Rojas goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Short vs. Craig
Roger Craig now pitching.
Short hits a ball on the ground towards third. Green fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Phillies, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. Short
Hickman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harkness vs. Short
Harkness hits a line drive into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Sherry vs. Short
Sherry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Moran vs. Short
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
Top 5
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Phillies, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Craig
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Green fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Callison vs. Craig
Callison hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harkness scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Callison for the out. Taylor moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Covington vs. Craig
Covington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taylor scores. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
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. Covington moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Dalrymple vs. Craig
Dalrymple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Covington scores. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Sievers vs. Craig
Sievers hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sherry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Christopher vs. Short
Joe Christopher pinch hits for Roger Craig.
Christopher hits a popup towards short. Wine settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Short
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Short
Green hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gonzalez who is chasing the ball. Green reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hunt vs. Short
Hunt 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 6
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Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Bauta
Ed Bauta now pitching.
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bauta fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Wine vs. Bauta
Wine hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hunt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Short vs. Bauta
Short hits a ball on the ground towards short. Moran scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Short
Thomas hits a line drive into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. Short
Hickman strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harkness vs. Short
Harkness hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sherry vs. Short
Sherry hits a popup, foul, towards third. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Bauta
Taylor 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, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Callison vs. Bauta
Callison 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, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Covington vs. Bauta
Covington hits a fly ball into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Short
Don Demeter now playing left field. Chico Fernandez pinch hits for Al Moran.
Fernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonder vs. Short
Jesse Gonder pinch hits for Ed Bauta.
Gonder 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, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Short
Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Bearnarth
Chico Fernandez now playing shortstop. Larry Bearnarth now pitching.
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dalrymple vs. Bearnarth
Dalrymple 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, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Bearnarth
Sievers hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Short
Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Short
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Taylor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hunt is thrown out after the base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Short
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hickman vs. Short
Hickman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Bearnarth
Rojas hits a line drive into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wine vs. Bearnarth
Wine hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harkness settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Short vs. Bearnarth
Short hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Harkness vs. Short
Harkness hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kanehl vs. Short
Rod Kanehl pinch hits for Norm Sherry.
Kanehl hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Short
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Kanehl moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 5 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Schreiber vs. Short
Ted Schreiber pinch hits for Larry Bearnarth.
Schreiber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/18/1963 -- Philadelphia at New York (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Taylor T, 3b 4 1 2 0 Smith D, cf 4 0 1 0
Callison J, rf 4 0 0 0 Green P, 3b 3 0 1 0
Covington W, lf 4 1 1 1 Hunt R, 2b 4 0 2 0
Demeter D, lf 0 0 0 0 Thomas F, lf 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez T, cf 4 1 0 0 Hickman J, rf 4 1 2 1
Dalrymple C, c 4 1 2 1 Harkness T, 1b 4 0 1 0
Sievers R, 1b 4 0 1 1 Sherry N, c 3 0 0 0
Rojas C, 2b 4 1 0 0 Kanehl R, ph 1 0 1 0
Wine B, ss 4 0 1 2 Moran A, ss 1 0 0 0
Short C, p 4 0 1 0 Fernandez C, ph-ss 2 0 1 0
Anderson C, p 1 0 0 0
Craig R, p 0 0 0 0
Christopher J, ph 1 0 0 0
Bauta E, p 0 0 0 0
Gonder J, ph 1 0 0 0
Bearnarth L, p 0 0 0 0
Schreiber T, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 5 8 5 34 1 9 1
Philadelphia 000 320 000 -- 5
New York 000 100 000 -- 1
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Short C (W) 9.0 9 1 1 2 6
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson C (L) 3.2 5 3 0 0 0
Craig R 1.1 3 2 2 0 0
Bauta E 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Bearnarth L 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Anderson C, Hunt R
DP -- Philadelphia 1, New York 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 4, New York 8
2B -- Hickman J, Hunt R
3B -- Wine B, Green P
HR -- Hickman J
CS -- Green P
WP -- Short C
T -- 2:19
A -- 1752
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