Pirates @ Mets
August 21, 1962

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Pirates 4 6 3
Mets 6 6 1
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Pirates 4 6 3
Mets 6 6 1

Joe Christopher Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .198
OBP .750 .292
At Bats 2 172
Hits 1 34
• Singles 1 23
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 2 21
RBI’s 1 15

Diomedes Olivo Season Stats

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3 1 7
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Polo Grounds - August 21, 1962
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Diomedes Olivo
Smoky Burgess
Donn Clendenon
Bill Mazeroski
Don Hoak
Dick Groat
Bob Skinner
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Joe Christopher
Craig Anderson
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Christopher hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 8 Christopher hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clendenon settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Clendenon.
Bottom 8 Diomedes Olivo now pitching. Anderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Virdon strikes out.
Top 8 Dick Schofield pinch hits for Jack Lamabe. Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kanehl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kanehl hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a popup, foul, towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hoak hits a popup towards first. Throneberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kanehl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Burgess hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Burgess reaches second base with a double. Skinner goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Throneberry hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mantilla hits a line drive into center field. Virdon picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Virdon. Anderson scores. Christopher scores. Neal goes all the way around to score. Mantilla moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jack Lamabe now pitching. Neal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamabe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Anderson moves to third. Christopher moves to second.
Bottom 6 Christopher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pignatano scores. Anderson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Francis has Kanehl trapped. There's the throw to Burgess and over to Hoak, who tags Kanehl for the out. Pignatano moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Pignatano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ashburn scores. Kanehl moves to third.
Bottom 6 Kanehl takes first base on ball four. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Kanehl fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 6 Virdon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clendenon scores. Hoak scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Francis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mazeroski for the out. Clendenon moves to third. Hoak moves to second.
Top 6 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kanehl misplays the ball. That's an error on Kanehl. Clendenon moves to second.
Top 6 Marv Throneberry now playing first base. Richie Ashburn now playing center field. Clendenon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Marv Throneberry pinch hits for Jim Hickman. Throneberry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak juggles the ball. That's an error on Hoak. Christopher moves to third.
Bottom 5 Neal bunts towards the mound. Francis fields it and throws to first for the out. Christopher moves to second.
Bottom 5 Christopher takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Clemente is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Herrscher fields it and throws to second for the out. Groat moves to third.
Top 5 Skinner is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Groat hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Groat reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kanehl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Earl Francis now pitching. Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Pignatano takes first base on ball four. Herrscher moves to third. Kanehl moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kanehl takes first base on ball four. Herrscher moves to second.
Bottom 4 Herrscher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Hickman hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gibbon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mazeroski takes first base on ball four. Hoak moves to second.
Top 4 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mantilla fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Clemente strikes out.
Bottom 3 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Christopher strikes out.
Bottom 3 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops it up and throws to first, with Gibbon covering, for the out.
Top 3 Burgess hits a fly ball into right field. Christopher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Skinner strikes out.
Top 3 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Christopher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pignatano hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kanehl hits a popup in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Herrscher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Herrscher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out.
Top 2 Gibbon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Herrscher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hickman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out. Christopher moves to third.
Bottom 1 Neal takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Christopher. The throw from Burgess and he is safe. Christopher steals second.
Bottom 1 Christopher takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hoak strikes out.
Top 1 Clendenon takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Clemente hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Christopher. Clemente reaches second base with a double. Groat scores. Burgess moves to third.
Top 1 Burgess takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Skinner is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Groat hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Groat reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kanehl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.