Game 2 of Twin Bill Cards strike for 3 in 8th to top Mets
St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 5 (2)
Game Played on Friday, July 27, 1962 (N) at Busch Stadium I
NY N 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 12 1 STL N 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 x - 6 7 1Top 5 Plays -
Bottom 8th - Stl - Charlie James homered [Flood scored, Minoso scored] off Ray Davialut
Top 9th - NYM - Jim Hickman Doubles of Bob Duliba
Top 9th - NYM - Frank thomas grounds out to end game with Hickman at 3b off Lindy McDaniel
Top 8th - NYM - Rob Kanehl singles to score Neal off Bob Duliba to give Mets 5-3 lead
Top 9 - NYM Ed Bouchee grounds out to First, Hickman moves to third off Lindy McDaniel
Play by Play
METS 1ST: Ashburn grounded out (third to first); Kanehl struck out (catcher to first); Mantilla grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Javier popped to second; White grounded out (pitcher to first); Flood singled to pitcher; Musial walked [Flood to second]; Sawatski reached on an error by Ashburn [Musial to third, Flood scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; James singled to left [Sawatski to second, Musial scored (unearned)]; Boyer popped to third; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 2. METS 2ND: Woodling grounded out (second to first); Throneberry tripled to right; Hickman grounded out (shortstop to first) [Throneberry scored]; Coleman tripled to right; Neal singled to right [Coleman scored]; Moorhead struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 2ND: Gotay flied to center; Jackson flied to left; Javier popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. METS 3RD: Ashburn walked; Kanehl singled to left [Ashburn to third]; Mantilla hit a sacrifice fly to right [Ashburn scored]; Woodling singled to right [Kanehl to third]; Throneberry hit a sacrifice fly to center [Kanehl scored]; Hickman forced Woodling (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 3RD: White flied to left; Flood tripled to center; Musial grounded out (shortstop to first) [Flood scored]; Sawatski grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 3. METS 4TH: Coleman grounded out (first unassisted); Neal grounded out (shortstop to first); Moorhead struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 4TH: James popped to second; Boyer walked; Gotay grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Boyer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 3. METS 5TH: Ashburn singled to right; Kanehl singled [Ashburn to third]; Mantilla reached on a fielder's choice [Ashburn out at home (third to catcher to third to pitcher), Kanehl to third]; Woodling grounded out (first unassisted) [Mantilla to second]; Throneberry was walked intentionally; Hickman forced Throneberry (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 5TH: Jackson struck out; Javier struck out; White singled to right; Flood struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 3. METS 6TH: Coleman lined to second; Neal lined to right; Moorhead singled to left; Ashburn walked [Moorhead to second]; Kanehl flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 6TH: Musial walked; Sawatski walked [Musial to second]; DAVIAULT REPLACED MOORHEAD (PITCHING); James was called out on strikes; Boyer flied to left; SCHOENDIENST BATTED FOR GOTAY; Schoendienst struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 3. METS 7TH: MAXVILL REPLACED SCHOENDIENST (PLAYING SS); Mantilla flied to center; Woodling singled to center; Throneberry flied to center; Hickman forced Woodling (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 7TH: SMITH BATTED FOR JACKSON; Smith struck out; Javier grounded out (shortstop to first); White popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 3. METS 8TH: DULIBA REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Coleman grounded out (pitcher to first); Neal reached on an error by Javier; Duliba threw a wild pitch [Neal to second]; Daviault flied to right; Ashburn singled to pitcher [Neal to third]; Kanehl singled to right [Ashburn to second, Neal scored (unearned)]; Mantilla walked [Ashburn to third, Kanehl to second]; Woodling flied to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 8TH: CHRISTOPHER REPLACED WOODLING (PLAYING LF); Flood singled to left; Musial flied to center; Sawatski walked [Flood to second]; MINOSO RAN FOR SAWATSKI; James homered [Flood scored, Minoso scored]; Boyer doubled to left; Maxvill grounded out (third to first); Duliba struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 6. METS 9TH: SCHAFFER REPLACED MINOSO (PLAYING C ); Throneberry popped to second; Hickman doubled to left; BOUCHEE BATTED FOR COLEMAN; MCDANIEL REPLACED DULIBA (PITCHING); Bouchee grounded out (first to pitcher) [Hickman to third]; THOMAS BATTED FOR NEAL; Thomas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Mets 5 12 1 12 Cardinals 6 7 1 6
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