On July 7, 1963 the Pittsburgh Pirates win their 10th straight. The Pirates score 5 in the second and break open the game with 4 more in the 7th. The win delivered the 1oth straight loss to the Mets 11-5,
Smokey Burgess and Bob Bailey homered in the second off Jay Hook. The Pirates nicked Don Rowe for 2 in the 4th and polished off the game with 4 more off Roger Craig in the 7th capped by a Donn Clendenon homerun.
Vern Law was the winner for the Buc’s but lasted only 5 innings and left with a 7-5 lead. Roberto Clemente added 3 hits for the Buc’s and Frank Thomas drove in 4 of the Mets 5 runs.
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Pittsburgh Pirates 11, New York Mets 5
Day
Game Played on Sunday, July 7, 1963 (D) at Polo Grounds V
PIT N 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 – 11 15 1
NY N 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 – 5 7 0
BATTING
Pittsburgh Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Schofield 2b 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 3
Virdon cf 4 2 1 0 2 0 3 0
Clemente rf 6 2 3 1 0 0 6 0
Lynch lf 4 1 2 3 1 0 1 0
Savage pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burgess c 4 1 3 2 1 0 5 0
Clendenon 1b 5 2 3 3 0 0 8 1
Bailey 3b 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Logan ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Law p 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
McBean p 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals 42 11 15 11 6 4 27 10
FIELDING –
DP: 1. Bailey-Schofield-Clendenon.
E: Logan (7).
BATTING –
2B: Clemente (12,off Craig).
HR: Burgess (5,2nd inning off Hook 0 on 0 out); Bailey (8,2nd inning off Hook
1 on 0 out); Clendenon (9,8th inning off Craig 1 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 10.
New York Mets AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Hickman 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Hunt 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 5
Snider rf 3 2 2 0 1 0 3 0
Gonder c 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 0
Thomas lf 4 1 2 4 0 0 1 0
Harkness 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 11 0
Piersall cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
Burright ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 6
Cook ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rowe p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cisco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5 1 5 27 13
FIELDING –
PB: Gonder (4).
BATTING –
2B: Gonder (3,off Law).
HR: Thomas (6,6th inning off Law 2 on 0 out).
SF: Piersall (2,off Law).
GDP: Thomas (12,off McBean).
Team LOB: 3.
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Law W(3-3) 5 6 5 4 1 5 1 23
McBean SV(6) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
Totals 9 7 5 4 1 5 1 35
Law faced 3 batters in the 6th inning
New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Hook L(3-10) 1.2 6 5 5 1 3 2 12
Rowe 2 3 2 2 3 1 0 12
Cisco 3.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 12
Craig 2 5 4 4 1 0 1 12
Totals 9 15 11 11 6 4 3 48
Inherited Runners – Scored: Rowe 2-1; Cisco 2-0.
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Umpires: HP – Al Forman, 1B – Tom Gorman, 2B – Stan Landes, 3B – Ed Sudol
Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 9741
Play by Play
PIRATES 1ST: Schofield struck out; Virdon grounded out (second to first); Clemente singled to left; Lynch popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Hickman grounded out (shortstop to first); Hunt grounded out (shortstop to first); Snider singled to center; Gonder struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Mets 0. PIRATES 2ND: Burgess homered; Clendenon singled to right; Bailey homered [Clendenon scored]; Logan was called out on strikes; Law singled to left; Schofield struck out; Virdon walked [Law to second]; Clemente singled to right [Law scored, Virdon to third]; ROWE REPLACED HOOK (PITCHING); Lynch singled to left [Virdon scored, Clemente to second]; Burgess walked [Clemente to third, Lynch to second]; Clendenon grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Pirates 5, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Thomas flied out to center; Harkness was called out on strikes; Piersall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Mets 0. PIRATES 3RD: Bailey was called out on strikes; Logan grounded out (pitcher to first); Law grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Burright was called out on strikes; Rowe grounded out (second to first); Hickman flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Mets 0. PIRATES 4TH: Schofield grounded out (shortstop to first); Virdon walked; Clemente forced Virdon (shortstop to second); Gonder allowed a passed ball [Clemente to second]; Lynch walked; Burgess singled to right [Clemente scored, Lynch to third]; Clendenon singled to left [Lynch scored, Burgess to second]; CISCO REPLACED ROWE (PITCHING); Bailey forced Clendenon (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 7, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Hunt reached on an error by Logan [Hunt to first]; Snider singled to left [Hunt to second]; Gonder flied out to right [Hunt to third]; Thomas singled to left [Hunt scored (unearned), Snider to second]; Harkness singled to center [Snider to third, Thomas to second]; Piersall hit a sacrifice fly to right [Snider scored]; Burright popped to shortstop; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 7, Mets 2. PIRATES 5TH: Logan grounded out (shortstop to first); Law grounded out (third to first); Schofield walked; Virdon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 7, Mets 2. METS 5TH: Cisco was called out on strikes; Hickman struck out; Hunt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Mets 2. PIRATES 6TH: Clemente flied out to center; Lynch popped to third in foul territory; Burgess singled to shortstop; Clendenon flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 7, Mets 2. METS 6TH: Snider walked; Gonder doubled to center [Snider to third]; Thomas homered [Snider scored, Gonder scored]; MCBEAN REPLACED LAW (PITCHING); Harkness flied out to center; Piersall flied out to right; Burright grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Mets 5. PIRATES 7TH: Bailey lined to left; Logan flied out to right; McBean grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Mets 5. METS 7TH: KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR CISCO; Kranepool lined to third; Hickman flied out to right; Hunt flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Mets 5. PIRATES 8TH: CRAIG REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Schofield grounded out (second to first); Virdon singled to second; Clemente doubled to right [Virdon to third]; Lynch singled to center [Virdon scored, Clemente scored]; SAVAGE RAN FOR LYNCH; Burgess popped to first; Clendenon homered [Savage scored]; Bailey walked; Logan flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 11, Mets 5. METS 8TH: SAVAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Snider grounded out (pitcher to first); Gonder singled to left; Thomas grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Gonder out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 11, Mets 5. PIRATES 9TH: McBean singled to right; Schofield forced McBean (second to shortstop); Virdon flied out to right; Clemente forced Schofield (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 11, Mets 5. METS 9TH: Harkness grounded out (first to pitcher); Piersall grounded out (pitcher to first); COOK BATTED FOR BURRIGHT; Cook flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 11, Mets 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Pirates 11 15 1 10 Mets 5 7 0 3
