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Astros 5 @ Mets 4
Polo Grounds
September 20, 1962

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the Houston Astros, played on September 20, 1962 at Polo Grounds. The home team Mets were bested by the visiting Astros with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 20, 1962 
Visiting Team
Houston Astros
R: 5 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
New York Mets
R: 4 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherRuss Kemmerer  
Losing PitcherRay Daviault  
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Game Winning RBIHal Smith 

Game Info

DateSeptember 20, 1962 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamHouston Astros 
Home TeamNew York Mets 
Visiting Starting PitcherTurk Farrell  
Home Starting PitcherRoger Craig  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance1,481 
Time of Game3 hours 29 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Secory
1B: Tony Venzon
2B: Paul Pryor
3B: Augie Donatelli

Houston Astros Lineup 

Name  Position 
J.C. Hartman  Shortstop 
Al Spangler  Center Fielder 
Dave Roberts  Left Fielder 
Norm Larker  First Baseman 
Roman Mejias  Right Fielder 
Bob Aspromonte  Third Baseman 
Hal Smith  Catcher 
Joey Amalfitano  Second Baseman 
Turk Farrell  Pitcher 
Harry Craft  Manager 

New York Mets Lineup 

Name  Position 
Elio Chacon  Shortstop 
Sammy Drake  Third Baseman 
Joe Christopher  Right Fielder 
Frank Thomas  Left Fielder 
Sammy Taylor  Catcher 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Jim Hickman  Center Fielder 
Rod Kanehl  Second Baseman 
Roger Craig  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

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Astros 5 @ Mets 4
Polo Grounds
September 20, 1962

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/20/1962, game 2 -- Houston at New York (D)

  Houston            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Hartman J, ss         3  0  0  0   Chacon E, ss          6  0  0  0   
Ranew M, ph           1  0  0  0   Drake S, 3b           4  0  0  1   
Williams G, 2b        2  0  1  0   Coleman C, ph         1  0  0  0   
Spangler A, cf        5  0  0  0   Christopher J, rf     4  1  0  0   
Roberts D, lf-1b      6  0  1  0   Thomas F, lf          3  2  2  3   
Larker N, 1b          3  0  0  0   Herrscher R, lf       2  0  0  0   
Pendleton J, pr-lf    2  1  0  0   Taylor S, c           4  0  1  0   
Mejias R, rf          6  1  2  0   Cannizzaro C, c       1  0  1  0   
Aspromonte B, 3b-ss   6  2  5  1   Hodges G, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Smith H, c            5  1  3  3   Hickman J, cf         5  0  1  0   
Amalfitano J, 2b-3b   5  0  1  1   Kanehl R, 2b          5  1  2  0   
Farrell T, p          2  0  0  0   Craig R, p            1  0  0  0   
Goodman B, ph         1  0  0  0   Ashburn R, ph         1  0  0  0   
McMahon D, p          0  0  0  0   Anderson C, p         0  0  0  0   
Temple J, ph          1  0  0  0   Throneberry M, ph     1  0  0  0   
Kemmerer R, p         1  0  0  0   Daviault R, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Mantilla F, ph        1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     49  5 13  5                        43  4  7  4

Houston          000 000 301 001 --  5
New York         000 211 000 000 --  4

  Houston              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Farrell T             6.0  4  4  4  2  6
McMahon D             2.0  1  0  0  0  1
Kemmerer R (W)        4.0  2  0  0  1  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Craig R               7.0  6  3  3  0  7
Anderson C            2.0  3  1  1  2  2
Daviault R (L)        3.0  4  1  1  1  0

E -- Hartman J, Anderson C, Aspromonte B
LOB -- Houston 11, New York 7
2B -- Kanehl R, Mejias R
HR -- Thomas F 2, Smith H
SH -- Craig R
WP -- Daviault R
T -- 3:29
A -- 1481

    

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