Mets @ Reds
July 21, 1962

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Top 9 R H E
Mets 3 11 2
Reds 5 7 0
Top 9 R H E
Mets 3 11 2
Reds 5 7 0

Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .298
OBP .500 .413
At Bats 4 208
Hits 2 62
• Singles 2 50
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 42
RBI’s 0 23

Bob Purkey Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 3 0
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Crosley Field - July 21, 1962
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Bob Purkey
Johnny Edwards
Marty Keough
Don Blasingame
Eddie Kasko
Leo Cardenas
Wally Post
Vada Pinson
Frank Robinson
Richie Ashburn
Rod Kanehl

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 3 11 2 7
Cincinnati Reds 5 7 0 7
Winning Pitcher Bob Purkey
Losing Pitcher Craig Anderson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Vada Pinson
Attendance 8,381
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Keough scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashburn for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jim Hickman pinch hits for Craig Anderson. Hickman hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ed Bouchee pinch hits for Chris Cannizzaro. Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kanehl moves to second.
Top 9 Marty Keough now playing first base. Kanehl takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Purkey is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gaines tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Edwards for the out. Gaines moves to third.
Bottom 8 Joe Gaines pinch runs for Gordy Coleman. There's a wild pitch. Gaines moves to second.
Bottom 8 Joe Christopher now playing right field. Coleman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Throneberry hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joe Christopher pinch runs for Gene Woodling. Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Christopher moves to second.
Top 8 Woodling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Wally Post now playing left field. Mantilla hits a popup in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lynch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 7 Pinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cannizzaro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kanehl fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ashburn hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cannizzaro hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Purkey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Throneberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cardenas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kanehl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kanehl for the out.
Top 6 Neal hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lynch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Pinson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Throneberry juggles the ball. That's an error on Throneberry.
Bottom 5 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Purkey hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kasko fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Woodling hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Anderson tags and scores.
Top 5 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman fields the ball and throws to Purkey covering. Safe. Anderson moves to third. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 5 Ashburn bunts towards the mound. Purkey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Anderson moves to second.
Top 5 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Woodling. Edwards reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mantilla misplays the ball. That's an error on Mantilla.
Top 4 Cannizzaro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cannizzaro for the out.
Top 4 Kanehl hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Throneberry hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Lynch hits a popup towards third. Kanehl settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a popup towards the mound. Anderson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Thomas strikes out. Edwards drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Thomas out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Woodling moves to second.
Top 3 Woodling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kasko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Purkey hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cannizzaro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Neal moves to second.
Top 2 Kanehl hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Throneberry is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pinson tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Lynch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kasko scores. Pinson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Pinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kasko moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kasko takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Mantilla hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.