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June 27, 1962

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Bottom 10 R H E
Mets 5 11 3
Pirates 5 10 0
Bottom 10 R H E
Mets 5 11 3
Pirates 6 11 0

Bob Skinner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .309
OBP .500 .394
At Bats 4 246
Hits 2 76
• Singles 2 49
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 2 36

Roger Craig Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 9 2
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Forbes Field - June 27, 1962
Roger Craig
Chris Cannizzaro
Gil Hodges
Charlie Neal
Frank Thomas
Elio Chacon
Joe Christopher
Jim Hickman
Richie Ashburn
Bob Skinner
Dick Groat
Bill Virdon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 5 11 3 6
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 11 0 5
Winning Pitcher Diomedes Olivo
Losing Pitcher Roger Craig
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bob Skinner
Attendance 12,468
Time of Game 3 hours
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Skinner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Virdon scores. Groat moves to second.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Groat takes first base on ball four. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 10 Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Dick Stuart pinch hits for Diomedes Olivo. Joe Christopher now playing left field. Stuart hits a fly ball into center field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Neal hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Thomas hits a popup towards first. Clendenon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Don Leppert now catching. Woodling hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Leppert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Mazeroski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Craig fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Goss moves to third.
Bottom 9 Howie Goss pinch runs for Smoky Burgess. Clendenon bunts towards first. Hodges juggles the ball. That's an error on Hodges. Goss moves to second.
Bottom 9 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chacon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Chacon hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ashburn hits a popup into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Craig strikes out.
Bottom 8 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Craig fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Virdon scores.
Bottom 8 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to third.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 8 Chris Cannizzaro now catching. Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hickman strikes out.
Top 8 Chris Cannizzaro pinch hits for Sammy Taylor. Cannizzaro bunts in front of the plate. Burgess catches it and throws to second to double up Hodges.
Top 8 Diomedes Olivo now pitching. Hodges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jim Marshall pinch hits for Bob Friend. Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hoak bunts towards the mound. Craig fields it and throws to first for the out. Clendenon moves to second.
Bottom 7 Clendenon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burgess scores.
Bottom 7 Burgess hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Burgess reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Neal hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thomas hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 7 Chacon strikes out.
Top 7 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chacon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chacon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Craig strikes out.
Top 6 Hickman strikes out.
Top 6 The ball gets by Burgess for a passed ball. Taylor moves to second.
Top 6 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hodges strikes out.
Bottom 5 Craig fires to first and has Virdon trapped. There's the throw to Neal who tags Virdon for the out.
Bottom 5 Virdon hits a popup beyond second. Neal can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Mazeroski scores.
Bottom 5 Friend bunts in front of the plate. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out. Mazeroski moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hoak hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Neal hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Woodling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Clendenon strikes out.
Bottom 4 Burgess hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Clemente 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 4 Chacon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 4 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Taylor moves to third. Hickman moves to second.
Top 4 Craig hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hickman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor moves to second.
Top 4 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Skinner is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Groat hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out.
Bottom 3 Craig fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Craig. Friend moves to third.
Bottom 3 Friend hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Thomas.
Top 3 Hodges hits a line drive into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Neal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas scores.
Top 3 Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Thomas reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Chacon 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 2 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Craig fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hoak strikes out.
Bottom 2 Clendenon hits a fly ball into right field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Craig hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Hickman scores.
Top 2 Hickman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Taylor moves to third. Hickman moves to second.
Top 2 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Neal for the out.
Bottom 1 Burgess hits a line drive into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Craig fires to first and picks off Clemente.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Neal fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Groat scores.
Bottom 1 Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Virdon scores. Groat moves to third.
Bottom 1 Groat is hit by the pitch. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Virdon bunts towards the right side of the infield. Neal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Thomas strikes out.
Top 1 Woodling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Chacon bunts, foul, towards first. Clendenon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.