Giants Drop Bottom of the 9th Thriller to the Mets.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1962 San Francisco Giants At 1962 New York Mets           5/25/1962

 

  Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG

  H.Kuenn LF          4  1  1  2 .281     R.Ashburn RF        2  0  0  0 .267  

  J.Davenport 3B      4  0  1  0 .260     R.Kanehl 2B         4  0  0  0 .212  

  W.Mays CF           4  0  0  0 .269     C.Neal SS           4  0  1  0 .211  

  O.Cepeda 1B         4  0  0  0 .346     F.Thomas LF         4  1  2  1 .283  

  F.Alou RF           4  0  0  0 .230     M.Throneberry 1B    4  0  1  0 .254  

  T.Haller C          3  0  0  0 .253     F.Mantilla 3B       4  1  1  0 .257  

  J.Pagan SS          4  1  3  0 .280     J.Hickman CF        3  1  1  1 .194  

  C.Hiller 2B         2  0  0  0 .343     S.Taylor C          3  0  0  0 .180  

  B.Bolin P           2  0  0  0 .250     C.Anderson P        3  0  0  0 .000  

  S.Miller P          0  0  0  01.000   A-C.Cook PH           1  0  1  1 .159  

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         Totals      31  2  5  2                 Totals      32  3  7  3

 

A-Pinch Hit For Anderson In 9th Inning

 

Giants.......... 0 0 0  0 2 0  0 0 0  -  2  5  0

Mets............ 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 2  -  3  7  0

 

Giants (32-19)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

B.Bolin LOSS(4-4)         8       6   3   3   3   7   2 112   3.00

S.Miller                  0 2/3   1   0   0   1   0   0  13   0.54

Totals                    8 2/3   7   3   3   4   7   2

 

Mets (14-36)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

C.Anderson WIN(2-6)       9       5   2   2   2   9   1 140   5.36

Totals                    9       5   2   2   2   9   1

 

ATTENDANCE- 29,363 DATE- Friday, May 25th 1962 TIME- Night 

T- 2:43

LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 6  Mets: 6

DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 1  Mets: 0

DOUBLES- J.Pagan(8th), F.Thomas(12th), F.Mantilla(6th)

HOME RUNS- H.Kuenn(5th), F.Thomas(12th), J.Hickman(2nd)

SACRIFICE HITS- B.Bolin

WALKS- T.Haller, C.Hiller, R.Ashburn-2, J.Hickman, S.Taylor

HIT BY PITCH- C.Hiller

STRIKE OUTS- W.Mays, O.Cepeda-2, F.Alou, T.Haller-3, C.Hiller, B.Bolin,

             R.Kanehl, M.Throneberry, F.Mantilla, J.Hickman, S.Taylor,

             C.Anderson-2

GIDP- S.Taylor

WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Chuck Hiller robbed Marv Throneberry of a base hit.

 

Craig Anderson was able to finish what he started and was credited with a

complete game and Frank Thomas hit one over the fence at Shea Stadium as the

New York Mets won in dramatic fashion coming back to beat the San Francisco

Giants by the count of 3 to 2.

 

New York erupted with the game winning runs in the bottom of the 9th inning

with 2 runs on 4 hits.  Thomas started the attack as he smashed a bases-empty

'big-fly' (his 12th of the season).  Marv Throneberry next to the plate and

he laced a base-hit.  Felix Mantilla then doubled.  Jim Hickman was up next

and he drew a walk to load the bases.  Sammy Taylor came to the plate and

grounded into a double play.  Cliff Cook kept the inning going and lined a

single giving New York the victory as 29,363 happy fans celebrated wildly.

New York had 7 hits for the night.  

 

Anderson(2-6) got the victory, allowing 2 runs for the game. Bobby Bolin(4-4)

was tagged with the loss.  He gave up 6 hits and 3 walks in 8 innings.  

 

'We just wouldn't give up,' Thomas said. 'Much of the credit goes to our fans

- they were with us the whole way.'

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