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Miley BB CD 1963 Phillies-Mets 6/23
Called by Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, and Bob Murphy

This is the famous game in which Jimmy Piersall, after leading off the 5th inning with his 100th career home run at the Polo Grounds, runs around the bases backwards.  Carl Willey throws a 2-hit shutout for the Mets.
 

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New York Mets 5, Philadelphia Phillies 0 (1)

Game Played on Sunday, June 23, 1963 (D) at Polo Grounds V

PHI N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  2
NY N 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 x - 5 10 0
BATTING
Philadelphia Phillies        AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Taylor 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 2
Callison rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Gonzalez cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Sievers 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Demeter lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dalrymple c 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
Baldschun p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wine ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Amaro 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Green p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
Torre ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Short p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boozer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bennett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oldis c 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Totals 29 0 2 0 0 6 24 12
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Dalrymple-Wine-Dalrymple, Taylor-Wine-Sievers.
E: Wine (10), Amaro (5).
BATTING - 
3B: Callison (3,off Willey); Taylor (5,off Willey).
HBP: Dalrymple (3,by Willey).
Team LOB: 3.
New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Piersall cf 5 1 3 1 0 1 1 0
Harkness 1b 3 2 0 0 2 2 8 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
Snider lf 3 0 2 1 1 1 4 0
Kanehl pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kranepool rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Hickman ph,rf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coleman c 3 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
Thomas ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jackson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sherry c 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Neal 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
Moran ss 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 4
Willey p 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Totals 33 5 10 3 6 10 27 6
BATTING - 
2B: Piersall (3,off Baldschun).
HR: Piersall (1,5th inning off Green 0 on 0 out).
GDP: Willey (1,off Green).
IBB: Snider (7,by Boozer).
Team LOB: 10.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Harkness (1,2nd base off Boozer/Dalrymple).
CS: Piersall (1,2nd base by Green/Dalrymple); Hunt (3,Home by Green/Dalrymple).
PITCHING
Philadelphia Phillies        IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Green L(1-2) 5 7 2 2 3 4 1 22
Short 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Boozer 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 5
Bennett 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Baldschun 1.1 2 0 0 0 4 0 7
Totals 8 10 5 2 6 10 1 39
WP: Short (3), Bennett (1), Baldschun (2).
IBB: Boozer (3,Snider).
New York Mets                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Willey W(6-6) 9 2 0 0 0 6 0 30
HBP: Willey (3,Dalrymple).
Umpires: HP - Frank Secory, 1B - Bill Jackowski, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Vinnie Smith