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Miley BB CD 1962 Mets-Cardinals 4/11
Called by Lindsey Nelson  Ralph Kiner and Bob Murphy

This is the first game in Mets history.  The Cardinals pound out 16 hits in clobbering them, 11-4.


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St. Louis Cardinals 11, New York Mets 4

Game Played on Wednesday, April 11, 1962 (N) at Busch Stadium I

NY  N    0  0  2    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   4  8  3
STL N 2 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 x - 11 16 1
BATTING
New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Ashburn cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
Mantilla ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 4 1
Neal 2b 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 4
Thomas lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Bell rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 3
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 8 1
Zimmer 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Landrith c 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Craig p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bouchee ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Moorhead p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Labine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4 4 2 24 12
FIELDING - 
E: Mantilla (1), Neal (1), Landrith (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Mantilla (1,off Jackson).
HR: Hodges (1,4th inning off Jackson 0 on 0 out); Neal (1,5th inning off Jackson
0 on 1 out).
SF: Thomas (1,off Jackson).
Team LOB: 7.
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Flood cf 4 3 2 1 0 0 5 0
Javier 2b 5 3 4 1 0 0 3 4
White 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0 9 0
Musial rf 3 1 3 2 1 0 2 0
Landrum rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 3
Minoso lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 0
Oliver c 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 0
Gotay ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Jackson p 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 37 11 16 11 1 2 27 10
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Jackson-Javier-White, Gotay-Javier-White.
E: Boyer (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Musial (1,off Craig); Boyer (1,off Moorhead); Oliver 2 (2,off Moorhead,off
Moford).
SF: Flood (1,off Moorhead); White (1,off Moorhead).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Flood 2 (2,2nd base off Craig/Landrith,2nd base off Labine/Landrith); Javier
(1,2nd base off Moorhead/Landrith).
PITCHING
New York Mets                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Craig L(0-1) 3 8 5 5 0 1 0 15
Moorhead 3 6 5 2 1 1 0 16
Moford 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Labine 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Totals 8 16 11 7 1 2 0 40
BK: Craig (1).
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Jackson W(1-0) 9 8 4 4 4 2 2 38
Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Bill Jackowski, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Al Forman