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Miley BB CD 1962 Giants-Mets 6/1
Called by Lindsey Nelson  Ralph Kiner and Bob Murphy

Willie Mays homers in his return to the Polo Grounds.  Willie McCovey homers twice and Jim Davenport goes deep as well, and the Giants, in their pennant-winning season, build a 9-1 lead before the Mets tally 5 in the eighth.

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San Francisco Giants 9, New York Mets 6

Game Played on Friday, June 1, 1962 (N) at Polo Grounds V

SF  N    1  0  2    0  1  0    5  0  0  -   9 13  2
NY N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 - 6 9 0
BATTING
San Francisco Giants         AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hiller 2b 4 1 1 0 2 0 5 2
McCovey rf 3 2 2 3 0 0 3 0
Kuenn ph,lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
Mays cf 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 0
Cepeda 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 9 1
F. Alou lf,rf 5 1 3 1 0 1 0 0
Haller c 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 1
Davenport 3b 3 1 2 4 2 0 1 4
Pagan ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Pierce p 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Bolin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 13 9 6 5 27 10
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Hiller-Cepeda.
E: Pagan 2 (9).
BATTING - 
2B: F. Alou (10,off Hunter).
HR: McCovey 2 (7,1st inning off Craig 0 on 1 out,3rd inning off Craig 1 on
1 out); Mays (17,5th inning off Craig 0 on 1 out); Davenport (6,7th inning
off Hunter 3 on 1 out).
SH: Pierce (4,off Hunter).
HBP: Haller (1,by Hunter).
Team LOB: 11.
New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Chacon ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
Kanehl 1b,rf 5 2 2 1 0 0 11 1
Neal 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 1
Thomas lf 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Mantilla 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 1
Chiti c 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Bouchee ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Landrith c 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Christopher cf 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Hickman rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Throneberry ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ashburn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Cook ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hillman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Taylor ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bob L. Miller pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 9 6 3 3 27 11
BATTING - 
2B: Chacon (4,off Pierce); Neal (4,off Pierce).
3B: Neal (2,off Pierce).
HR: Kanehl (1,6th inning off Pierce 0 on 0 out); Mantilla (4,8th inning off
Bolin 1 on 1 out).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
San Francisco Giants         IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Pierce W(8-0) 7.1 7 5 4 1 2 1 31
Bolin 0.2 1 1 1 2 1 1 5
Miller SV(8) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 9 9 6 5 3 3 2 40
New York Mets                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Craig L(2-7) 5 7 4 4 1 1 3 23
Hunter 3 6 5 5 3 3 1 19
Hillman 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5
Totals 9 13 9 9 6 5 4 47
HBP: Hunter (1,Haller).
Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Frank Secory, 2B - Tony Venzon, 3B - Paul Pryor