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Miley BB CD 1962 Mets-Pirates 4/22
Called by Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, and Bob Murphy

The Pirates begin the 1962 season with their record tenth straight victory, and the Mets also set a record by beginning their inaugural season with their ninth straight loss.


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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, New York Mets 3

Game Played on Sunday, April 22, 1962 (D) at Forbes Field

NY  N    0  1  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  7  0
PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 x - 4 12 1
BATTING
New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Zimmer 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Chacon ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
Smith rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Thomas lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Neal 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 5
Hodges 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 9 1
Hickman cf 4 1 3 2 0 0 3 1
Cannizzaro c 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
Craig p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Jones p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3 2 6 24 13
BATTING - 
SF: Cannizzaro (1,off Veale).
GDP: Smith (1,off Veale).
Team LOB: 4.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Smith (1,2nd base by Veale/Burgess).
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Virdon cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Groat ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 6
Skinner lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
Stuart 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 8 0
Clemente rf 4 2 3 0 0 0 4 0
Burgess c 4 0 3 1 0 0 6 1
Hoak 3b 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 1
Veale p 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 4 12 4 1 3 27 10
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Mazeroski-Groat-Stuart.
E: Clemente (2).
PB: Burgess (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Clemente (3,off Craig); Groat (2,off Jones).
3B: Mazeroski (3,off Jones).
HR: Skinner (2,6th inning off Craig 0 on 1 out).
SF: Hoak (1,off Jones).
IBB: Skinner (1,by Jones).
Team LOB: 8.
PITCHING
New York Mets                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Craig 5.1 8 3 3 0 3 1 24
Jones L(0-3) 2.1 4 1 1 1 0 0 11
Jackson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 8 12 4 4 1 3 1 36
IBB: Jones (1,Skinner).
Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Veale W(1-0) 9 7 3 2 2 6 0 34
Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Frank Walsh, 2B - Jocko Conlan, 3B - Ken Burkhart