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Miley BB CD 1962 Dodgers-Mets 5/30 (G1)
Called by Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy

In the first game the Dodgers play in New York following  their move to Los Angeles,  they win a slugfest, 13-6.  Sandy Koufax pitches one of his worst complete game victories, allowing 13 hits and 6 earned runs.  Exactly one month later, in Los Angeles, Koufax will no-hit the Mets.

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Los Angeles Dodgers 13, New York Mets 6 (1)

Game Played on Wednesday, May 30, 1962 (D) at Polo Grounds V

LA  N    0  2  4    4  2  0    0  0  1  -  13 19  2
NY N 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 - 6 13 1
BATTING
Los Angeles Dodgers          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Wills ss 6 3 4 2 0 0 2 0
Gilliam 3b 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 0
Carey 3b 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3
W. Davis cf 6 2 3 2 0 0 1 0
T. Davis lf 5 2 2 2 1 0 5 0
Fairly 1b 6 3 3 2 0 1 4 0
Howard rf 5 1 3 3 0 1 1 0
Roseboro c 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
N. Sherry c 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Burright 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Koufax p 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Totals 47 13 19 13 3 7 27 3
FIELDING - 
E: Wills (11), T. Davis (5).
BATTING - 
2B: Roseboro (4,off Hook); Howard (3,off Moorhead); Carey (2,off Moorhead).
3B: Fairly (2,off Hook).
HR: W. Davis (7,3rd inning off Hook 1 on 0 out); Fairly (1,3rd inning off Hillman
1 on 0 out); Wills 2 (2,5th inning off Moorhead 0 on 1 out,9th inning off
Mizell 0 on 1 out).
Team LOB: 10.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Wills (24,2nd base off Hillman/Taylor); W. Davis (12,2nd base off Moorhead/Chiti).
New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Christopher rf 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0
Chacon ss 3 1 3 0 2 0 0 1
Cook 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Thomas lf 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 0
Hodges 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 7 1
Kanehl 1b 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 0
Hickman cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
Mantilla 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 4
Taylor c 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Chiti ph,c 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Landrith c 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Hook p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Hillman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moorhead p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Ashburn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mizell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 13 5 3 10 27 10
FIELDING - 
E: Kanehl (2).
BATTING - 
2B: Hickman (5,off Koufax); Thomas (8,off Koufax).
HR: Hodges (6,4th inning off Koufax 0 on 0 out).
IBB: Thomas (1,by Koufax).
Team LOB: 10.
PITCHING
Los Angeles Dodgers          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Koufax W(7-2) 9 13 6 6 3 10 1 43
WP: Koufax (2).
IBB: Koufax (3,Thomas).
New York Mets                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Hook L(3-5) 2 5 5 5 2 0 1 13
Hillman 1 5 4 4 0 1 1 8
Moorhead 5 6 3 3 1 4 1 23
Mizell 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 6
Totals 9 19 13 13 3 7 4 50
Hook faced 3 batters in the 3rd inning
Hillman faced 3 batters in the 4th inning
Inherited Runners - Scored: Hillman 1-1; Moorhead 2-2.
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Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Al Forman, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Bill Jackowski