Starting Lineups
St.Louis Cardinals | New York Mets | |||||
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1 | Curt Flood | CF | 1 | Elio Chacon | SS | |
2 | Julian Javier | 2B | 2 | Joe Christopher | CF | |
3 | Bill White | 1B | 3 | Cliff Cook | RF | |
4 | Stan Musial | LF | 4 | Frank Thomas | LF | |
5 | Ken Boyer | 3B | 5 | Charlie Neal | 2B | |
6 | Carl Sawatski | C | 6 | Gil Hodges | 1B | |
7 | Charlie James | RF | 7 | Felix Mantilla | 3B | |
8 | Julio Gotay | SS | 8 | Chris Cannizzaro | C | |
9 | Ray Sadecki | P | 9 | Roger Craig | P |

Hodges took Sadecki deep, hitting a HR over the left center field wall. It was his 9th HR of the year putting the Mets up 1-0.
But even more importantly, this HR was historic as it was the last Hodges would hit in his fine career. It was HR #370 putting him at tenth on the all time list up to that point. It also put him at first on the National League list for HRs by a right handed batter.
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Hodges would play in just eight more games that season & retire in April of 1963. His legend would be made when he returned as Mets manager in 1968 leading to the Amazing Mets World Series win in 1969.
As for the rest of the game on July 6th, 1962 the Mets, the Mets would score a rare ten runs beating the Cards 10-3. The 1962 Mets scored double figures in runs just five times.
In the Mets 3rd, Cliff Cook was on third base when Sadecki threw a wild pitch to Hodges, allowing Cook to score. Felix Mantilla added an RBI double.
In the 5th Mets Charlie Neal hit a solo HR to make it 5-0.
In a sloppy 8th inning, the Cards made two errors & allowed a bunt single, leading to six Mets runs. Mantilla & Chris Cannizzaro both singled. Then Roger Craig & Elio Chacon reached on errors. Jim Hickman singled & "Hot Rod" Kanhel hit his only grand slam HR of his career. It came off the Cards Bobby Shantz. Kanhel would hit just six career HRs.
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