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On Sunday, July 22nd of 1962, the New York Mets faced the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field in Cincinnati for a scheduled doubleheader.
The first-year expansion Mets were coached by Casey Stengel and were well on their way to the worst season in MLB history, with already 70 losses in July.
The Reds were the defending NL champions and entered this game with a 54-41 record under manager Fred Hutchinson.
This is the local New York broadcast of Game 2 of the Twin Bill featuring Mets announcers Bob Murphy, Ralph Keiner, and Lindsay Nelson.
Now here are the lineups and batting orders for the second game today.
For the New York Mets, Richie Ashburn will be in right field leading off.
Charlie Neal will be at second base batting second.
Jim Hickman in center field batting third.
Frank Thomas in left field batting clean up.
Ed Boucher will be at first base hitting fifth.
Rod Canille playing third base and batting sixth.
Elio Chacon will be at shortstop hitting seventh.
Chris Cannizzaro behind the plate batting eighth.
Pitching and batting ninth.
Bob Moorehead.
For Cincinnati, Eddie Casco will play third and bat lead off.
Don Blassingame will be at second batting second.
Vada Pensson in center field hitting third.
Jerry Lynch in left field batting clean up.
Frank Robinson in right field the number five hitter.
Gordy Coleman will be at first base batting sixth.
Johnny Edwards behind the plate hitting seventh.
Leo Cardenas playing shortstop batting eighth.
Pitching and batting ninth.
Mo Drabowski.
Freddie Hutchinson with the Reds coming from behind to win the first game 11 to 4.
Electing to gamble with Mo Drabowski in the second game today.
But he might have a well rested Jim O'Toole to open the important four game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates here in Crossley Field tomorrow night.
The umpiring assignment in the second game Dusty Baggis behind the plate.
Stan Landis will be at first and Vinnie Smith will be at third.
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On the mound for the Cincinnati Reds right hander Mo Drabowski.
Mo has won two while losing five.
Has been used mostly in relief although as an occasional spot starter by Freddie Hutchinson.
For Drabowski this will be his 21st outing of the year the ninth time that he has been used as a starting pitcher.
Mo has worked 72 innings given up 68 base hits.
So it's Mo Drabowski against Bob Moorhead in the second game of today's doubleheader.
In other games in a single game at Pittsburgh the Giants downed the Pirates 5 to 4 to win the rubber game of the series with Marischal the winner.
St. Louis leading Houston 3 to 1 at the end of an inning and a half Gibson against Bruce.
Braves beat the Phillies 11 to 10 in the first game they're just going now in the second game Braves did not score in the first.
After six innings the Los Angeles Dodgers lead the Chicago Cubs 13 to 6.
Washington beat the Yankees 3 to 2 in the first game it'll be Daniels against Bouton in the second.
There on the ninth inning in Boston the White Sox lead the Red Sox 7 to 3.
And the Orioles with 4 on the eighth inning now lead the Twins 8 to 3 in the last of the eighth.
Mo Drabowski out of his windup and the second game is underway a Baltimore chop off the plate.
Waiting for it is Casco the throw is done in time.
And Richie Ashburn is on with an infield hit on a Baltimore chop.
The ball took a real high bounce going off the plate down toward third.
Ashburn on first nobody out that brings up Charlie Neal.
Charlie did not play in the opening game.
In the first game Mantilla was at second.
Mets led the opener 4 to 1 but Cincinnati exploded scoring six runs on four hits.
In the bottom half of the sixth inning to go out in front and then add four more runs off Bob Miller in the seventh as they won the opener 11 to 4.
Now the pitch by Drabowski and the curve is a strike on the outside corner.
After five Kansas City leading Detroit 9 to 1 and Cleveland leads Los Angeles 4 to nothing in the second inning on the west coast.
Drabowski turns and throws to first down in time.
Here's the pitch driving Neal back from the plate.
One ball one strike.
Well it was a happy return to Cincinnati for veteran south ball Joe Nuxall.
Joe making his first appearance since coming back to Cincinnati.
He worked three and a third in relief in the opening game allowed no runs scattered five hits.
And he doubled a right center off Ken McKenzie driving two big runs in and Nuxall was the winning pitcher in the game.
It was about this time last year that Cincinnati reached into the minor leagues into triple A and picked up Ken Johnson from Toronto and he gave them a real big lift in their fight to the Nashville League pennant.
Count one and one on Charlie Neal the pitch by Drabowski a ground ball on the right side.
Blasting game juggles has to go to first in time getting Charlie Neal.
He lost any chance he might have had for the force play on the lead runner Richie Ashburn.
Now here's Jim Hickman.
Jim came in the first game when Ashburn was thrown out by umpire Vinnie Smith and Jim was up twice had two base hits.
Setting up the rest defensively Gordy Coleman at first down blasting game playing second Leo Cardenas at short and Eddie Casco at third.
Drabowski off the stretch in comes the pitch a line drive through the hole a base hit the left field Ashburn around third is heading in there'll be no throw. He comes in to score standing up in the Mets lead one to nothing.
Three hits in a row for Jim Hickman.
Mets one and the reds nothing as Hickman singles to left scoring Ashburn from second.
Now the hitter is Frank Thomas.
Frank Hitliss in three times up in the opening game was on base once with a walk.
Frank hitting at 294.
Ed Boucher waiting to bat next.
Ball one outside and low to Frank Thomas.
Frank had home runs in the first two games of this series.
Now has 17 for the year.
Now Drabowski turns and throws to first not in time.
Well the day has cooled off considerably following the rain and so the umpires on the baselines are wearing their blue coats in this game.
Outside and low ball to 2 and 0.
A fairly good rain at one time during the first ball game.
Got very dark and they had to turn the lights on finished the first ball game out of the lights the lights are off now.
In comes the pitch by Drabowski a liner in the air to left field coming hard as Frank Lynch and he makes a running one handed grab.
Good play in the outfield by Jerry Lynch the left fielder.
He had to come in hard and at the last moment he reached out as far as he could and made a glove handed grab of that liner hit by Thomas.
Two down now the batter is Ed Boucher.
Ed has a pinch hitter in the opening game had a base hit off the right field fence.
Drabowski delivers a call strike on the outside corner.
Jim Hickman on first Jim single to left field scoring Richie Ashburn.
In comes the pitch by Drabowski goes to a curve and it breaks inside and low.
One ball and one strike.
Next pitch by the Polish born right hander is taken for ball two two and one.
Yesterday was Mo Drabowski's birthday and they played a happy birthday for him here at the ballpark.
He was 27 years old.
The right hander deals a ground ball bounced on the left side cut off by the third baseman the throw to first in time by Eddie Casco.
He looked for a force play at second there was no one there covering it so he had to go on to first to Gordy Coleman.
Side retired in the first one run on two hits no errors one left on.
The score in the middle of the first inning it's the Mets one and the Cincinnati Reds coming to bat.
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