This day in NY sports history

THIS DAY IN NY SPORTS HISTORY

Tuesday, May 26, 1964

Smith gets Mets' first 5-hit game

First baseman Dick Smith, batting leadoff, went 5-for-6 in the Mets' 19-1 rout of the Cubs before a meager crowd of 2,503 at Wrigley Field. With a ninth-inning triple to centerfield, Smith, 25, became the first Met to get five hits in a game. The only out he made was a line drive to rightfield in the second inning. Smith finished with three singles, a double, a triple and a stolen base. He scored three runs and drove in two. Smith, who played just three big-league seasons, batted .223 in 46 games in 1964. Mets third baseman Charley Smith went 3-for-6 with a home run and five RBIs, and Jack Fisher pitched a four-hitter with three strikeouts in the win.

May 26, 1964

At Wrigley Field

Mets 19, Cubs 1

METS CHICAGO

ab r h bi ab r h bi

D.Smith 1b6 3 5 2 Stewart 2b4 0 0 0

Hunt 2b5 2 4 1 Brock rf4 0 0 0

Thomas lf5 3 2 1 Williams lf4 0 1 0

Stephenson lf0 0 0 0 Santo 3b4 0 1 0

Hickman cf5 3 3 3 Banks 1b3 1 1 0

Christopher rf5 2 1 2 Rodgers ss3 0 0 0

C.Smith 3b6 2 3 5 Ranew c3 0 0 0

McMillan ss5 1 2 1 Cowan cf3 0 1 1

Samuel ss1 0 0 0 Buhl p0 0 0 0

Cannizzaro c5 2 2 1 Schurr p0 0 0 0

Fisher p6 1 1 1 Burton ph0 0 0 0

Slaughter p0 0 0 0

Amalfitano ph1 0 0 0

Hobbie p0 0 0 0

Spring p0 0 0 0

Burke ph1 0 0 0

Elston p0 0 0 0

49 19 23 17 30 1 4 1

Mets430 020 406 - 19 23 0

Chicago000 010 000 - 1 4 1

E-Rodgers. LOB-Mets 8, Chicago 3. DP-Mets 1, Chicago 1. 2B-Cannizzaro 2, D.Smith, Banks, Williams. 3B-Christopher, D.Smith. HR-C.Smith (2). SB-D.Smith.

MetsIP H R ER BB SO

Fisher W, 2-39 4 1 1 1 3

ChicagoIP H R ER BB SO

Buhl L, 4-21/3 5 4 4 1 1

Schurr22/3 3 3 2 0 3

Slaughter2 6 2 2 0 1

Hobbie1 4 4 2 1 1

Spring2 0 0 0 0 1

Elston1 5 6 6 1 1

Hobbie faced 5 batters in the 7th. PB-Ranew. BK-Spring. HBP-by Hobbie (Cannizzaro), by Elston (Christopher). T-2:49. A-2,503.