May 24 1963 St Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets Bob Gibson starts and homers along with Musial

May 24, 1963 At Busch Stadium. The St Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 10-4. Bob Gibson started the game and pitched 8 innings but had a bout of wildness walking 8, hitting a batter but only gave up 4 hits. Bobby Schantz will pitch the 9th to seal the victory for the Cardinals.   The Mets were up early 3-0, but the Cardinals came back with 2 in the 3rd and tied it in the 4th at 3-3, they chased Roger Craig in the 4th and after Bob Gibson homers in the 5th they go up 8-3 and will not look back.  The Cardinals bang-out 14 hits including Stan Musial's 7th home run in the second inning.  the defeat was the Mets 5th in a row.  This day in baseball is a treasure chest of events, video, images, audio of baseball greatest events. Check out the game, box scores and play by play @ - https://www.thisdayinbaseball.com Events on this date - https://thisdayinbaseball.com/this-day-in-baseball-find-month/ Events that happened in 1963 - https://thisdayinbaseball.com/major-league-baseball-season-recap-1963/ Team Events - https://thisdayinbaseball.com/category/active-team/ Ball Park Events Active Ball Parks - https://thisdayinbaseball.com/category/active/ Past Ball Parks - https://thisdayinbaseball.com/category/past-ball-parks/ Hall of Famers in today's game - https://thisdayinbaseball.com/category/hall-of-fame/ Check out the Daily Rewind Podcast https://www.thisdayinbaseball.com Audio brought to you by - https://archive.org/details/classicmlbbaseballradio Listen to Our Podcast about great baseball stories - http://thisdayinbaseball.libsyn.com Join us on our other Networks - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_thisdayinbaseball Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thisdayinbaseball Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.com/thisdaybaseball Websites - Unique Memorabilia - https://www.thisdayinbaseball.com Thousands of Events @ https://www.thisdayinbaseball.com Our Most Popular Videos – Baseballs Greatest Stories - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAD718270F4FFE4FA