Houston Colt .45s vs Chicago Cubs
April 19, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1962 at Wrigley Field. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Colt .45s 6, Chicago Cubs 0

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Aspromonte 3b 5 0 1 0
Spangler cf 4 0 1 1
Mejias rf 3 0 1 0
  Weekly rf 1 2 1 1
Browne 1b 4 0 1 0
  Golden pr 0 1 0 0
  Gernert 1b 0 0 0 0
Pendleton lf 5 1 3 1
Ranew c 5 1 3 1
Amalfitano 2b 4 0 0 1
Buddin ss 3 1 0 0
Stone p 4 0 1 1
Totals 38 6 12 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
White ss 4 0 0 0
Hubbs 2b 4 0 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
Banks 1b 2 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 0 1 0
McKnight rf 4 0 0 0
Altman cf 3 0 0 0
Thacker c 3 0 0 0
  Taylor c 0 0 0 0
Cardwell p 2 0 1 0
  Barragan ph 1 0 0 0
  Gerard p 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Warner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Houston 010 000 1046121
Chicago 000 000 000051
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W (2-0) 9.0 5 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Cardwell  L (0-3) 8.0 9 2 2 2 8
  Gerard   0.1 2 4 1 1 0
  Schultz   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Warner   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
3
3
8

  E–Amalfitano (2), Gerard (1).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Ranew (1).  2B–Houston Ranew (1,off Cardwell); Mejias (1,off Cardwell).  3B–Houston Browne (1,off Cardwell).  HR–Houston Weekly (1,7th inning off Cardwell 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Spangler (1,off Cardwell); Stone (1,off Cardwell).  SF–Amalfitano (1,off Schultz).  HBP–Aspromonte (1,by Cardwell); Buddin (1,by Schultz); Banks (1,by Stone).  Team LOB–13.  Team–6.  SB–Ranew (1,2nd base off Cardwell/Thacker).  CS–Hubbs (1,2nd base by Stone/Ranew).  HBP–Stone (1,Banks); Cardwell (1,Aspromonte); Schultz (3,Buddin).  U–Jocko Conlan, Ken Burkhart, Frank Walsh.  T–2:49.  A–3,835.
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