St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Colt .45s
April 25, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1962 at Colt Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals tied the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Colt .45s 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 8 1 3 2
Javier 2b,ss 8 1 3 0
Minoso lf 5 0 1 0
  Landrum pr,lf 3 0 2 0
Boyer 3b 7 0 1 1
Oliver c 3 0 2 0
  Schaffer c 0 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph,c 4 0 1 0
White 1b 6 0 0 0
Warwick rf 3 1 2 0
  Clemens ph,rf 5 0 1 0
Gotay ss 4 1 2 1
  Grammas ss 3 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Washburn p 4 1 1 1
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Musial ph 1 0 0 0
  Bauta p 2 0 1 0
Totals 67 5 20 5
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Aspromonte 3b 8 0 1 1
Spangler cf 7 0 1 1
Weekly rf 6 0 0 0
Larker 1b 7 0 1 0
Taussig lf 8 0 1 0
Ranew c 8 2 4 1
Amalfitano 2b 8 1 2 1
Lillis ss 4 1 0 0
Stone p 1 0 1 0
  Pendleton ph 1 1 1 0
  Bruce p 0 0 0 0
  Mejias ph 1 0 0 0
  Golden p 1 0 1 1
  Farrell p 1 0 0 0
  Browne ph 1 0 1 0
  Shantz pr 0 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Umbricht p 0 0 0 0
  Gernert ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 64 5 14 5
St. Louis 000 400 001 000 000 005202
Houston 000 300 020 000 000 005140
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn   7.1 10 5 4 3 4
  McDaniel   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Anderson   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bauta   8.0 4 0 0 2 7
Totals
17.0
14
5
4
6
11
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   4.0 8 4 4 2 2
  Bruce   2.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Golden   2.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Farrell   5.0 5 0 0 0 5
  Tiefenauer   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Umbricht   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
17.0
20
5
5
4
18

  E–Javier (3), Grammas (1).  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 4.  2B–St. Louis Oliver (6,off Bruce); Sawatski (2,off Umbricht), Houston Golden (1,off Washburn).  3B–St. Louis Gotay (1,off Bruce), Houston Ranew (1,off Washburn).  HR–St. Louis Flood (2,4th inning off Stone 1 on, 2 out), Houston Ranew (1,8th inning off Washburn 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–White 2 (2,by Bruce,by Umbricht); Spangler (1,by McDaniel).  Team LOB–15.  SH–Lillis (1,off Washburn).  HBP–Larker (1,by Bauta).  Team–16.  SB–Warwick (2,2nd base off Stone/Ranew); Minoso (1,2nd base off Golden/Ranew); Landrum (1,2nd base off Farrell/Ranew).  CS–Lillis (1,3rd base by Bauta/Sawatski).  WP–Bauta (2).  HBP–Bauta (1,Larker).  IBB–McDaniel (2,Spangler); Bruce (1,White); Umbricht (1,White).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–5:13.  A–17,265.
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