St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Colt .45s
April 26, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1962 at Colt Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated 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 3, Houston Colt .45s 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 1 2 0
Javier 2b 5 1 1 1
White 1b 4 0 1 0
Musial rf 4 0 1 1
  Landrum pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0
Oliver c 3 1 1 0
  Schaffer c 0 0 0 0
Minoso lf 4 0 0 0
Gotay ss 3 0 2 1
  Schoendienst ph 1 0 0 0
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
Amalfitano 2b 4 0 0 0
Larker 1b 4 0 0 0
Pendleton lf 3 1 0 0
Mejias rf 3 1 1 1
Ranew c 3 0 0 0
Heist cf 3 0 1 0
Lillis ss 3 0 0 0
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Browne ph 0 0 0 0
  Shantz pr 0 0 0 0
  Cicotte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 2 1
St. Louis 000 100 110381
Houston 010 000 010221
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (1-1) 9.0 2 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
2
2
2
2
5
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (0-3) 8.0 7 3 2 1 8
  Cicotte   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
1
11

  E–Gotay (2), Aspromonte (2).  PB–Ranew 3 (4).  2B–St. Louis Oliver (7,off Johnson).  HR–St. Louis Javier (2,4th inning off Johnson 0 on, 0 out), Houston Mejias (3,8th inning off Gibson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gibson (1,off Johnson).  HBP–Oliver (1,by Johnson).  Team LOB–8.  Team–2.  SB–Boyer (2,2nd base off Johnson/Ranew); Flood (3,2nd base off Cicotte/Ranew).  WP–Gibson (3).  HBP–Johnson (3,Oliver).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:21.  A–15,129.
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