Milwaukee Braves vs Houston Colt .45s
April 27, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1962 at Colt Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 2, Houston Colt .45s 1

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Aaron T. lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Jones rf 4 1 1 0
Aaron H. cf 3 0 1 1
Mathews 3b 4 0 1 0
Adcock 1b 3 1 1 0
  Bedell pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 3 0 1 0
Crandall c 4 0 2 1
McMillan ss 2 0 1 0
Shaw p 4 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 4 0 0 0
Larker 1b 4 0 0 0
Mejias rf 4 0 1 0
Pendleton lf 4 1 1 1
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Heist cf 3 0 0 0
Lillis ss 3 0 1 0
Shantz p 2 0 0 0
  Bruce p 0 0 0 0
  Browne ph 1 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 4 1
Milwaukee 010 001 000281
Houston 000 100 000142
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw  W (2-1) 9.0 4 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
6
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Shantz  L (1-1) 6.0 6 2 1 2 5
  Bruce   2.0 2 0 0 2 1
  Tiefenauer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
4
7

  E–T Aaron (1), Amalfitano (3), Mejias (1).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Lillis (1,off Shaw).  3B–Milwaukee H Aaron (1,off Shantz).  HR–Houston Pendleton (1,4th inning off Shaw 0 on, 1 out).  SH–McMillan (1,off Bruce).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  CS–H Aaron (1,2nd base by Bruce/Smith).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Frank Walsh, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:22.  A–16,160.
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