Houston Colt .45s vs Milwaukee Braves
May 5, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1962 at County 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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Houston Colt .45s 5, Milwaukee Braves 6

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 6 0 0 0
Spangler cf 6 0 1 0
Mejias rf 6 0 2 0
Pendleton lf 6 0 3 0
Smith c 5 0 1 0
Larker 1b 6 3 4 1
Amalfitano 2b 6 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 5 2 4 3
Stone p 3 0 2 1
  Tiefenauer p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Taussig ph 1 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 5 17 5
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Aaron T. lf,1b 6 1 1 1
Jones rf 6 2 3 3
Aaron H. cf 5 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 1 1 1
Adcock 1b 4 0 1 0
  Bedell pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Menke 2b 2 0 1 0
  Bolling ph,2b 2 0 2 1
Crandall c 4 0 1 0
McMillan ss 5 0 0 0
Shaw p 2 1 1 0
  Fischer p 0 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 1 1 0
  Curtis p 2 0 0 0
Totals 44 6 13 6
Houston 010 200 020 0005170
Milwaukee 002 000 030 0016130
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   7.1 8 4 4 1 2
  Tiefenauer   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Johnson   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Woodeshick  L (2-1) 2.1 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
11.1
13
6
6
2
5
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw   7.2 13 5 5 0 4
  Fischer   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Curtis  W (1-2) 4.0 3 0 0 1 2
Totals
12.0
17
5
5
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Houston Mejias (2,off Shaw); Larker 2 (3,off Shaw 2); Pendleton (5,off Shaw); Aspromonte (3,off Shaw), Milwaukee T Aaron (3,off Stone); Jones (3,off Stone).  HR–Houston Larker (2,8th inning off Shaw 0 on, 1 out); Aspromonte (1,8th inning off Shaw 0 on, 2 out), Milwaukee Jones (3,12th inning off Woodeshick 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Stone (2,off Shaw); Crandall (2,off Woodeshick).  Team LOB–11.  Team–7.  CS–Larker (1,2nd base by Curtis/Crandall); Crandall (2,2nd base by Stone/Smith).  SB–Mathews (1,2nd base off Woodeshick/Smith).  WP–Stone (1), Shaw (1), Fischer (1).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Al Forman.  T–3:25.  A–4,920.
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