Houston Colt .45s vs Milwaukee Braves
May 6, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1962 at County Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Colt .45s 9, Milwaukee Braves 1

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 5 1 1 1
Spangler cf 6 1 1 0
Mejias rf 5 2 2 5
Larker lf 5 1 1 1
  Pendleton lf 0 0 0 0
Browne 1b 5 3 3 1
Aspromonte 3b 2 0 1 0
Ranew c 5 0 0 0
Amalfitano 2b 3 1 2 1
Farrell p 4 0 1 0
Totals 40 9 12 9
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Aaron T. lf 4 1 1 0
Jones rf 4 0 1 0
Aaron H. cf 3 0 1 1
Mathews 3b 1 0 0 0
  Menke 3b 3 0 1 0
Adcock 1b 3 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 0 0
Torre c 3 0 0 0
Samuel ss 3 0 0 0
Willey p 1 0 0 0
  Piche p 0 0 0 0
  Spahn ph 1 0 0 0
  Butler p 0 0 0 0
  Bedell ph 1 0 0 0
  Cloninger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Houston 201 010 1319120
Milwaukee 100 000 000142
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell  W (2-2) 9.0 4 1 1 2 11
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
11
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Willey  L (0-2) 4.2 9 4 3 2 0
  Piche   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Butler   3.0 2 4 1 1 3
  Cloninger   1.0 1 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
12
9
5
6
5

  E–Bolling (2), Samuel (1).  2B–Houston Browne (2,off Cloninger), Milwaukee H Aaron (3,off Farrell); Menke (1,off Farrell).  HR–Houston Mejias 2 (7,1st inning off Willey 1 on, 1 out,8th inning off Butler 2 on, 2 out); Larker (3,3rd inning off Willey 0 on, 1 out); Browne (1,7th inning off Butler 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Farrell (1,off Willey).  Team LOB–11.  Team–5.  WP–Willey (1).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Al Forman, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:34.  A–12,635.
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