Houston Colt .45s vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 5, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1962 at Busch Stadium I. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Colt .45s 7, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis 3b,2b 5 1 4 2
Spangler lf 4 1 1 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Mejias rf 5 2 2 1
Larker 1b 4 1 1 1
Warwick cf,lf 5 0 1 1
Smith c 4 0 0 1
Amalfitano 2b 2 0 1 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 1 0
  Davis pr,cf 1 1 1 1
Hartman ss 4 1 1 0
Brunet p 0 0 0 0
  Umbricht p 1 0 0 0
  Taussig ph 0 0 0 0
  Kemmerer p 1 0 0 0
  Pendleton ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 2 1 0 0
Javier 2b 5 1 3 0
White 1b 4 0 1 1
Boyer 3b 4 1 2 0
Musial lf 4 0 2 2
  Smith pr,lf 0 0 0 0
James rf 4 0 0 1
Oliver c 3 0 0 0
  Schaffer c 0 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph 0 1 0 0
Jackson p 3 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Ferrarese p 0 0 0 0
  Duliba p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Houston 000 000 0257131
St. Louis 300 000 001481
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Brunet   0.1 2 3 3 3 0
  Umbricht   3.2 1 0 0 0 4
  Kemmerer  W (1-2) 4.0 4 0 0 1 0
  McMahon  SV (5) 1.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   7.2 8 2 2 2 2
  McDaniel  L (2-6) 0.2 4 5 5 1 1
  Ferrarese   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Duliba   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
5
3

  E–Amalfitano (15), Boyer (18).  DP–Houston 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Musial (11,off Kemmerer).  3B–Houston Larker (3,off Jackson).  SH–Pendleton (3,off McDaniel); White (1,off Brunet).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Schoendienst (1,by McMahon).  Team–9.  WP–Jackson (5), McDaniel (6), Ferrarese (6).  BK–Jackson (1).  HBP–McMahon (1,Schoendienst).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Frank Walsh.  T–3:00.
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