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

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis 3b 4 0 0 0
Spangler lf 1 1 0 0
  Pendleton lf 2 0 0 0
Mejias rf 4 2 2 0
Larker 1b 3 1 2 1
Warwick cf 3 0 1 1
Goodman 2b 4 0 1 1
Campbell c 4 0 0 0
Hartman ss 4 0 0 0
Woodeshick p 2 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer p 0 0 0 0
  Taussig ph 1 0 1 0
  Umbricht p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 1 3 0
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
Minoso lf 4 1 1 2
  Smith lf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 3 0
James rf 4 1 1 0
White 1b 4 2 3 3
Schaffer c 1 0 0 1
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 1
Toth p 4 1 2 0
Totals 31 7 13 7
Houston 000 301 000470
St. Louis 010 150 00x7130
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Woodeshick  L (4-12) 4.1 8 5 5 1 0
  Tiefenauer   1.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Umbricht   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
1
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Toth  W (1-0) 9.0 7 4 4 3 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
2

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1, St. Louis 2.  PB–Campbell (3).  2B–St. Louis White (21,off Woodeshick); Flood (21,off Tiefenauer).  HR–St. Louis White (17,5th inning off Tiefenauer 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Javier (11,off Woodeshick); Schaffer (1,off Umbricht).  SF–Maxvill (1,off Woodeshick); Schaffer (1,off Woodeshick).  Team–5.  WP–Woodeshick (8).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Frank Walsh, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:12.  A–14,954.
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