Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Colt .45s
August 6, 1962 Box Score

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

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Cincinnati Reds 1, Houston Colt .45s 0

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Cardenas ss 6 0 2 0
Blasingame 2b 5 0 1 0
Pinson cf 5 0 1 0
Lynch lf 4 0 1 0
Robinson rf 5 0 1 0
Coleman 1b 5 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
Zimmer 3b 5 0 0 0
Purkey p 3 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 1 1 1 1
Totals 44 1 7 1
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis 2b,ss 6 0 1 0
Spangler lf 4 0 2 0
Mejias rf 5 0 1 0
Larker 1b 4 0 0 0
  Davis pr 0 0 0 0
  Pendleton 1b 1 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 6 0 0 0
Warwick cf 4 0 0 0
Smith c 5 0 3 0
Hartman ss 3 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 0 0
  Amalfitano 2b 1 0 0 0
Farrell p 3 0 1 0
  Taussig ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 0 9 0
Cincinnati 000 000 000 000 1170
Houston 000 000 000 000 0090
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey   10.0 7 0 0 3 1
  Klippstein  W (4-2) 3.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
13.0
9
0
0
4
4
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell   12.0 6 0 0 1 9
  McMahon  L (2-3) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
13.0
7
1
1
1
10

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 3, Houston 2.  2B–Houston Smith (10,off Purkey); Lillis (5,off Purkey).  3B–Cincinnati Pinson (3,off Farrell).  HR–Cincinnati Klippstein (1,13th inning off McMahon 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Edwards (1,by Farrell); Mejias (5,by Purkey); Farrell (1,by Purkey).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Spangler (4,by Purkey).  Team–11.  CS–Lynch (3,2nd base by Farrell/Smith); Mejias (4,3rd base by Purkey/Edwards).  SB–Mejias (9,2nd base off Purkey/Edwards).  HBP–Purkey 2 (8,Mejias,Farrell); Farrell (3,Edwards).  IBB–Purkey (1,Spangler).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–3:29.  A–8,507.
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