Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 12, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1962 at Busch Stadium I. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 9, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 0 1 1
  Torre ph 0 0 0 0
  Mahaffey pr 0 1 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
Callison rf 5 2 3 4
Savage lf 4 2 2 0
Sievers 1b 4 0 0 0
Demeter 3b 4 1 2 3
Gonzalez cf 5 1 1 0
Oldis c 2 0 0 1
  Covington ph 1 0 1 0
  Amaro pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Wine ss 3 1 2 0
  Klaus ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Hamilton p 2 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Dalrymple ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 12 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 3 2 2 0
Schoendienst 3b 4 2 1 0
Whitfield 1b 5 1 4 5
White rf 5 0 1 0
Flood cf 5 0 1 1
Minoso lf 3 0 0 0
  Maxvill ss 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
Gotay ss 3 1 2 0
  Musial ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Schaffer c 2 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph,c 1 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
Simmons p 1 0 1 0
  McDaniel p 2 1 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 6
Philadelphia 221 010 0309120
St. Louis 200 014 0007120
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton   5.1 9 6 6 2 3
  Smith   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Green  W (5-5) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Bennett  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
4
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons   3.0 8 5 5 1 1
  McDaniel  L (2-7) 6.0 4 4 4 2 2
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1.  PB–Oldis (2).  2B–Philadelphia Demeter (18,off Simmons); Wine (12,off Simmons), St. Louis Javier (17,off Hamilton); Whitfield (6,off Bennett).  HR–Philadelphia Demeter (18,3rd inning off Simmons 0 on, 1 out); Callison (13,8th inning off McDaniel 2 on, 2 out), St. Louis Whitfield (7,6th inning off Smith 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Hamilton (3,off Simmons); Oldis (2,off McDaniel); Klaus (2,off McDaniel).  HBP–Demeter (9,by McDaniel); McDaniel (1,by Hamilton); Minoso (2,by Green).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Sawatski (5,by Green).  Team–10.  SB–Callison (8,2nd base off Simmons/Schaffer); Minoso (3,3rd base off Green/Oldis).  WP–Hamilton (13).  HBP–Hamilton (2,McDaniel); Green (4,Minoso); McDaniel (1,Demeter).  IBB–Green (2,Sawatski).  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–3:02.  A–17,088.
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