St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Colt .45s
August 14, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1962 at Colt Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Colt .45s 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 4 1 2 0
Flood cf 5 0 0 0
Musial lf 3 0 0 0
  Smith lf 0 0 0 0
Whitfield 1b 3 0 1 0
  James pr,rf 1 0 1 1
White rf,1b 4 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 3 1 0 0
Oliver c 3 0 2 0
  Schaffer c 1 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 1
Gibson p 4 1 1 1
Totals 35 3 8 3
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 5 0 0 0
Spangler lf 5 1 2 0
Pendleton cf 4 0 0 0
Mejias rf 4 2 2 1
Larker 1b 3 1 2 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 1
Smith c 5 0 0 0
Amalfitano 2b 1 0 1 0
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 2
St. Louis 001 010 010 0383
Houston 000 200 010 1470
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (14-9) 9.2 7 4 2 8 10
Totals
9.2
7
4
2
8
10
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   8.0 7 3 3 3 12
  McMahon  W (3-3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
3
15

  E–Javier (15), Oliver (5), Gibson (2).  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 2.  2B–St. Louis Javier (18,off Johnson); James (11,off Johnson), Houston Spangler (3,off Gibson).  HR–St. Louis Gibson (2,3rd inning off Johnson 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Larker (2,off Gibson).  IBB–Amalfitano 3 (5,by Gibson 3); Aspromonte (3,by Gibson).  Team–10.  SB–Maxvill (1,2nd base off Johnson/Smith); Oliver (5,2nd base off Johnson/Smith); Spangler (4,2nd base off Gibson/Oliver).  IBB–Gibson 4 (9,Amalfitano 3,Aspromonte).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Frank Walsh, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:53.  A–9,604.
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