St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Colt .45s
August 15, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 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 1, Houston Colt .45s 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
White 1b 4 0 2 0
James rf 4 1 0 0
Minoso lf 4 0 2 0
Oliver c 3 0 0 0
  Gotay ss 1 0 1 1
Maxvill ss 2 0 1 0
  Schoendienst ph 1 0 0 0
  Schaffer c 0 0 0 0
  Musial ph 1 0 0 0
Washburn p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Duliba p 0 0 0 0
  Toth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 3 1 1 0
Spangler lf 2 0 0 0
  Pendleton lf 0 0 0 0
Warwick cf 3 1 1 1
Mejias rf 4 0 2 1
Larker 1b 4 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Smith c 3 1 1 1
Amalfitano 2b 3 0 1 0
Woodeshick p 3 0 1 0
  Kemmerer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 8 3
St. Louis 000 000 001180
Houston 001 001 01x381
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  L (10-6) 6.0 6 2 2 1 3
  Duliba   1.1 1 1 1 2 2
  Toth   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
3
5
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Woodeshick  W (5-13) 8.1 8 1 1 0 4
  Kemmerer  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
4

  E–Woodeshick (3).  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Boyer (22,off Woodeshick), Houston Larker (13,off Washburn).  HR–Houston Smith (7,3rd inning off Washburn 0 on, 0 out); Warwick (12,6th inning off Washburn 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Spangler (3,off Duliba).  Team–5.  U-HP–Frank Walsh, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:05.  A–8,843.
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