St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Colt .45s
August 16, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1962 at Colt Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Colt .45s 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 4 1 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
White 1b 4 2 3 1
Musial rf 1 0 0 0
  Smith pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Minoso lf 4 0 1 1
  James rf 0 0 0 0
Sawatski c 3 0 0 0
  Schaffer c 1 0 0 0
Gotay ss 2 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 0 0 0 0
  Maxvill ss 1 0 0 0
Jackson p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 2
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 4 1 1 0
Spangler lf 2 0 2 0
  Pendleton pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Warwick cf 4 0 0 0
Mejias rf 4 0 1 0
Larker 1b 4 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
Campbell c 3 0 0 0
Amalfitano 2b 3 0 0 0
Farrell p 2 0 1 0
  Umbricht p 0 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 0
St. Louis 000 000 120361
Houston 000 001 000150
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (10-10) 9.0 5 1 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
1
3
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell  L (8-15) 7.1 4 3 3 5 4
  Umbricht   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  McMahon   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
7

  E–Gotay (21).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Houston Spangler 2 (5,off Jackson 2).  SH–Flood (5,off Farrell).  IBB–Whitfield (1,by Farrell).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Spangler (2,by Jackson).  Team–5.  SB–Minoso (4,2nd base off Umbricht/Campbell).  WP–Farrell (9).  HBP–Jackson (4,Spangler).  IBB–Farrell (1,Whitfield).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Frank Walsh.  T–2:14.  A–9,159.
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