Houston Colt .45s vs Cincinnati Reds
August 26, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1962 at Crosley Field. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Colt .45s 6, Cincinnati Reds 4

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Warwick lf,cf 4 0 1 1
Temple 2b 5 0 1 2
  Hartman pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 1 0 0
Larker 1b 3 0 1 0
Mejias rf 4 1 1 1
Heist cf 3 0 0 0
  Umbricht p 0 0 0 0
Campbell c 4 2 2 2
Lillis ss,2b 4 1 1 0
Woodeshick p 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Pendleton ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Cardenas ss 3 2 1 0
Kasko 3b 5 0 1 0
Pinson cf 5 1 1 2
Robinson rf 4 0 0 0
Post lf 1 0 1 0
  Keough ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Coleman 1b 4 0 1 1
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Blasingame 2b 3 0 0 0
O'Toole p 2 0 0 0
  Gaines ph 1 1 1 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
Houston 020 100 102681
Cincinnati 000 002 200471
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Woodeshick   6.1 5 4 3 3 4
  McMahon  W (4-4) 1.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Umbricht  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
4
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
O'Toole   7.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Klippstein   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wills  L (0-2) 0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Henry   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
4
4

  E–Campbell (4), Cardenas (19).  DP–Houston 1, Cincinnati 2.  PB–Campbell (4).  2B–Cincinnati Cardenas (25,off Woodeshick); Edwards (20,off McMahon).  HBP–Heist (1,by Wills); Cardenas (3,by Woodeshick).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Blasingame (1,by McMahon).  Team–8.  SB–Pinson (19,2nd base off McMahon/Campbell).  WP–Woodeshick (10).  HBP–Woodeshick (3,Cardenas); Wills (4,Heist).  IBB–McMahon (1,Blasingame).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:28.  A–25,808.
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