Houston Colt .45s vs Milwaukee Braves
September 16, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1962 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Colt .45s 4, Milwaukee Braves 5

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 5 2 2 2
Spangler lf 5 0 3 2
Warwick cf 4 0 0 0
Larker 1b 4 0 0 0
  Pendleton pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 5 0 3 0
Roberts rf 4 0 2 0
Ranew c 5 0 1 0
Amalfitano 2b 3 1 1 0
Bruce p 3 1 0 0
  Umbricht p 0 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 0 0 0 0
  Williams pr 0 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 4
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Samuel ss 3 0 1 0
  Aaron H. ph 0 0 0 0
  Hendley pr 0 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Burdette p 0 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 1 2
Aaron T. lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 0 0 0
  Johnson lf 0 0 0 0
Maye cf 4 1 1 0
Crandall c 3 2 3 2
Taylor rf 2 0 0 0
  McMillan ss 0 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 3 1 0 0
Cloninger p 1 0 0 0
  Willey p 0 0 0 0
  Blackaby ph 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 31 5 7 5
Houston 001 300 0004120
Milwaukee 000 010 301571
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce   6.2 6 4 4 3 5
  Umbricht   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McMahon  L (5-6) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
5
6
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger   3.2 8 4 1 1 0
  Willey   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Curtis   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Raymond   1.2 2 0 0 4 0
  Burdette  W (10-9) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
1
5
2

  E–Bolling (6).  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Houston Spangler (9,off Cloninger); Lillis (11,off Cloninger); Roberts (2,off Raymond), Milwaukee Samuel (10,off Bruce); Crandall (12,off Bruce); Mathews (22,off Bruce).  HR–Houston Lillis (1,3rd inning off Cloninger 0 on, 1 out), Milwaukee Crandall (8,5th inning off Bruce 0 on, 0 out); Bell (6,9th inning off McMahon 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–12.  Team–7.  CS–Aspromonte (5,2nd base by Cloninger/Crandall).  WP–Bruce 2 (5), Cloninger (5).  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–3:05.  A–5,477.
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