San Francisco Giants vs Houston Colt .45s
September 22, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1962 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 5, Houston Colt .45s 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn 3b,lf 5 1 2 0
Hiller 2b 4 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 1 0 0
McCovey lf 3 1 2 0
  Davenport 3b 1 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 2 3 2
Cepeda 1b 3 0 2 2
Haller c 4 0 2 1
Pagan ss 4 0 0 0
Marichal p 3 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
  Pierce p 0 0 0 0
  Sanford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Warwick cf 4 3 3 1
Amalfitano 2b,3b 2 1 0 0
Roberts lf 3 1 1 0
Larker 1b 4 0 1 0
  Pendleton ph 0 0 0 0
Mejias rf 5 1 2 3
Aspromonte 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Ranew c 4 0 2 1
Hartman ss 2 0 0 0
  Goodman ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer p 1 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 0 0
  Brunet p 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Umbricht p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 5
San Francisco 022 000 0105111
Houston 100 003 0026111
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal   5.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Bolin   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Miller  L (4-8) 2.2 2 2 2 3 4
  Pierce   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Sanford   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
11
6
6
5
7
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   2.2 6 4 4 2 2
  Tiefenauer   2.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Brunet   2.1 3 1 1 0 1
  McMahon   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Umbricht  W (3-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
5

  E–Pagan (17), Aspromonte (13).  DP–San Francisco 2, Houston 1.  PB–Ranew (14).  2B–San Francisco Haller (11,off Johnson).  3B–San Francisco Kuenn (5,off Johnson).  HR–San Francisco Mays (46,8th inning off Brunet 0 on, 1 out), Houston Warwick (17,1st inning off Marichal 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Cepeda (5,off Johnson).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Amalfitano (5,off Miller).  HBP–Pendleton (2,by Pierce).  Team–10.  CS–McCovey (3,2nd base by Tiefenauer/Ranew).  HBP–Pierce (3,Pendleton).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:17.  A–17,125.
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