St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Colt .45s 2
Game Played on Thursday, April 26, 1962 (N) at Colt Stadium
STL N 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 8 1 HOU N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 2 1
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Flood cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 Javier 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 5 White 1b 4 0 1 0 0 3 16 0 Musial rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Landrum pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Oliver c 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 Schaffer c 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Minoso lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gotay ss 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 5 Schoendienst ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Grammas ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gibson p 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 Totals 35 3 8 3 1 11 27 14
FIELDING - E: Gotay (2).
BATTING - 2B: Oliver (7,off Johnson). HR: Javier (2,4th inning off Johnson 0 on 0 out). SH: Gibson (1,off Johnson). HBP: Oliver (1,by Johnson). Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING - SB: Boyer (2,2nd base off Johnson/Ranew); Flood (3,2nd base off Cicotte/Ranew).
Houston Colt .45s AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Amalfitano 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Larker 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 Pendleton lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 Mejias rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ranew c 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 Heist cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Lillis ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Johnson p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 Browne ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Shantz pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cicotte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 2 2 1 2 5 27 13
FIELDING - E: Aspromonte (2). PB: Ranew 3 (4).
BATTING - HR: Mejias (3,8th inning off Gibson 0 on 0 out). Team LOB: 2.
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR Gibson W(1-1) 9 2 2 2 2 5 1
Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO HR Johnson L(0-3) 8 7 3 2 1 8 1 Cicotte 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Totals 9 8 3 2 1 11 1
WP: Gibson (3). HBP: Johnson (3,Oliver).
Umpires: Ed Vargo, Doug Harvey, Al Barlick, Shag Crawford
Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 15129
Starting Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals Houston Colt .45s 1. Flood cf Aspromonte 3b 2. Javier 2b Amalfitano 2b 3. White 1b Larker 1b 4. Musial rf Pendleton lf 5. Boyer 3b Mejias rf 6. Oliver c Ranew c 7. Minoso lf Heist cf 8. Gotay ss Lillis ss 9. Gibson p Johnson p CARDINALS 1ST: Flood struck out; Javier grounded out (pitcher to first); White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Colt .45s 0. COLT .45S 1ST: Aspromonte grounded out (second to first); Amalfitano grounded out (second to first); Larker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Colt .45s 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Musial grounded out (pitcher to first); Boyer struck out (catcher to first); Oliver doubled to left; Minoso popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Colt .45s 0. COLT .45S 2ND: Pendleton walked; Mejias grounded out (shortstop to first) [Pendleton to second]; Ranew grounded out (second to first) [Pendleton to third]; Gibson threw a wild pitch [Pendleton scored]; Heist grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Colt .45s 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Gotay singled to right; Gibson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Gotay to second]; Gotay was picked off second (pitcher to second); Flood grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Colt .45s 1. COLT .45S 3RD: Lillis grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson struck out; Aspromonte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Colt .45s 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Javier homered; White struck out but advanced to first on a passed ball; Musial lined to center; Boyer forced White (third to second); Boyer stole second; Oliver reached on a fielder's choice [Boyer out at third (third)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Colt .45s 1. COLT .45S 4TH: Amalfitano grounded out (first unassisted); Larker grounded out (pitcher to first); Pendleton lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Colt .45s 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Minoso made an out to center; Gotay struck out; Gibson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Colt .45s 1. COLT .45S 5TH: Mejias reached on an error by Gotay; Mejias was out trying to advance to second; per film not CS; Ranew grounded out (pitcher to first); Heist struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Colt .45s 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Flood grounded out (shortstop to first); Javier grounded out (pitcher to first); White singled; Ranew allowed a passed ball [White to second]; Musial made an out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Colt .45s 1. COLT .45S 6TH: Lillis popped to second; Johnson struck out; Aspromonte made an out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Colt .45s 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Boyer grounded out (second to first); Oliver reached on an error by Aspromonte [Oliver to second]; Minoso grounded out (shortstop to first) [Oliver to third]; Gotay singled to center [Oliver scored (unearned)]; Gibson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Colt .45s 1. COLT .45S 7TH: Amalfitano popped to first; Larker grounded out (second to first); Pendleton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Colt .45s 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Flood singled to left; Ranew allowed a passed ball [Flood to third]; Javier grounded out (pitcher to first); White struck out; Musial singled to right [Flood scored]; LANDRUM RAN FOR MUSIAL; Boyer walked [Landrum to second]; Oliver was hit by a pitch [Landrum to third, Boyer to second]; Minoso forced Boyer (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Colt .45s 1. COLT .45S 8TH: SCHAFFER REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING C ); LANDRUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Mejias homered; Ranew grounded out (pitcher to first); Heist singled to center; Lillis grounded out (shortstop to first) [Heist to second]; BROWNE BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Browne walked; SHANTZ RAN FOR BROWNE; Aspromonte made an out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Colt .45s 2. CARDINALS 9TH: CICOTTE REPLACED SHANTZ (PITCHING); SCHOENDIENST BATTED FOR GOTAY; Schoendienst struck out; Gibson struck out; Flood singled to center; Flood stole second; Javier struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Colt .45s 2. COLT .45S 9TH: GRAMMAS REPLACED SCHOENDIENST (PLAYING SS); Amalfitano popped to second; Larker popped to first in foul territory; Pendleton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Colt .45s 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 3 8 1 8 Colt .45s 2 2 1 2
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