St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Colt .45s 2
Regular Season Game 13
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       8   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 BFP
Gibson W(1-1)                 9     2   2   2   2   5   1  31

WP: Gibson (3).

Houston Colt .45s            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Johnson L(0-3)                8     7   3   2   1   8   1  34
Cicotte                       1     1   0   0   0   3   0   4
Totals                        9     8   3   2   1  11   1  38

HBP: Johnson (3,Oliver).

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Al Barlick, 3B - 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 unassisted)]; 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 flied 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 (catcher to shortstop); 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 flied 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 flied 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 (0 ER), 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 flied
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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