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MAY 2, 1962
Tonight is the second game in the series in St Louis between the Colt .45s and the Cardinals. The Colt .45s have lost ten straight. The Cardinals have won seven of their last nine.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 6-12 at Minnesota 17-3
Los Angeles 4-14 at Cleveland 7-11
Boston 8-10 at Washington 8-12
New York 11-6 at Chicago 7-12
Detroit 14-4 at Kansas City 11-9
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 12-7 at Philadelphia 11-11 (2)
Cincinnati 8-12 at New York 5-15
Pittsburgh 15-6 at San Francisco 14-7
Chicago 6-16 at Los Angeles 14-8
HOUSTON COLT .45S (5-16) AT ST LOUIS CARDINALS (14-6)
MATCHUPS
SP Bob Bruce vs Bob Gibson Advantage St Louis
C Hal W Smith vs Gene Oliver Advantage St Louis
1B Norm Larker vs Bill D White Advantage St Louis
2B Joey Amalfitano vs Julian Javier Advantage St Louis
3B Bob Aspromonte vs Ken Boyer Advantage St Louis
SS Don Buddin vs Julio Gotay Advantage Houston
LF Al Spangler vs Stan Musial Advantage Push
CF Don Taussig vs Curt Flood Advantage St Louis
RF Roman Mejias vs Carl Warwick Advantage Push
Overall Advantage St Louis
Bruce had a no-hitter through three.
After three: Houston 0 St Louis 0.
Oliver led off the bottom of the fifth with a double to bring an end to the no-hit bid. With runners at first and second and one out, Bruce left the game with an arm injury and was replaced by Jim Golden. Golden induced a couple of groundouts to end the inning.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Cardinals loaded the bases with one out. Oliver went down on strikes for the second out. Gotay grounded to third to end the inning.
After six: Houston 0 St Louis 0.
In the top of the seventh, Amalfitano tried to put the Colt .45s in the lead with a single but Warwick threw Taussig out at home as he was trying to score from second.
Bobby Shantz took the mound for the Colt .45s in the bottom of the seventh.
Jim Umbricht took the mound for the Colt .45s in the bottom of the eighth.
After nine: Houston 0 St Louis 0.
Lindy McDaniel took the mound for the Cardinals in the top of the tenth.
Dean Stone took the mound for the Cardinals in the top of the tenth. With runners at first and second, Warwick grounded to short to end the inning.
Dave Giusti took the mound for the Colt .45s in the bottom of the eleventh. With a runner on first, Javier popped up to end the inning.
Ed Bauta took the mound for the Cardinals in the top of the twelfth.
In the bottom of the twelfth, the Cardinals again got the winning run on first but this time Musial popped out to end the inning.
In the top of the thirteenth, with a runner on first and one out, Ray Washburn took the mound for the Cardinals and kept the Colt .45s from scoring.
Jim Busby took the mound for the Colt .45s in the bottom of the thirteenth. Pinch hitter Don Landrum flew out to center with the winning run at first to end the inning.
John C Anderson took the mound for the Cardinals in the top of the fourteenth.
In the bottom of the fourteenth, the Cardinals loaded the bases with two out. Warwick flew out to center to end another inning.
In the bottom of the fifteenth, Red Schoendienst ended the game with an RBI double.
The Colt .45s lost despite getting 16 hits. They also struck out 17 times.
Final score: St Louis 1 Houston 0.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Bob Gibson 9.0 IP, 9 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 7 Baltimore 1
Los Angeles 5 Cleveland 2
Boston 4 Washington 3
Chicago 7 New York 4
Kansas City 8 Detroit 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 5 Philadelphia 1 Game 1
Philadelphia 5 Milwaukee 4 Game 2
New York 12 Cincinnati 1
San Francisco 6 Pittsburgh 3
Los Angeles 4 Chicago 0
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Hank Aaron Milwaukee Braves 4 for 8, 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, BB
2. Pete Richert Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K. W
3. Bob Gibson St Louis Cardinals 9.0 IP, 9 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
Minnesota Twins 3B Rich Rollins went hitless to end his hitting streak at 20 games.
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