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JULY 23, 1962
The Colt .45s will conclude this home stand with a three game series against the San Francisco Giants. The Colt .45s are 2-7 so far on this home stand. The Giants lead the season series 8-1.
AL Player of the Week: 3B Felix Torres Los Angeles Angels
NL Player of the Week: RF Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirates
WEEKLY POWER RANKINGS
1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. Minnesota Twins
3. Milwaukee Braves
4. New York Yankees
5. Pittsburgh Pirates
6. San Francisco Giants
7. Cincinnati Reds
8. Boston Red Sox
9. Detroit Tigers
10. Cleveland Indians
11. Los Angeles Angels
12. Philadelphia Phillies
13. Baltimore Orioles
14. St Louis Cardinals
15. Chicago White Sox
16. Kansas City Athletics
17. Washington Senators
18. Chicago Cubs
19. New York Mets
20. Houston Colt .45s
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 51-44 at Minnesota 65-32
Baltimore 45-53 at Los Angeles 41-55
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 50-51 at Chicago 33-67
Pittsburgh 61-37 at Cincinnati 54-41
Los Angeles 78-22 at St Louis 40-59
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (63-37) AT HOUSTON COLT .45S (25-73)
MATCHUPS
SP Jack S Sanford vs Ken T Johnson Advantage Push
C Ed Bailey vs Chris Cannizzaro Advantage San Francisco
1B Orlando Cepeda vs Harry Bright Advantage San Francisco
2B Cap Peterson vs Joey Amalfitano Advantage Houston
3B Jim Davenport vs Bob Aspromonte Advantage San Francisco
SS Ernie Bowman vs Eddie Kasko Advantage Houston
LF Willie McCovey vs Al Spangler Advantage San Francisco
CF Willie Mays vs Don Taussig Advantage San Francisco
RF Felipe Alou vs Roman Mejias Advantage San Francisco
Overall Advantage San Francisco
In the bottom of the second, Bright scored from third when Amalfitano grounded into the 5-4-3.
After three: Houston 1 San Francisco 0.
In the top of the fourth, Davenport scored on a McCovey sac fly to tie the game.
In the bottom of the fourth, Mejias put the Colt .45s back in the lead with a solo home run.
In the top of the sixth, the Giants loaded the bases with two out. Cepeda then put the Giants in the lead with a two run single. Manny Mota then scored from second when Taussig dropped a fly ball by Bailey.
After six: San Francisco 4 Houston 2.
In the bottom of the seventh, pinch hitter Don Buddin put the Colt .45s back within a run with a sacrifice fly. The Colt .45s went on to load the bases with two out. But Kasko flew to left to end the inning.
In the bottom of the eighth, with a runner on first and two out, Stu Miller took the mound for the Giants.
In the top of the ninth, Davenport hit a two out RBI single to give the Giants some breathing room. Mays followed with a three run homer to putthe game away. Phil Ortega took the mound for the Colt .45s immediately after the home run.
The Giants got 10 hits in the win.
Final score: San Francisco 8 Houston 3.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Roman Mejias 3 for 4, HR, RBI, 2 R
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 3 Detroit 0
Baltimore 6 Los Angeles 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 4 Philadelphia 2
Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati 3
Los Angeles 10 St Louis 0
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Don Drysdale Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, W
2. Don Lee Minnesota Twins 9.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, W
3. Glen Hobbie Chicago Cubs 9.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 9 K, W
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