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JUNE 1, 1962
The Colt .45s will conclude their road trip with a four game weekend series in Pittsburgh against the Pirates. The Pirates have lost four of their last five. The Pirates lead the season series 2-1.
AL Batter of the Month: CF Mickey Mantle New York Yankees
NL Batter of the Month: RF Frank Howard Los Angeles Dodgers
AL Pitcher of the Month: Jack Kralick Minnesota Twins
NL Pitcher of the Month: Pete Richert Los Angeles Dodgers
AL Rookie of the Month: 2B Bernie Allen Minnesota Twins
NL Rookie of the Month: SP Pete Richert LosAngeles Dodgers
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 21-25 at Detroit 26-21
Chicago 22-25 at Baltimore 20-28
Boston 27-20 at Kansas City 20-30
Washington 22-27 at Minnesota 36-13
New York 25-20 at Los Angeles 18-28
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 23-24 at Chicago 15-35
Los Angeles 36-14 at Philadelphia 29-24 (2)
St Louis 22-27 at Milwaukee 31-21
San Francisco 33-17 atNew York 17-32
HOUSTON COLT .45S (12-39) AT PITTSBURGH PIRATES (32-17)
MATCHUPS
SP Ken T Johnson vs Joe Gibbon Advantage Push
C Hal W Smith vs Smoky Burgess Advantage Pittsburgh
1B Norm Larker vs Dick Stuart Advantage Pittsburgh
2B Joey Amalfitano vs Dick Schofield Advantage Pittsburgh
3B Bob Aspromonte vs Don Hoak Advantage Pittsburgh
SS Don Buddin vs Dick Groat Advantage Pittsburgh
LF Al Spangler vs Bob Skinner Advantage Push
CF Don Taussig vs Howie Goss Advantage Houston
RF Roman Mejias vs Roberto Clemente Advantage Pittsburgh
Overall Advantage Pittsburgh
The Colt .45s began the game with back-to-back doubles from Amalfitano and Buddin to get on the board first. Aspromonte added an RBI single.
In the bottom of the first, Stuart tied the game with a two run homer. One out later, Groat gave the Pirates the lead with a two run homer of his own.
In the top of the second, Amalfitano hit an RBI triple. Amalfitano went on to score the tying run when Buddin grounded out to short.
In the bottom of the third, Groat gave the Pirates the lead back with an RBI single.
After three: Pittsburgh 5 Houston 4.
In the top of the fifth, Mejias tied the game with an RBI single.
In the bottom of the fifth, an RBI double by Hoak put the Pirates in the lead once again.
In the bottom of the sixth, Skinner hit a solo home run.
After six: Pittsburgh 7 Houston 5.
Diomedes Olivo took the mound for the Pirates in the top of the seventh.
In the bottom of the seventh, Clemente scored from first on a Burgess single combined with a Mejias throwing error. Spangler then threw Burgess out at home as he tried to score from second on a Groat single. With two out, Goss hit a three run homer. With a runner on first and two out, Dave Giusti took the mound for the Colt .45s.
Harvey Haddix took the mound for the Pirates in the bottom of the seventh. Larker scored from third when Schofield misplayed a Taussig grounder. Amalfitano added an RBI single. Buddin followed with his own RBI single.
Dean Stone took the mound for the Colt .45s in the bottom of the eighth.
The two teams combined for 26 hits in the contest.
Final score: Pittsburgh 11 Houston 8.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dick Groat 3 for 4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 4 Detroit 3
Baltimore 5 Chicago 3
Boston 12 Kansas City 4 11 innings
Minnesota 12 Washington 3
New York 6 Los Angeles 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 8 Chicago 3
Los Angeles 5 Philadelphia 0 Game 1
Philadelphia 8 Los Angeles 5 Game 2
Milwaukee 10 St Louis 2
New York 3 San Francisco 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Earl Battery Minnesota Twins 3 for 4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, BB
2. George Altman Chicago Cubs 3 for 3, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB
3. Bob Allison Minnesota Twins 2 for 3, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB
Stan Williams of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a complete game shutout.
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