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Old 04-01-2019, 03:16 AM   #48
vrobx1
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MAY 25, 1962
The Colt .45s will conclude their home stand with a three game weekend series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Colt .45s are so far 0-4 on this home stand as their losing streak has reached 13 games. The Pirates have won six of their last seven.

Voting for the 1962 MLB All Star Game begins today.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 16-24 at Boston 24-16
Detroit 20-18 at New York 22-15
Cleveland 19-20 at Washington 16-25
Minnesota 31-10 at Chicago 19-20
Los Angeles 12-26 at Kansas City 18-23

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 12-31 at Cincinnati 19-21
Milwaukee 25-19 at St Louis 19-23
New York 16-26 at Los Angeles 31-12
Philadelphia 27-19 at San Francisco 27-16

PITTSBURGH PIRATES (29-13) AT HOUSTON COLT .45S (10-35)
MATCHUPS
SP Earl Francis vs Bobby Tiefenauer Advantage Pittsburgh
C Smoky Burgess vs Merritt Ranew Advantage Pittsburgh
1B Donn Clendenon vs Norm Larker Advantage Pittsburgh
2B Bill Mazeroski vs Bob Lillis Advantage Pittsburgh
3B Bob Bailey vs Bob Aspromonte Advantage Push
SS Dick Groat vs Don Buddin Advantage Pittsburgh
LF Bob Skinner vs Jim Pendleton Advantage Pittsburgh
CF Bill Virdon vs Don Taussig Advantage Pittsburgh
RF Roberto Clemente vs Roman Mejias Advantage Pittsburgh
Overall Advantage Pittsburgh

In the top of the first, Clendenon put the Pirates on the board with an RBI single.

In the top of the second, a sacrifice fly by Bailey increased the Pirates lead. Skinner added an RBI single.

Francis was perfect through three.

After three: Pittsburgh 3 Houston 0.

Aspromonte led off the top of the fourth with a single and the Colt .45s had their first base runner of the game.

In the top of the fifth, the Pirates got another run thanks to a Clendenon RBI double.

After six: Pittsburgh 4 Houston 0.

After a leadoff single in the top of the seventh, Jim Umbricht took the mound for the Colt .45s.

In the bottom of the seventh, Larker hit an RBI single to put the Colt .45s on the board.

In the top of the eighth, Bailey hit an RBI triple with two out.

In the bottom of the ninth, Mejias beat out a 4-6-3 to allow Aspromonte to score from third.

The Pirates got the win behind a 12 hit attack.

Final score: Pittsburgh 5 Houston 2.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Earl Francis 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 8 Boston 2
Detroit 4 New York 3 11 innings
Washington 4 Cleveland 3
Chicago 8 Minnesota 0
Los Angeles at Kansas City ppd

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 9 Chicago 2
Milwaukee 6 St Louis 4
New York 3 Los Angeles 1
San Francisco 10 Philadelphia 9

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Jim Landis Chicago White Sox 2 for 2, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, BB

2. Juan Pizarro Chicago White Sox 9.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, W

3. Willie McCovey San Francisco Giants 4 for 5, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R

New York Mets RF Richie Ashburn collected his 2,500th career base hit.

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