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APRIL 10, 1962
The Colt .45s begin their inaugural season with a three game series at home against the Chicago Cubs.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland at Boston
Baltimore at New York
Los Angeles at Chicago
Minnesota at Kansas City
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 0-1 at Pittsburgh
Cincinnati 1-0 at Los Angeles
Milwaukee at San Francisco
New York at St Louis
CHICAGO CUBS AT HOUSTON COLT .45S
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Ellsworth vs Ken T Johnson Advantage Houston
C Dick Bertell vs Hal W Smith Advantage Push
1B Ernie Banks vs Norm Larker Advantage Chicago
2B Ken Hubbs vs Joey Amalfitano Advantage Houston
3B Ron Santo vs Bob Aspromonte Advantage Chicago
SS Andre Rodgers vs Don Buddin Advantage Push
LF Billy L Williams vs Al Spangler Advantage Chicago
CF George Altman vs Don Taussig Advantage Chicago
RF Lou Brock vs Roman Mejias Advantage Houston
Overall Advantage Chicago
In the bottom of the third, the Colt .45s loaded the bases with one out. Mejias hit a sacrifice fly to center to put the Colt .45s on the board for the first time ever.
After three: Houston 1 Chicago 0.
In the top of the sixth, Rodgers put the Cubs in the lead with a two run double.
After six: Chicago 2 Houston 1.
In the top of the eighth, Banks stretched the Cubs lead with an RBI single.
In the top of the ninth, Williams tacked on an RBI single.
The Cubs out hit the Colt .45s 10-5. Johnson struck out 10 batters in the loss.
Final score: Chicago 4 Houston 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dick Ellsworth 9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 3 Boston 1
New York 9 Baltimore 4
Los Angeles 5 Chicago 3 12 innings
Kansas City 9 Minnesota 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 4
Los Angeles 6 Cincinnati 3
Milwaukee 4 San Francisco 3
St Louis 5 New York 4
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Tom Tresh New York Yankees 2 for 4, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 R, BB
2. Gino Cimoli Kansas City Athletics 3 for 3, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, R
3. Bill Virdon Pittsburgh Pirates 3 for 3, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
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