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APRIL 11, 1962
Tonight is the second game in the series in Houston between the Colt .45s and the Chicago Cubs.
The Colt .45s signed bench coach Jimmy Aker to a 2-year, $7,100 per year contract.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 1-0 at Boston 0-1
Detroit 1-0 at Washington 0-1
Minnesota 0-1 at Kansas City 1-0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 0-2 at Pittsburgh 1-0
New York 0-1 at St Louis 1-0
Cincinnati 1-1 at Los Angeles 1-0
Milwaukee 1-0 at San Francisco 0-1
CHICAGO CUBS (1-0) AT HOUSTON COLT .45S (0-1)
MATCHUPS
SP Don Cardwell vs Turk Farrell 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 Push
3B Ron Santo vs Bob Aspromonte Advantage Chicago
LF Billy L Williams vs Al Spangler Advantage Push
CF George Altman vs Don Taussig Advantage Chicago
RF Lou Brock vs Roman Mejias Advantage Push
Overall Advantage Chicago
In the bottom of the first, Amalfitano scored on a wild pitch. Spangler scored on a Mejias grounder to second.
After three: Houston 2 Chicago 0.
The pitcher Farrell led off the bottom of the fifth with the first home run in Colt .45s history.
After six: Houston 3 Chicago 0.
In the top of the eighth, Santo finally put the Cubs on the board with an RBI double.
In the bottom of the eighth, the Colt. 45s loaded the bases with two out. Farrell flew to left to end the inning.
In the top of the ninth, with a runner on first and one out, Jim Umbricht took the mound for the Colt .45s. Two outs later, he had the first save in Colt .45s history.
Final score: Houston 3 Chicago 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Turk Farrell 8.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 9 K, 1 for 4, HR, RBI, R
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 2 Cleveland 0
Washington 3 Detroit 0
Kansas City 4 Minnesota 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 3
St Louis 9 New York 1
Los Angeles 2 Cincinnati 0
San Francisco 7 Milwaukee 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Don Drysdale Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, W
2. Don Schwall Boston Red Sox 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 7 K, W
3. Claude Osteen Washington Senators 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, W
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