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APRIL 26, 1962
Thanks to yet another rainout, the Colt .45s will host the St Louis Cardinals in a Thursday double header today. Don't you just love Texas weather.
Houston Colt .45s LF Jim Pendleton announced that he would retire atthe end of the season.
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 6-8 at Boston 6-6
Kansas City 9-6 at Detroit 10-3
Cleveland 6-6 at Los Angeles 2-11
Minnesota 11-3 at Baltimore 5-8
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 8-8 at Milwaukee 7-7
Los Angeles 9-6 at Chicago 5-10
ST LOUIS CARDINALS (9-4) AT HOUSTON COLT .45S (5-10) GAME ONE
MATCHUPS
SP Curt Simmons vs Bobby Tiefenauer Advantage St Louis
C Gene Oliver vs Hal W Smith Advantage St Louis
1B Bill D White vs Norm Larker Advantage St Louis
2B Julian Javier vs Joey Amalfitano Advantage St Louis
3B Ken Boyer vs Bob Aspromonte Advantage St Louis
SS Julio Gotay vs Don Buddin Advantage Houston
LF Stan Musial vs Al Spangler Advantage Push
CF Curt Flood vs Don Taussig Advantage St Louis
RF Carl Warwick vs Roman Mejias Advantage Push
Overall Advantage St Louis
In the top of the third, Javier put the Cardinals on the board first with an RBI single.
After three: St Louis 1 Houston 0.
Nothing of note happened in the middle innings.
After six: St Louis 1 Houston 0.
In the bottom of the eighth, a throwing error by Simmons allowed Taussig to score from third. With runners at second and third and two out, Lindy McDaniel took the mound for the Cardinals and struck out Mejias to end the inning.
Jim Umbricht took the mound for the Colt .45s in the top of the ninth.
After nine: St Louis 1 Houston 1.
In the top of the tenth, the Cardinals loaded the bases with two out. Javier hit a two-run single to put the Cardinals back in the lead.
Ed Bauta took the mound for the Cardinals in the bottom of the tenth. Taussig scored on a Buddin groundout to second. With the tying run at third, Spangler grounded out to third to end the game.
The Colt .45s were held to just 4 hits in the contest.
Final score: St Louis 3 Houston 2 10 innings.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Curt Simmons 7.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
ST LOUIS CARDINALS (10-4) AT HOUSTON COLT .45S (5-11) GAME TWO
MATCHUPS
SP Ernie Broglio vs Turk Farrell Advantage Houston
C Carl Sawatski vs Merritt Ranew Advantage St Louis
1B Bill D White vs Norm Larker Advantage St Louis
2B Julian Javier vs Joey Amalfitano Advantage St Louis
3B Ken Boyer vs Bob Aspromonte Advantage St Louis
SS Julio Gotay vs Don Buddin Advantage Houston
LF Stan Musial vs Al Spangler Advantage Push
CF Curt Flood vs Don Taussig Advantage St Louis
RF Carl Warwick vs Roman Mejias Advantage Push
Overall Advantage St Louis
Farrell was perfect through three.
Broglio had a no-hitter through three.
After three: St Louis 0 Houston 0.
Javier led off the top of the fourth with a single to end Farrell's perfect game. Flood followed with an RBI double. Musial added a run-scoring single.
In the top of the sixth, a sacrifice fly by Boyer scored Flood from third.
Farrell led off the bottom of the sixth with a single to break up Broglio's no-hitter.
After six: St Louis 3 Houston 0.
With one out in the top of the eighth, Dean Stone took the mound for the Colt .45s.
Jim Umbricht took the mound for the Colt .45s in the top of the ninth.
In the bottom of the ninth, two errors allowed Larker to score and end the shutout bid. With runners at the corners and nobody out, Lindy McDaniel took the mound for the Cardinals. With two out, Amalfitano singled to score Aspromonte from third but Ranew was thrown out by Minnie Minoso while trying to advance from first to third and that ended the game.
Final score: St Louis 3 Houston 2.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Ernie Broglio 8.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 5 Boston 3
Detroit 12 Kansas City 1
Cleveland 6 Los Angeles 2
Minnesota 2 Baltimore 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 9 Philadelphia 5
Loa Angeles 2 Chicago 0
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Eddie Mathews Milwaukee Braves 4 for 4, 2B, HR, RBI, 3 R, BB
2. Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers 9.0 IP, 10 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 11 K, W
3. Don Lee Minnesota Twins 7.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, W
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