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Old 04-12-2019, 07:47 PM   #26
vrobx1
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JUNE 26, 1962
The Colt .45s road trip ends tonight with a game in Philadelphia against the Phillies.

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 34-38 at Detroit 36-34 (2)
Chicago 31-40 at Baltimore 34-39
Kansas City 30-43 at Washington 31-42
Los Angeles 30-40 at Boston 41-32
Minnesota 51-22 at New York 40-28

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 28-45 at Chicago 22-52
New York 25-50 at Pittsburgh 44-29
Milwaukee 44-29 at Los Angeles 56-19
Cincinnati 39-32 at San Francisco 49-25

HOUSTON COLT .45S (19-56) AT PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (44-33)
MATCHUPS
SP Ken T Johnson vs Dennis Bennett Advantage Push
C Hal W Smith vs Clay Dalrymple Advantage Philadelphia
1B Norm Larker vs Roy Sievers Advantage Philadelphia
2B Joey Amalfitano vs Tony Taylor Advantage Philadelphia
3B Bob Aspromonte vs Don Demeter Advantage Philadelphia
SS Bob Lillis vs Ruben Amaro Sr Advantage Philadelphia
LF Al Spangler vs Wes Covington Advantage Push
CF Don Taussig vs Tony Gonzalez Advantage Philadelphia
RF Roman Mejias vs Johnny Callison Advantage Philadelphia
Overall Advantage Philadelphia

Nothing of note happened in the first three innings.

After three: Houston 0 Philadelphia 0.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Phillies loaded the bases with two out. Gonzalez then scored on a wild pitch.

After six: Philadelphia 1 Houston 0.

After a leadoff double in the bottom of the eighth, Bobby Shantz took the mound for the Colt .45s and he left the base runner stranded at third.

Jack Baldschun took the mound for the Phillies in the top of the ninth. He set the Colt .45s down in order to get the save.

Final score: Philadelphia 1 Houston 0.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dennis Bennett 8.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K

OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 8 Cleveland 7 Game 1
Cleveland 7 Detroit 4 Game 2
Baltimore 10 Chicago 7 10 innings
Kansas City 7 Washington 3
Boston 4 Los Angeles 2
New York 7 Minnesota 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 5 Chicago 2
Pittsburgh 11 New York 0
Los Angeles 1 Milwaukee 0
Cincinnati 8 San Francisco 0

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Rocky Colavito Detroit Tigers 3 for 5, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, 3 BB

2. Bill Mazeroski Pittsburgh Pirates 4 for 4, 5 RBI, R, BB

3. Joey Jay Cincinnati Reds 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, W

Johnny Podres of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a complete game shutout.

Los Angeles RF Frank Howard has been suspended for 2 games due to an altercation with the umpire after a called third strike.

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