View Single Post
Old 03-13-2019, 04:49 AM   #16
vrobx1
Hall Of Famer
 
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 3,428
APRIL 23, 1962
The Colt .45s will try to avoid being swept at home by the Philadelphia Phillies.

AL Player of the Week: 3B Ed Charles Kansas City Athletics

NL Player of the Week: RF Felipe Alou San Francisco Giants

Baltimore Orioles RP Wes Stock has undergone season-ending elbow ligament reconstruction surgery.

WEEKLY POWER RANKINGS
1. Pittsburgh Pirates
2. Minnesota Twins
3. Detroit Tigers
4. San Francisco Giants
5. Kansas City Athletics
6. St Louis Cardinals
7. Los Angeles Dodgers
8. Washington Senators
9. Milwaukee Braves
10. New York Yankees
11. Philadelphia Phillies
12. Baltimore Orioles
13. Cleveland Indians
14. Boston Red Sox
15. Houston Colt .45s
16. Chicago Cubs
17. Chicago White Sox
18. Cincinnati Reds
19. New York Mets
20. Los Angeles Angels

OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
There are no American League games scheduled today.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Los Angeles 6-5 at Milwaukee 5-5 (2)
San Francisco 8-4 at Cincinnati 4-8
New York 3-9 at Pittsburgh 10-2

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (6-7) AT HOUSTON COLT .45S (5-8)
MATCHUPS
SP Dennis Bennett vs Hal Woodeshick Advantage Philadelphia
C Clay Dalrymple vs Hal W Smith Advantage Philadelphia
1B Roy Sievers vs Norm Larker Advantage Philadelphia
2B Tony Taylor vs Joey Amalfitano Advantage Philadelphia
3B Don Demeter vs Bob Aspromonte Advantage Philadelphia
SS Ruben Amaro Sr vs Don Buddin Advantage Philadelphia
LF Wes Covington vs Al Spangler Advantage Houston
CF Tony Gonzalez vs Don Taussig Advantage Philadelphia
RF Johnny Callison vs Roman Mejias Advantage Philadelphia
Overall Advantage Philadelphia

In the top of the second, Dalrymple put the Phillies on the board with an RBI single. Covington followed with his own run-scoring single. The Phillies went on to load the bases with two out. Amaro drew a walk on a full count pitch to bring in another run. Callison then grounded to second to retire the side.

After three: Philadelphia 3 Houston 0.

In the top of the fourth, a Gonzalez single combined with a throwing error by Mejias allowed Bennett to score from first. One walk later and Callison hit a three-run homer. With a runner on second and two out, Jim Golden took the mound for the Colt .45s.

In the bottom of the fifth, Mejias hit an RBI single to put the Colt .45s on the board. Larker then beat out the 4-6-3 to allow Spangler to score.

In the top of the sixth, Taussig threw Amaro out at home as he was trying to score from second on a Demeter single.

After six: Philadelphia 7 Houston 2.

Dave Giusti took the mound for the Colt .45s in the top of the seventh.

In the bottom of the ninth, with a runner on first and one out, Jack Baldschun took the mound for the Phillies. The Colt .45s loaded the bases with one out. Mejias then grounded into the game-ending 5-4-3.

The Colt .45s again committed three errors in a game.

Final score: Philadelphia 7 Houston 2.

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dennis Bennett 8.1 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 K

OTHER SCORES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 7 Los Angeles 2 Game 1
Los Angeles 11 Milwaukee 0 Game 2
San Francisco 11 Cincinnati 3
Pittsburgh 8 New York 5

TOP PERFORMERS
1. Willie Davis Los Angeles Dodgers 5 for 9, HR, 6 RBI, R

2. Felipe Alou San Francisco Giants 2 for 3, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, BB

3. Stan Williams Los Angeles Dodgers 7.2 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 10 K, W



Sent from my LG-M150 using Tapatalk
vrobx1 is offline   Reply With Quote