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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

1962-04-24 · Night game · Colt Stadium · Att: 19335 · 76°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 6 mph · 2:25

Houston Colt .45's defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–3. Houston Colt .45's put up 3 in the 2nd. Hal Woodeshick earned the win. Don Taussig went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6
HOU	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0		4	7

W: Hal Woodeshick L: Larry Jackson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Al Barlick · 1B: Shag Crawford · 2B: Ed Vargo · 3B: Doug Harvey · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curt Flood	5	1	1	0	0	0
Julian Javier	3	2	0	0	1	0
Bill White	5	0	1	1	0	2
Ken Boyer	3	0	2	1	1	0
Gene Oliver	4	0	0	1	0	0
Stan Musial	3	0	0	0	0	1
Carl Warwick	4	0	1	0	0	1
Julio Gotay	4	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Jackson	1	0	0	0	1	1
Red Schoendienst	1	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie James	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Grammas	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Aspromonte	4	1	2	1	0	0
Al Spangler	4	0	2	1	0	0
John Weekly	4	0	0	0	0	1
Norm Larker	2	0	0	0	2	1
Don Taussig	3	1	1	1	0	0
Merritt Ranew	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joey Amalfitano	3	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Lillis	3	1	2	0	0	0
Hal Woodeshick	3	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Jackson	6.0	6	2	1
Lindy McDaniel	2.0	1	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Woodeshick	9.0	6	3	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Curt Flood: 4/P
Julian Javier: C/E2.B-1
Bill White: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Bill White: K
Ken Boyer: S.3-H(UR)
Gene Oliver: 7

Bot 1

Bob Aspromonte: S
Al Spangler: WP.1-2
Al Spangler: 7
John Weekly: 9
Norm Larker: W
Don Taussig: WP.2-3;1-2
Don Taussig: 5/P

Top 2

Stan Musial: K
Carl Warwick: S
Julio Gotay: 64(1)/FO
Larry Jackson: W.1-2
Curt Flood: 43

Bot 2

Merritt Ranew: E1
Joey Amalfitano: 46(1)/FO
Bob Lillis: S.1-H(E5)(NR)(UR);B-2
Hal Woodeshick: K
Bob Aspromonte: D9.2-H(UR)
Al Spangler: S9.2-H(UR)
John Weekly: CS2(2434)

Top 3

Julian Javier: W
Bill White: K/C
Ken Boyer: E5.1-3;B-2
Gene Oliver: 63.3-H(UR)
Stan Musial: 7

Bot 3

John Weekly: 13
Norm Larker: W
Don Taussig: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Carl Warwick: 63
Julio Gotay: S9
Larry Jackson: K/C
Curt Flood: 8

Bot 4

Merritt Ranew: 3/G
Joey Amalfitano: 9
Bob Lillis: 4/P

Top 5

Julian Javier: 1/P
Bill White: 63
Ken Boyer: D7
Gene Oliver: 4/P

Bot 5

Hal Woodeshick: 43
Bob Aspromonte: 3/G
Al Spangler: S7
John Weekly: 43

Top 6

Stan Musial: 43
Carl Warwick: K/C
Julio Gotay: 6/P

Bot 6

Norm Larker: 41
Don Taussig: HR/7
Merritt Ranew: 63
Joey Amalfitano: 13

Top 7

Red Schoendienst: K/C
Curt Flood: D7
Julian Javier: 53.2-3
Bill White: S9.3-H;B-3(E1)
Ken Boyer: W
Gene Oliver: SB2
Gene Oliver: 53

Bot 7

Bob Lillis: S7
Hal Woodeshick: 36(1)4/BG/GDP
Bob Aspromonte: 2/FL

Top 8

Charlie James: 5/FL
Carl Warwick: 9
Julio Gotay: 13

Bot 8

Al Spangler: 4/L
John Weekly: K/C
Norm Larker: K

Top 9

Alex Grammas: K
Curt Flood: 63
Julian Javier: E6
Bill White: 9