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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

1962-07-02 · Night game · Colt Stadium · Att: 11760 · 86°F, night · Wind 10 mph · 2:35

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Houston Colt .45's 4–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 7th. Bob Friend earned the win and Roy Face picked up the save. Dick Stuart went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Friend L: Hal Woodeshick SV: Roy Face

Umpires — HP: Stan Landes · 1B: Vinnie Smith · 2B: Mel Steiner · 3B: Dusty Boggess · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Virdon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Groat	3	0	1	0	1	0
Roberto Clemente	3	1	0	0	1	1
Dick Stuart	4	2	2	1	0	1
Don Hoak	3	1	1	1	1	0
Donn Clendenon	2	0	2	0	0	0
Don Leppert	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Mazeroski	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Friend	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Skinner	1	0	1	2	1	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Spangler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joey Amalfitano	3	1	1	0	0	1
Roman Mejias	4	1	3	0	0	0
Norm Larker	4	0	1	1	0	0
Carl Warwick	3	0	0	1	0	1
Merritt Ranew	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Aspromonte	4	0	3	0	0	0
Bob Lillis	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Woodeshick	2	0	0	0	0	1
Don McMahon	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Pendleton	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Cerv	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Friend	8.1	8	1	5
Diomedes Olivo	0.1	0	0	1
Roy Face	0.1	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Woodeshick	6.0	5	2	2
Don McMahon	3.0	3	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Virdon: K
Dick Groat: 8
Roberto Clemente: 63

Bot 1

Al Spangler: 43
Joey Amalfitano: C/E2.B-1
Roman Mejias: S.1-2#
Norm Larker: 13.2-3;1-2
Carl Warwick: K

Top 2

Dick Stuart: K
Don Hoak: W
Donn Clendenon: S.1-2#
Don Leppert: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Merritt Ranew: 63
Bob Aspromonte: S
Bob Lillis: 8
Hal Woodeshick: 6/P

Top 3

Bill Mazeroski: 9
Bob Friend: 63
Bill Virdon: 9

Bot 3

Al Spangler: 9
Joey Amalfitano: D
Roman Mejias: S.2-3#
Norm Larker: S.3-H;1-3
Carl Warwick: 9/SF.3-H
Merritt Ranew: 43

Top 4

Dick Groat: S
Roberto Clemente: 64(1)3/GDP
Dick Stuart: 9

Bot 4

Bob Aspromonte: S
Bob Lillis: 46(1)3/GDP
Hal Woodeshick: K

Top 5

Don Hoak: 8
Donn Clendenon: S
Don Leppert: 16(1)/FO
Bill Mazeroski: 3/G

Bot 5

Al Spangler: 63
Joey Amalfitano: 63
Roman Mejias: 4/P

Top 6

Bob Friend: 3/G
Bill Virdon: 8/L
Dick Groat: 53

Bot 6

Norm Larker: 7
Carl Warwick: 53
Merritt Ranew: 4/P

Top 7

Roberto Clemente: W
Dick Stuart: S.1-2#
Don Hoak: D.2-H;1-3
Bob Skinner: S/INT.3-H;2-H;BX2(3)
Don Leppert: 5/FL
Bill Mazeroski: K

Bot 7

Bob Aspromonte: 3/G
Bob Lillis: 4/L
Don McMahon: K

Top 8

Bob Friend: K
Bill Virdon: 63
Dick Groat: W
Roberto Clemente: K

Bot 8

Al Spangler: K
Joey Amalfitano: K/C
Roman Mejias: S
Norm Larker: 43

Top 9

Dick Stuart: HR
Don Hoak: 7
Bob Skinner: W
Don Leppert: CS2(26)
Don Leppert: S
Bill Mazeroski: K/C

Bot 9

Carl Warwick: 43
Merritt Ranew: W
Bob Aspromonte: S.1-2#
Jim Pendleton: K
Bob Cerv: K/C

Notes & reviews

Protest=V
Pirates coach Ron Northey called for interference for being out of the coaching box; Bob Skinner called out; Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh protested the game

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