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Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros

1962-07-15 · Day game · Colt Stadium · Att: 6907 · 2:39

Chicago Cubs defeated Houston Colt .45's 4–1. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 2nd. Dick Ellsworth earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Dick Ellsworth L: Ken Johnson SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Landrum	5	1	1	0	0	1
Ken Hubbs	4	0	2	1	1	0
Billy Williams	5	0	0	0	0	1
Ernie Banks	2	1	1	0	0	0
George Altman	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jim McKnight	4	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Rodgers	4	2	2	1	0	0
Cuno Barragan	2	0	1	1	1	0
Dick Ellsworth	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Will	2	0	2	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Bob Lillis	4	0	1	0	0
Joey Amalfitano	4	0	0	0	0
Roman Mejias	4	1	1	0	0
Jim Pendleton	4	0	1	0	0
Bob Aspromonte	3	0	1	0	0
Carl Warwick	3	0	1	1	0
Pidge Browne	3	0	0	1	0
Hal Smith	3	0	0	0	0
Ken Johnson	1	0	0	0	1
Bob Cerv	1	0	0	0	1
Don Buddin	1	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Ellsworth	9.0	5	2	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Johnson	2.0	5	0	2
Dave Giusti	2.0	0	2	0
Bobby Tiefenauer	3.0	1	0	0
Jim Golden	0.1	2	0	0
Dick Drott	1.1	2	1	0
Don McMahon	0.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Landrum: K/C
Ken Hubbs: 7/L
Billy Williams: 3/G

Bot 1

Bob Lillis: S
Joey Amalfitano: 3/G.1-1
Roman Mejias: 54(1)/FO
Jim Pendleton: S7.1-H(E7)(NR)(UR)#
Bob Aspromonte: HP.1-2
Carl Warwick: E5.2-3;1-2;B-1
Pidge Browne: 13

Top 2

Ernie Banks: S
George Altman: SB2#
George Altman: K
Jim McKnight: 63
Andre Rodgers: S.2-H
Cuno Barragan: PO1(E1).1-2#
Cuno Barragan: S.2-H(UR)
Dick Ellsworth: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

Hal Smith: 7
Ken Johnson: K
Bob Lillis: 7/FL

Top 3

Don Landrum: T
Ken Hubbs: S.3-H
Billy Williams: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Ernie Banks: 5/FL

Bot 3

Joey Amalfitano: 53
Roman Mejias: S
Jim Pendleton: 64(1)/FO
Bob Aspromonte: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

George Altman: W
Jim McKnight: 43.1-2
Andre Rodgers: 7
Cuno Barragan: IW
Dick Ellsworth: 8

Bot 4

Carl Warwick: D
Pidge Browne: W
Hal Smith: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Bob Cerv: K
Bob Lillis: 6/L

Top 5

Don Landrum: 8
Ken Hubbs: 63
Billy Williams: 31

Bot 5

Joey Amalfitano: 9
Roman Mejias: 2/FL
Jim Pendleton: 53

Top 6

Bob Will: S5.B-2(E5)
George Altman: 7
Jim McKnight: 7/L
Andre Rodgers: 53

Bot 6

Bob Aspromonte: S
Carl Warwick: W.1-2
Pidge Browne: 1/L
Hal Smith: 5(2)3/GDP

Top 7

Cuno Barragan: 53
Dick Ellsworth: 5/FL
Don Landrum: 31

Bot 7

Don Buddin: 53
Bob Lillis: 6/L
Joey Amalfitano: 8

Top 8

Ken Hubbs: S
Billy Williams: 4/L
Bob Will: S.1-2#
George Altman: 6/P
Jim McKnight: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Roman Mejias: 63
Jim Pendleton: 43
Bob Aspromonte: 9

Top 9

Andre Rodgers: S
Cuno Barragan: 34/SH.1-2
Dick Ellsworth: S9.2-H(E9)(NR)(UR)
Don Landrum: PO1(E1).1-2#
Don Landrum: WP.2-3
Don Landrum: 2/FL
Ken Hubbs: W
Billy Williams: K

Bot 9

Carl Warwick: 8
Pidge Browne: 63
Hal Smith: 8

Notes & reviews

Lillis returned to 1st as Banks dropped liner and then stepped on 1st instead of throwing to second to start DP; Lillis alertly returned to 1st behind him
Cubs Hobbie, not in game, ejected by 1B umpire Crawford for arguing that Mejias was out at 1st to complete DP
Cubs managaer/head coach Metro ejected by HP umpire Barlick for arguing that a tap hit by Aspromnote was fair; after Aspromonte was hit by pitch, Metro argued the fair/foul call and was ejected
Ernie Banks left with an upset stomach
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HP Umpire Al Barlick left with heat exhaustion

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