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Astros 6 @ Giants 5
Candlestick Park
May 20, 1962

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Houston Astros, played on May 20, 1962 at Candlestick Park. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Astros with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 20, 1962 
Visiting Team
Houston Astros
R: 6 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
San Francisco Giants
R: 5 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 5
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherBob Bruce  
Losing PitcherJuan Marichal  
SaveTurk Farrell  
Game Winning RBINorm Larker 

Game Info

DateMay 20, 1962 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamHouston Astros 
Home TeamSan Francisco Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Bruce  
Home Starting PitcherJuan Marichal  
BallparkCandlestick Park 
CitySan Francisco 
StateCA 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 35 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ken Burkhart
1B: Chris Pelekoudas
2B: Frank Walsh
3B: Jocko Conlan

Houston Astros Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Spangler  Left Fielder 
Billy Goodman  Third Baseman 
Roman Mejias  Right Fielder 
Norm Larker  First Baseman 
Carl Warwick  Center Fielder 
Merritt Ranew  Catcher 
Joey Amalfitano  Second Baseman 
Bob Aspromonte  Shortstop 
Bob Bruce  Pitcher 
Harry Craft  Manager 

San Francisco Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Chuck Hiller  Second Baseman 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Matty Alou  Right Fielder 
Orlando Cepeda  First Baseman 
Willie McCovey  Left Fielder 
Jim Davenport  Third Baseman 
Tom Haller  Catcher 
Jose Pagan  Shortstop 
Juan Marichal  Pitcher 
Alvin Dark  Manager 

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Astros 6 @ Giants 5
Candlestick Park
May 20, 1962

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/20/1962, game 1 -- Houston at San Francisco (D)

  Houston            AB  R  H RBI    San Francisco      AB  R  H RBI
Spangler A, lf        4  0  1  0   Hiller C, 2b          3  0  0  2   
Goodman B, 3b         4  1  0  0   Mays W, cf            3  0  0  0   
Mejias R, rf          5  2  2  1   Alou M, rf            4  0  0  1   
Larker N, 1b          5  1  2  1   Cepeda O, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Warwick C, cf         4  0  2  1   McCovey W, lf         2  1  1  1   
Ranew M, c            4  1  0  0   Davenport J, 3b       4  1  1  0   
Amalfitano J, 2b      2  0  1  2   Haller T, c           3  0  1  0   
Lillis B, 2b          3  0  0  0   Pagan J, ss           3  2  1  0   
Aspromonte B, ss      4  0  2  0   Marichal J, p         1  1  1  0   
Bruce B, p            2  1  1  1   Bailey E, ph          1  0  0  0   
Farrell T, p          0  0  0  0   Bolin B, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Kuenn H, ph           1  0  1  1   
                                   Bowman E, pr          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  6 11  6                        29  5  6  5

Houston          104 001 000 --  6
San Francisco    011 010 002 --  5

  Houston              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bruce B (W)           8.1  6  5  3  6  5
Farrell T (S)         0.2  0  0  0  0  1

  San Francisco        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Marichal J (L)        7.0 11  6  5  3  1
Bolin B               2.0  0  0  0  2  1

E -- Davenport J, Goodman B
DP -- Houston 2, San Francisco 1
LOB -- Houston 10, San Francisco 6
2B -- Pagan J
HR -- McCovey W
SB -- Warwick C
SH -- Bruce B, Marichal J
SF -- Hiller C 2
WP -- Bruce B
T -- 2:35
A -- 0

    

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