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Cardinals
@ Astros
Colt Stadium
April 24, 1962
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on April 24, 1962 at Colt Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 24, 1962 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
Houston Astros
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 24, 1962 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | Houston Astros |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Larry Jackson |
Home Starting Pitcher | Hal Woodeshick |
Ballpark | Colt Stadium |
City | Houston |
State | TX |
Attendance | 19,335 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Al Barlick 1B: Shag Crawford 2B: Ed Vargo 3B: Doug Harvey |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
Bill White | First Baseman |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Gene Oliver | Catcher |
Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
Carl Warwick | Right Fielder |
Julio Gotay | Shortstop |
Larry Jackson | Pitcher |
Johnny Keane | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bob Aspromonte | Third Baseman |
Al Spangler | Center Fielder |
John Weekly | Right Fielder |
Norm Larker | First Baseman |
Don Taussig | Left Fielder |
Merritt Ranew | Catcher |
Joey Amalfitano | Second Baseman |
Bob Lillis | Shortstop |
Hal Woodeshick | Pitcher |
Harry Craft | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Astros
Colt Stadium
April 24, 1962
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Woodeshick
Flood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Woodeshick
Javierhits a dribbler in front of the plate. Ranew interferes with Javier who is awarded first base. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Woodeshick
There goes Javier. The throw from Ranew and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Woodeshick
White strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Woodeshick
Boyer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Javier scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Woodeshick
Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Taussig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Jackson
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spangler vs. Jackson
There's a wild pitch. Aspromonte moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spangler vs. Jackson
Spangler hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Weekly vs. Jackson
Weekly hits a fly ball into right field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Larker vs. Jackson
Larker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Taussig vs. Jackson
There's a wild pitch. Aspromonte moves to third. Larker moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Taussig vs. Jackson
Taussig hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Woodeshick
Musial strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warwick vs. Woodeshick
Warwick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gotay vs. Woodeshick
Gotay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Woodeshick
Jackson takes first base on ball four. Gotay moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flood vs. Woodeshick
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ranew vs. Jackson
Ranew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson juggles the ball. That's an error on Jackson. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Amalfitano vs. Jackson
Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lillis vs. Jackson
Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Boyer. Amalfitano goes all the way around to score. Lillis moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Woodeshick vs. Jackson
Woodeshick strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aspromonte vs. Jackson
Aspromonte hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Warwick. Aspromonte reaches second base with a double. Lillis scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spangler vs. Jackson
Spangler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aspromonte scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weekly vs. Jackson
There goes Spangler. The throw from Oliver to Javier and they have Spangler trapped. The throw over to White, who applies the tag for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Woodeshick
Javier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Woodeshick
White is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Woodeshick
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aspromonte juggles the ball. That's an error on Aspromonte. Javier moves to third. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Oliver vs. Woodeshick
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Javier scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Woodeshick
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Taussig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weekly vs. Jackson
Weekly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Larker vs. Jackson
Larker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taussig vs. Jackson
Taussig hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warwick vs. Woodeshick
Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gotay vs. Woodeshick
Gotay hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Woodeshick
Jackson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Woodeshick
Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ranew vs. Jackson
Ranew hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ranew for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Jackson
Amalfitano hits a fly ball into right field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lillis vs. Jackson
Lillis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Woodeshick
Javier hits a popup towards the mound. Woodeshick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Woodeshick
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Woodeshick
Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Taussig. Boyer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Woodeshick
Oliver hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodeshick vs. Jackson
Woodeshick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Jackson
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Aspromonte for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spangler vs. Jackson
Spangler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weekly vs. Jackson
Weekly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Woodeshick
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warwick vs. Woodeshick
Warwick is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gotay vs. Woodeshick
Gotay hits a popup towards short. Lillis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Larker vs. Jackson
Charlie James now playing left field.
Larker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first, with Jackson covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taussig vs. Jackson
Taussig hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ranew vs. Jackson
Ranew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Jackson
Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Woodeshick
Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Larry Jackson.
Schoendienst is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Woodeshick
Flood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Taussig. Flood reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Woodeshick
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aspromonte fields it and throws to first for the out. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Woodeshick
White hits a line drive to right field. Weekly throws towards the infield. Woodeshick fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Woodeshick. Flood scores. White moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Woodeshick
Boyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Oliver vs. Woodeshick
There goes Boyer. The throw from Ranew and he is safe. Boyer steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Oliver vs. Woodeshick
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aspromonte fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lillis vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
Lillis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodeshick vs. McDaniel
Woodeshick bunts towards first. White fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Javier covering. It's a double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. McDaniel
Aspromonte hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Woodeshick
James hits a popup, foul, towards third. Aspromonte settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warwick vs. Woodeshick
Warwick hits a fly ball into right field. Weekly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gotay vs. Woodeshick
Gotay hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Woodeshick fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spangler vs. McDaniel
Spangler hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Javier reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weekly vs. McDaniel
Weekly is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Larker vs. McDaniel
Larker strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Woodeshick
Alex Grammas pinch hits for Lindy McDaniel.
Grammas strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Woodeshick
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Woodeshick
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis misplays the ball. That's an error on Lillis. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Woodeshick
White hits a fly ball into right field. Weekly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/24/1962 -- St.Louis at Houston (N) St.Louis AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI Flood C, cf 5 1 1 0 Aspromonte B, 3b 4 1 2 1 Javier J, 2b 3 2 0 0 Spangler A, cf 4 0 2 1 White B, 1b 5 0 1 1 Weekly J, rf 4 0 0 0 Boyer K, 3b 3 0 2 1 Larker N, 1b 2 0 0 0 Oliver G, c 4 0 0 1 Taussig D, lf 3 1 1 1 Musial S, lf 3 0 0 0 Ranew M, c 3 0 0 0 James C, lf 1 0 0 0 Amalfitano J, 2b 3 1 0 0 Warwick C, rf 4 0 1 0 Lillis B, ss 3 1 2 0 Gotay J, ss 4 0 1 0 Woodeshick H, p 3 0 0 0 Jackson L, p 1 0 0 0 Schoendienst R, ph 1 0 0 0 McDaniel L, p 0 0 0 0 Grammas A, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 3 6 3 29 4 7 3 St.Louis 101 000 100 -- 3 Houston 030 001 00x -- 4 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Jackson L (L) 6.0 6 4 1 2 1 McDaniel L 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Woodeshick H (W) 9.0 6 3 1 3 7 E -- Ranew M 2, Jackson L, Boyer K, Aspromonte B, Woodeshick H, Lillis B DP -- St.Louis 2 LOB -- St.Louis 9, Houston 3 2B -- Aspromonte B, Boyer K, Flood C HR -- Taussig D SB -- Javier J, Boyer K CS -- Spangler A WP -- Jackson L 2 T -- 2:25 A -- 19335
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