Welcome to our redesigned site
The redesign was done to make the web experience more user friendly, as well as to make the mobile and desktop versions more compatible. We hope you find the site an improved experience. We always welcome your input, so let us know what you think. Play ball!
Lineups and Summary (back to top)
Astros
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 5, 1962
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros, played on August 5, 1962 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 5, 1962 |
---|---|
Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
|
Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 5, 1962 |
---|---|
Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Hal Woodeshick |
Home Starting Pitcher | Paul Toth |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 14,954 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 12 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Lee Weyer 1B: Ken Burkhart 2B: Frank Walsh 3B: Jocko Conlan |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Bob Lillis | Third Baseman |
Al Spangler | Left Fielder |
Roman Mejias | Right Fielder |
Norm Larker | First Baseman |
Carl Warwick | Center Fielder |
Billy Goodman | Second Baseman |
Jim Campbell | Catcher |
J.C. Hartman | Shortstop |
Hal Woodeshick | Pitcher |
Harry Craft | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Charlie James | Right Fielder |
Bill White | First Baseman |
Jimmie Schaffer | Catcher |
Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
Paul Toth | Pitcher |
Johnny Keane | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 5, 1962
Top 1
-
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lillis vs. Toth
Lillis hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spangler vs. Toth
Spangler hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Toth
Mejias hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Woodeshick
Flood hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Woodeshick
Javier hits a popup towards short. Hartman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Woodeshick
Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Woodeshick
Boyer hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Campbell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Larker vs. Toth
Larker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Warwick vs. Toth
Warwick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Larker moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Goodman vs. Toth
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Larker moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Campbell vs. Toth
Campbell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Woodeshick
James hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lillis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Woodeshick
White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Spangler. White reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schaffer vs. Woodeshick
The ball gets by Campbell for a passed ball. White moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schaffer vs. Woodeshick
Schaffer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maxvill vs. Woodeshick
Maxvill hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Toth vs. Woodeshick
Toth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Schaffer moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flood vs. Woodeshick
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hartman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hartman vs. Toth
Hartman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodeshick vs. Toth
Woodeshick hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lillis vs. Toth
Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Woodeshick
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lillis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Woodeshick
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hartman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Woodeshick
Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mejias throws the ball in to Larker who tags Boyer trying to return to first, for the out. View Play
Top 4
-
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spangler vs. Toth
Spangler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mejias vs. Toth
Mejias hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spangler moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Larker vs. Toth
Larker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spangler scores. Mejias moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Warwick vs. Toth
Warwick takes first base on ball four. Larker moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Goodman vs. Toth
Goodman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mejias scores. Larker moves to third. Warwick moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Campbell vs. Toth
Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Larker scores. Warwick moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hartman vs. Toth
Hartman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Woodeshick
Jim Pendleton now playing left field.
James hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Woodeshick
There's a wild pitch. James moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Woodeshick
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. James moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schaffer vs. Woodeshick
Schaffer hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. James tags and scores. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Woodeshick
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lillis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodeshick vs. Toth
Woodeshick hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lillis vs. Toth
Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pendleton vs. Toth
Pendleton hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Toth vs. Woodeshick
Toth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Woodeshick
Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Toth moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Javier vs. Woodeshick
Javier bunts towards first. Larker scoops it up and throws to first, with Goodman covering, for the out. Toth moves to third. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Minoso vs. Woodeshick
Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Toth scores. Flood scores. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Tiefenauer
Bobby Tiefenauer now pitching.
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Minoso moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
James vs. Tiefenauer
James hits a fly ball into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Minoso moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Tiefenauer
White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaffer vs. Tiefenauer
Schaffer strikes out. View Play
Top 6
-
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Toth
Mejias hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Larker vs. Toth
Larker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mejias moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Warwick vs. Toth
Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out. Mejias scores. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Toth
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodman for the out. Warwick moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campbell vs. Toth
Campbell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Tiefenauer
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Toth vs. Tiefenauer
Toth hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Tiefenauer
Flood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Pendleton. Flood reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Tiefenauer
Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
-
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hartman vs. Toth
Hartman hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taussig vs. Toth
Don Taussig pinch hits for Bobby Tiefenauer.
Taussig hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lillis vs. Toth
Lillis hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pendleton vs. Toth
Pendleton hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Umbricht
Jim Umbricht now pitching.
Minoso hits a popup, foul, towards first. Larker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Umbricht
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
James vs. Umbricht
James hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lillis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
-
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Toth
Bobby Smith now playing left field.
Mejias hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Larker vs. Toth
Larker hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warwick vs. Toth
Warwick hits a popup in front of the plate. Schaffer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Umbricht
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaffer vs. Umbricht
Schaffer bunts towards the mound. Umbricht fields it and throws to first for the out. White moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maxvill vs. Umbricht
Maxvill hits a fly ball into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Toth vs. Umbricht
Toth is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
-
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Toth
Goodman hits a line drive towards short. Maxvill reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Toth
Campbell hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hartman vs. Toth
Hartman hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play (back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/5/1962, game 2 -- Houston at St.Louis (D) Houston AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Lillis B, 3b 4 0 0 0 Flood C, cf 4 1 3 0 Spangler A, lf 1 1 0 0 Javier J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Pendleton J, lf 2 0 0 0 Minoso M, lf 4 1 1 2 Mejias R, rf 4 2 2 0 Smith B, lf 0 0 0 0 Larker N, 1b 3 1 2 1 Boyer K, 3b 4 1 3 0 Warwick C, cf 3 0 1 1 James C, rf 4 1 1 0 Goodman B, 2b 4 0 1 1 White B, 1b 4 2 3 3 Campbell J, c 4 0 0 0 Schaffer J, c 1 0 0 1 Hartman J, ss 4 0 0 0 Maxvill D, ss 3 0 0 1 Woodeshick H, p 2 0 0 0 Toth P, p 4 1 2 0 Tiefenauer B, p 0 0 0 0 Taussig D, ph 1 0 1 0 Umbricht J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 4 7 3 31 7 13 7 Houston 000 301 000 -- 4 St.Louis 010 150 00x -- 7 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Woodeshick H (L) 4.1 8 5 5 1 0 Tiefenauer B 1.2 3 2 2 0 1 Umbricht J 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Toth P (W) 9.0 7 4 4 3 2 DP -- Houston 1, St.Louis 2 LOB -- Houston 4, St.Louis 5 2B -- White B, Flood C HR -- White B SH -- Javier J, Schaffer J SF -- Maxvill D, Schaffer J WP -- Woodeshick H PB -- Campbell J T -- 2:12 A -- 14954
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score