Astros @ Cardinals
August 5, 1962

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Top 8	R	H	E
Astros	4	7	0
Cardinals	7	12	0

Top 8	R	H	E
Astros	4	7	0
Cardinals	7	12	0

Norm Larker Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	1.000	.260
OBP	1.000	.354
At Bats	2	342
Hits	2	89
• Singles	2	68
• Doubles	0	11
• Triples	0	3
• Home Runs	0	7
Walks	1	46
RBI’s	1	44

Paul Toth Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	0	0

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Sportsman's Park - August 5, 1962

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Out

Paul Toth

Jimmie Schaffer

Bill White

Julian Javier

Ken Boyer

Dal Maxvill

Bobby Smith

Curt Flood

Charlie James

Norm Larker

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 2 Outs

Larker hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 8 Bobby Smith now playing left field. Mejias hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 James hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lillis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 7 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Jim Umbricht now pitching. Minoso hits a popup, foul, towards first. Larker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Pendleton hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Lillis hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Don Taussig pinch hits for Bobby Tiefenauer. Taussig hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 7 Hartman hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Flood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Pendleton. Flood reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 6 Toth hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 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.

Top 6 Campbell strikes out.

Top 6 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.

Top 6 Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out. Mejias scores.

Top 6 Larker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mejias moves to third.

Top 6 Mejias hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Schaffer strikes out.

Bottom 5 White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Bottom 5 James hits a fly ball into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Minoso moves to third.

Bottom 5 Bobby Tiefenauer now pitching. Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Minoso moves to second.

Bottom 5 Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Toth scores. Flood scores.

Bottom 5 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.

Bottom 5 Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Toth moves to second.

Bottom 5 Toth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Pendleton hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Woodeshick hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lillis fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Schaffer hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. James tags and scores.

Bottom 4 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.

Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. James moves to second.

Bottom 4 Jim Pendleton now playing left field. James hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Hartman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 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.

Top 4 Goodman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mejias scores. Larker moves to third. Warwick moves to second.

Top 4 Warwick takes first base on ball four. Larker moves to second.

Top 4 Larker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spangler scores. Mejias moves to third.

Top 4 Mejias hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spangler moves to second.

Top 4 Spangler takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 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.

Bottom 3 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hartman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lillis fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Woodeshick hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Hartman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hartman fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 Toth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Schaffer moves to second.

Bottom 2 Maxvill hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores.

Bottom 2 Schaffer takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 The ball gets by Campbell for a passed ball. White moves to third.

Bottom 2 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Spangler. White reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 2 James hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lillis fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Campbell strikes out.

Top 2 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.

Top 2 Warwick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Larker moves to second.

Top 2 Larker takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Campbell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Javier hits a popup towards short. Hartman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Flood hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Mejias hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Spangler hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Lillis hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Larker hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Astros @ Cardinals
August 5, 1962