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MAY 20, 1962
The Colt .45s will end this road trip with a Sunday double header in San Francisco against the Giants. The Colt .45s have lost seven straight. The Giants have won six of their last seven.
Rumors have begun the the Los Angeles Angels have placed 1B Steve Bilko on the trading block.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 14-20 at Chicago 16-19 (2)
Minnesota 28-7 at New York 19-14 (2)
Detroit 18-15 at Cleveland 16-18 (2)
Kansas City 16-20 at Washington 13-22 (2)
Los Angeles 12-21 at Boston 19-15 (2)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 13-23 at Milwaukee 21-17 (2)
Chicago 11-26 at Philadelphia 22-18 (2)
Cincinnati 15-20 at Pittsburgh 25-12
St Louis 19-18 at Los Angeles 27-11
HOUSTON COLT .45S (10-29) AT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (24-13) GAME ONE
MATCHUPS
SP Turk Farrell vs Jack S Sanford Advantage Houston
C Hal W Smith vs Tom Haller Advantage San Francisco
1B Norm Larker vs Orlando Cepeda Advantage San Francisco
2B Joey Amalfitano vs Chuck Hiller Advantage San Francisco
3B Bob Aspromonte vs Jim Davenport Advantage San Francisco
SS Don Buddin vs Jose Pagan Advantage Push
LF Al Spangler vs Willie McCovey Advantage San Francisco
CF Don Taussig vs Willie Mays Advantage San Francisco
RF Roman Mejias vs Felipe Alou Advantage San Francisco
Overall Advantage San Francisco
Nothing of note happened in the first three innings.
After three: Houston 0 San Francisco 0.
In the top of the fourth, Mejias put the Colt .45s on the board first with an RBI single.
In the bottom of the fourth, Mays tied the game with a solo home run.
In the bottom of the sixth, Mays did it again and the Giants had the lead. McCovey then sent one 371 feet to give the Giants back-to-back home runs.
After six: San Francisco 3 Houston 1.
In the bottom of the seventh, Farrell struck out the side.
In the top of the ninth, with a runner on first and two out, pinch hitter Jim Pendleton came to bat, representing the tying run but he flew out to left to end the game.
Farrell recorded 11 strikeouts in the loss.
Final score: San Francisco 3 Houston 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Willie Mays 3 for 4, 3B, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
HOUSTON COLT .45S (10-30) AT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (25-13)
MATCHUPS
SP Bobby Tiefenauer vs Billy O'Dell Advantage San Francisco
C Merritt Ranew vs Ed Bailey Advantage San Francisco
1B Norm Larker vs Orlando Cepeda Advantage San Francisco
2B Joey Amalfitano vs Chuck Hiller Advantage San Francisco
3B Bob Aspromonte vs Jim Davenport Advantage San Francisco
SS Don Buddin vs Jose Pagan Advantage Push
LF Al Spangler vs Willie McCovey Advantage San Francisco
CF Don Taussig vs Willie Mays Advantage San Francisco
RF Roman Mejias vs Felipe Alou Advantage San Francisco
Overall Advantage San Francisco
In the bottom of the third, Bailey sent a solo shot 396 feet to right center to give the Giants the lead.
After three: San Francisco 1 Houston 0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Spangler threw Pagan out at home when he had tagged up and tried to score on a Mays line out to left.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Giants loaded the bases with two out. But Alou flew out to right to end the inning.
In the bottom of the sixth, with a runner on second and one out, Bobby Shantz took the mound for the Colt .45s. Cepeda hit an RBI single with two out.
After six: San Francisco 2 Houston 0.
In the bottom of the seventh, with runners at first and second and one out, Dean Stone took the mound for the Colt .45s and got Pagan to ground into the inning-ending 4-6-3.
In the top of the eighth, with a runner at first and one out, Bobby Bolin took the mound for the Giants.
Dave Giusti took the mound for the Colt .45s in the bottom of the eighth.
In the top of the ninth, the Colt .45s had runners at first and second and two out. Bolin then struck out Ranew to end the game.
Final score: San Francisco 2 Houston 0.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Billy O'Dell 7.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 5 Chicago 2 Game 1
Chicago 4 Baltimore 3 Game 2
Minnesota 4 New York 2 Game 1
New York 8 Minnesota 2 Game 2
Cleveland 11 Detroit 5 Game 1
Detroit 5 Cleveland 4 Game 2
Kansas City 5 Washington 3 Game 1
Washington 14 Kansas City 3 Game 2
Boston 2 Los Angeles 1 Game 1
Boston 6 Los Angeles 0 Game 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 4 New York 3 10 innings Game 1
Milwaukee 4 New York 1 Game 2
Philadelphia 5 Chicago 0 Game 1
Philadelphia 5 Chicago 2 Game 2
Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 2 11 innings
Los Angeles 2 St Louis 1
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Woodie Held Cleveland Indians 4 for 6, 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 3 R, 3 BB
2. Chuck Hinton Washington Senators 5 for 9, 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, BB
3. Chuck Essegian Cleveland Indians 3 for 7, HR, 3 RBI, 4 R, 3 BB
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