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APRIL 10, 1962
The Colt.45's begin their first ever season with a three-game series at home against the Chicago Cubs.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland Indians at Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees
Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Athletics
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia Phillies 0-1 at Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds 1-0 at Los Angeles Dodgers
Milwaukee Braves at San Francisco Giants
New York Mets at St Louis Cardinals
CHICAGO CUBS AT HOUSTON COLT .45'S
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Ellsworth vs Ken T Johnson Advantage Houston
C Dick Bertell vs Hal W Smith Advantage Push
1B Ernie Banks vs Norm Larker Advantage Chicago
2B Ken Hubbs vs Joey Amalfitano Advantage Push
3B Ron Santo vs Bob Aspromonte Advantage Chicago
SS Andre Rodgers vs Don Buddin Advantage Houston
LF Billy L Williams vs Al Spangler Advantage Chicago
CF Lou Brock vs Roman Mejias Advantage Push
RF George Altman vs Jim Pendleton Advantage Chicago
Overall Advantage Chicago
In the bottom of the first, the Colt .45's loaded the bases with one out. Larker flew to right for the second out without bringing home a run. Smith then lined to short to retire the side and the Colt .45's had failed to score.
In the top of the second, Ellsworth put the Cubs on the board with a sacrifice fly.
In the top of the third, Pendleton injured his leg catching a flyball and had to leave the game. He was replaced by Don Taussig. Altman would score from third when Santo grounded to second.
After three: Chicago 2 Houston 0.
In the top of the sixth, a Hubbs two-out single scored one.
After six: Chicago 3 Houston 0.
In the bottom of the seventh, a two-out RBI single by Spangler gave the Colt .45's their first ever run in franchise history.
In the top of the ninth, Bertell got an RBI double. Altman added a two-out run-scoring single. With runners at first and second and two out, Dean Stone took the mound for the Colt .45's and got Banks to ground out to retire the side.
In the bottom of the ninth, Barney Schultz took the mound for the Cubs with a four-run lead to protect. With a runner on first and one out, pinch hitter Merritt Ranew grounded into the game-ending 5-4-3.
The Cubs got 10 hits in the win.
Final score: Chicago 5 Houston 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dick Ellsworth 8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 7 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston Red Sox 9 Cleveland Indians 7 10 innings
New York Yankees 6 Baltimore Orioles 4
Kansas City Athletics 5 Minnesota Twins 3 10 innings
Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox ppd
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Los Angeles Dodgers 4 Cincinnati Reds 3
San Francisco Giants 4 Milwaukee Braves 3
New York Mets 7 St Louis Cardinals 5
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Tito Francona Cleveland Indians 5 for 5, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
2. Bob Friend Pittsburgh Pirates 8.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
3. Dennis Bennett Philadelphia Phillies 7.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
Baltimore Orioles CF Jackie Brandt will miss three weeks due to a torn quadriceps.
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