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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
May 20, 1962
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Houston Astros, played on May 20, 1962 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 20, 1962 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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| Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 20, 1962 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Bruce |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Juan Marichal |
| Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ken Burkhart 1B: Chris Pelekoudas 2B: Frank Walsh 3B: Jocko Conlan |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Spangler | Left Fielder |
| Billy Goodman | Third Baseman |
| Roman Mejias | Right Fielder |
| Norm Larker | First Baseman |
| Carl Warwick | Center Fielder |
| Merritt Ranew | Catcher |
| Joey Amalfitano | Second Baseman |
| Bob Aspromonte | Shortstop |
| Bob Bruce | Pitcher |
| Harry Craft | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Hiller | Second Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Matty Alou | Right Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Willie McCovey | Left Fielder |
| Jim Davenport | Third Baseman |
| Tom Haller | Catcher |
| Jose Pagan | Shortstop |
| Juan Marichal | Pitcher |
| Alvin Dark | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
May 20, 1962
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spangler vs. Marichal
Spangler strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Marichal
Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. McCovey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Marichal
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport juggles the ball. That's an error on Davenport. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Larker vs. Marichal
Larker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mejias moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Warwick vs. Marichal
Warwick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mejias scores. Larker moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ranew vs. Marichal
Ranew hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hiller vs. Bruce
Hiller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Bruce
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Bruce
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Marichal
Amalfitano hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Marichal
Aspromonte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruce vs. Marichal
Bruce bunts towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Hiller covering, for the out. Aspromonte moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spangler vs. Marichal
Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Marichal covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Bruce
Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Bruce
McCovey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Bruce
Davenport is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haller vs. Bruce
Haller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pagan vs. Bruce
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aspromonte fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Marichal
Goodman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mejias vs. Marichal
Mejias hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Goodman moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Larker vs. Marichal
Larker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Goodman scores. Mejias moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Warwick vs. Marichal
Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marichal fields it and throws to first for the out. Mejias moves to third. Larker moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ranew vs. Marichal
Ranew is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Amalfitano vs. Marichal
Amalfitano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mejias scores. Larker scores. Ranew moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aspromonte vs. Marichal
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to second for the out. Ranew moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bruce vs. Marichal
Bruce hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ranew scores. Aspromonte moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spangler vs. Marichal
Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marichal vs. Bruce
Bob Lillis now playing second base.
Marichal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hiller vs. Bruce
Hiller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ranew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Bruce
Mays takes first base on ball four. Marichal moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alou vs. Bruce
There's a wild pitch. Marichal moves to third. Mays moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Alou vs. Bruce
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larker scoops it up and throws to first, with Bruce covering, for the out. Marichal scores. Mays moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cepeda vs. Bruce
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Marichal
Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. McCovey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Marichal
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Larker vs. Marichal
Larker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Bruce
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davenport vs. Bruce
Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aspromonte scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haller vs. Bruce
Haller strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warwick vs. Marichal
Warwick hits a popup towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ranew vs. Marichal
Ranew hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lillis vs. Marichal
Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Bruce
Pagan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mejias. Pagan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Marichal vs. Bruce
Marichal bunts towards third. Goodman fields it and throws to first for the out. Pagan moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hiller vs. Bruce
Hiller hits a fly ball into left field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pagan tags and scores. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Bruce
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bruce fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Marichal
Aspromonte hits a fly ball into left field. McCovey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruce vs. Marichal
Bruce takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spangler vs. Marichal
Spangler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bruce moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Goodman vs. Marichal
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields it and throws to second for the out. Bruce moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mejias vs. Marichal
Mejias hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bruce scores. Goodman moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Larker vs. Marichal
Larker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Larker for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Bruce
Alou hits a popup towards third. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Bruce
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Bruce
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davenport vs. Bruce
Davenport hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Haller vs. Bruce
Haller is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warwick vs. Marichal
Warwick bunts towards the mound. Marichal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ranew vs. Marichal
Ranew hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lillis vs. Marichal
Lillis hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aspromonte vs. Marichal
Aspromonte hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Warwick moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bruce vs. Marichal
Bruce hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Bruce
Pagan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailey vs. Bruce
Ed Bailey pinch hits for Juan Marichal.
Bailey strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hiller vs. Bruce
Hiller is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Bruce
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spangler vs. Bolin
Bobby Bolin now pitching.
Spangler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Bolin
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Bolin
Mejias hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Bruce
Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Bruce
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Bruce
McCovey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ranew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Larker vs. Bolin
Larker is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warwick vs. Bolin
Warwick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ranew vs. Bolin
Ranew hits a fly ball into left field. McCovey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lillis vs. Bolin
There goes Warwick. The throw from Haller and he is safe. Warwick steals second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lillis vs. Bolin
Lillis hits a fly ball into left field. McCovey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Bruce
Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman juggles the ball. That's an error on Goodman. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haller vs. Bruce
Haller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davenport moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pagan vs. Bruce
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aspromonte fields it and throws to second for the out. Davenport moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kuenn vs. Bruce
Harvey Kuenn pinch hits for Bobby Bolin.
Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davenport scores. Pagan moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hiller vs. Farrell
Ernie Bowman pinch runs for Harvey Kuenn. Turk Farrell now pitching.
Hiller hits a fly ball into left field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pagan tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Farrell
Mays is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/20/1962, game 1 -- Houston at San Francisco (D)
Houston AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Spangler A, lf 4 0 1 0 Hiller C, 2b 3 0 0 2
Goodman B, 3b 4 1 0 0 Mays W, cf 3 0 0 0
Mejias R, rf 5 2 2 1 Alou M, rf 4 0 0 1
Larker N, 1b 5 1 2 1 Cepeda O, 1b 4 0 0 0
Warwick C, cf 4 0 2 1 McCovey W, lf 2 1 1 1
Ranew M, c 4 1 0 0 Davenport J, 3b 4 1 1 0
Amalfitano J, 2b 2 0 1 2 Haller T, c 3 0 1 0
Lillis B, 2b 3 0 0 0 Pagan J, ss 3 2 1 0
Aspromonte B, ss 4 0 2 0 Marichal J, p 1 1 1 0
Bruce B, p 2 1 1 1 Bailey E, ph 1 0 0 0
Farrell T, p 0 0 0 0 Bolin B, p 0 0 0 0
Kuenn H, ph 1 0 1 1
Bowman E, pr 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 6 11 6 29 5 6 5
Houston 104 001 000 -- 6
San Francisco 011 010 002 -- 5
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce B (W) 8.1 6 5 3 6 5
Farrell T (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal J (L) 7.0 11 6 5 3 1
Bolin B 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
E -- Davenport J, Goodman B
DP -- Houston 2, San Francisco 1
LOB -- Houston 10, San Francisco 6
2B -- Pagan J
HR -- McCovey W
SB -- Warwick C
SH -- Bruce B, Marichal J
SF -- Hiller C 2
WP -- Bruce B
T -- 2:35
A -- 0
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