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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1962
Page
18
Stan Musial at 41 delivered three hits and a run batted in as the St Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 11 4 in the 1962 opener. The performance tied the NL record for hits in a game and added to Musial's assortment of majors league marks.
Sandy Koufax pitched eight innings of one hit ball in his first start of the season before a four hitter as the Dodgers beat Cincinnati 6 2 in the debut at Chavez Ravine. Maury Wills tripled Jim Gilliam homered and Wills scored on a sacrifice fly to spark a 4 0 third inning. Cincinnati's only scoring came in the ninth on Pinson Post and Robinson hits.
Detroit at Washington Minnesota at Kansas City and other games on the slate with rain affecting multiple contests. National League results include Houston and San Francisco leading divisions with late results from Chicago Los Angeles St Louis and New York.
The Ohio University team fell 9 0 to Ohio State at French Field House. Earl Motz Rudy Roberts Bob Bird and Bill Schein were among OU players defeated in singles. Doubles results favored OSU as well. Coach James Mason expects improvements as the season progresses.
Miami University basketball figure Dick Shrider will be guest speaker at the Athens High School basketball appreciation banquet honoring the 1961-62 Bulldog team. The event, hosted by Coach Charlie McAfee, starts at 6 15 p m Monday evening.
Bill Monbouquette of the Red Sox threw a 4-0 twelve inning shutout on four hits after a nine inning one-hitter bid against Cleveland. Stan Musial of the Cardinals went 3-for-3 with a walk in an 11-4 win over the Mets, scoring his 1859th career run to tie Mel Ott's NL record.
The 23rd Greater Greensboro Open opened in Greensboro North Carolina with about 120 top players including Arnold Palmer Don Finsterwald Mike Souchak Doug Ford Stan Leonard Bob Goalby and Jack Nicklaus. Sam Snead at nearly 50 remains the marquee name with seven GGO victories end last year runner up to Souchak and Gary Player choosing to skip this year.
Rutland High earned an 11 5 win over Eastern High on Tuesday afternoon to advance to the Meigs Tournament final against Racine April 16 for Class A Meigs County baseball sectional representation. Racine drew a bye in the opening round.
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