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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1962

Page

9

Pierce Fires Giants Past Dodgers For 200th Win

San Francisco edge Los Angeles 5 to 4 as Willie McCovey delivers a pinch homer with two aboard in the sixth and Stu Miller seals the win. Pierce earns his 200th major league victory while Drysdale loses for the first time after 12 straight wins. Sherry finished for the Dodgers.

SAN Francisco Laftyck Pierce Willie McCovey Stu Miller San Francisco Giants Los Angeles Dodgers Giants McCovey Pierce Dodger Don Drysdale Larry Sherry Wills Okuenn Ghiller Mays Burright Gilliam Abou Rt W. Davis Cf Hiller Haller Pagan POA Cepeda Spencer Fairith San Cisco Davenport F Alon T. Davis Drysdale Miller W. Davis A—Forman Gorman Jackowski Sudol

Colavito In Hit Spree In Detroit Nightcap

Detroit tops New York 3 2 behind a strong Colavito night with two hits and an RBI. Roger Maris drove in the tying run for the Yankees in the 10th inning salvaging the nightcap of the day night doubleheader after Detroit won the day game 7 2 led by Colavito’s hot hitting.

NEW York Roger Maris Bobby Richardson New York Yankees Detroit Tigers Rocky Colavito Abrh Bi Abricht Buddin Sf x-Bruten Cf Daley E—Berra Brown Buddin McAuliffe Cash Richardson Tresh Long D-trott Colavito Marts Buddin, Brown Bunning Fox Lyedetek Turley Sree Ec Berra A&flaherty Bunge Carrigan Hurley Jay Abrhbi Terry b—Fried Clevenger Linz Boros Skowron Kaline Buadding U—Hurleeeee Range

White Sox Dominate Royals 11-2 in Lima Night Game

Jim Landis drove in five runs with a triple and a single as the Chicago White Sox pounded Kansas City 11-2. Seven runs in the fourth highlighted the victory for Buzhardt, lifting his record as Chicago routed KC and extended their lead in the standings.

Kansas City Jim Landis Chicago White Sox Sox John Buzhardt

Mahaffey Wins as Phillies' Slump Ends with 11-3 Loss

Art Mahaffey earned his 16th victory and allowed six hits in a seven inning stint, backed by a 19 hit Phillies attack to end St. Louis Cards five game win streak. The Phillies built an 8-0 lead by the fourth inning as Mahaffey struck out nine without a walk.

ST. Louis Art Mahaffey Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardins Mahaffey

Pirates erupt for ten runs to beat Cubs 10-6

The Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a five game skid with a 10-6 win over the Chicago Cubs. A nine run sixth inning sealed the victory led by Donn Clendenon who hit a first pitch grand slam off Dave Gerard, the Cubs third pitcher of the frame.

Chicago Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs Donn Clendenon Dave Gerard

Reds Rally for Ninth Inning Victory over Mets

Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets 2-1 on a ninth inning single by Leon Cardinals with Frank Robinson scoring the winning run. It marked Cincinnati’s seventh straight win as Jay Hook gave up few hits late.

Cincinnati Leon Cardenas Frank Robinson Reds New York Jay Hook Robinson

South Rams North in hard fought showdown

Spoonemore praised Walker and Nobis as top southern players after a dramatic victory. Dossett's block and a late first down set the stage for the clinching touchdown. North coach Agan credited Walker and Nobis for strong first-half defense and offense as the South prevailed.

Spoonemore Walker, Nobis Dossett Walker North Nobis Tommy Ledbetter Dalhart Jack Middlebrooks Abilene Shields

Porterhouse Drives World Record Trotting Win At Roosevelt

Avery’s Porterhouse, a 4 year old son of Rodney, wins the American Trotting Championship at Roosevelt Raceway driven by Earle Avery. Porterhouse edges Duke Rodney by a neck in 2 minutes 32 35 seconds for 14 1 6 miles, shaving two fifths of a second off the world standard.

Westbury N.Y Porterhouse Rodney Roosevelt Raceway Earle Avery Duke Rodney Florican Su Mac Lad Roosevelt

Braves Beat Colts 3-1 Behind Shaw’s Pitching

Milwaukee defeated Houston 3-1 as Bob Shaw shined on the mound. Dick Farrell suffered the loss, dropping to 8-14 on the season after giving up the deciding runs in Saturday night action.

Houston Milwaukee Braves Bob Shaw Colts Dick Farrell Braves

Belinsky Leads Angels Past Twins 3-0 on Four-Hitter

Bo Belinsky tossed a four-hitter to earn his first win since June 21 and lift the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-0 victory over Minnesota. The win, part of a six wins in seven games stretch, widened the Angels’ cushion over the Twins to two games in the AL race for second place.

LOS Angeles Bo Belinsky Los Angeles Angels Minnesota Angels Twins

Boston Sweeps Doubleheader as Delock Shuts Out Orioles

Boston downed Baltimore 3-0 in the afternoon with Ike Delock returning from the disabled list to blank the Orioles. In the night game the Red Sox exploded for seven runs, helped by Carroll Hardy and Gary Geiger, while Carl Yastrzemski made a spectacular outfield catch as Boston posted its fourth straight win.

Boston Baltimore Ike Delock Orioles Carroll Hardy Gary Geiger Carl Yastrzemski Red Sox

Osteen Shuts Down Indians as Washington Ends Slump

Washington snapped a seven game losing streak by defeating Cleveland 9-2. Claude Osteen pitched five hits over eight innings and retired 16 straight batters after a first inning run on Tito Francona's double and Gene Green's single. Willie Tashy's fourth homer provided the third run in the third inning.

Washington Cleveland Claude Osteen Osteen Tito Francona Gene Green Willie Tashy

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