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Miley BB CD 1962 Mets-Colt .45s (9/8) G2
 Called by Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy & Lindsey Nelson

The Mets build an early lead, but Houston chips away, scoring one run each in six different innings, finally winning in the 10th on a wild pitch.  Bob Lillis has 4 hits in this game, and scores the winning run.
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Houston Colt .45s 6, New York Mets 5 (2)

Game Played on Saturday, September 8, 1962 (N) at Colt Stadium

NY  N    0  0  4    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  -   5 13  3
HOU N 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 - 6 12 1
BATTING
New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Chacon ss 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 2
Neal 3b 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 2
Woodling lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Herrscher ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Throneberry 1b 5 0 1 2 0 2 8 1
Hickman cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 8 0
Christopher rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0
Kanehl 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Coleman ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mantilla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Cannizzaro c 4 1 3 0 0 1 7 0
Craig p 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1
Totals 40 5 13 5 2 9 29 8
FIELDING - 
E: Hickman (8), Kanehl 2 (26).
BATTING - 
2B: Hickman (16,off Farrell).
SF: Coleman (1,off Farrell).
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Cannizzaro (1,2nd base off Farrell/Smith).
CS: Chacon (4,2nd base by Farrell/Smith).
Houston Colt .45s            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Lillis ss 6 2 4 1 0 0 1 1
Spangler lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Mejias rf 6 0 1 0 0 2 4 0
Larker 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Roberts ph,1b 4 0 1 1 1 0 7 0
Warwick cf 4 2 1 0 1 0 3 0
Aspromonte 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 3
Smith c 3 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
Amalfitano 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Goodman ph,2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Farrell p 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 2
Temple ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Umbricht p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 41 6 12 4 6 5 30 8
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Aspromonte-Larker.
E: Mejias (12).
BATTING - 
2B: Lillis (9,off Craig); Warwick (17,off Craig).
HR: Farrell (2,6th inning off Craig 0 on 1 out).
SH: Spangler 2 (6,off Craig 2).
Team LOB: 14.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Mejias (11,2nd base off Craig/Cannizzaro).
PITCHING
New York Mets                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Craig L(7-23) 9.2 12 6 5 6 5 1 49
WP: Craig (7).
Houston Colt .45s            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Farrell 9 13 5 5 2 9 0 40
Umbricht W(2-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 10 13 5 5 2 9 0 43
Umpires: HP - Al Barlick, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey