Art Ditmar Continues Fine Start To Season. KC Evens Series With Washington.

 GAME 2:

Game MVP:Art Ditmar

Injury: Long,D (today only)

Griffith Stadium    (10-04-2026 19:49:39)       Time 2:14, 77 , , Light Rain, Wind: 7 MPH Out to RF  Day Game

May 19, 1962                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1962 Kansas City 12-23        0 1 1   0 2 0   0 0 1      5 13  1

1962 Washington 11-19         1 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 1      4  8  1

Recap

Was  1st: Scored 1 run on 2 hits, and an error.

Was      Johnny Schaive hit a grounder scoring 1 to take the lead.  KC   0 Was 1.

KC   2nd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

KC       Art Ditmar hit a grounder scoring 1 to tie the score.  KC   1 Was 1.

KC   3rd: Scored 1 run on 4 hits.

KC       Manny Jimenez hit a fly ball scoring 1 to take the lead.  KC   2 Was 1.

KC   5th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits.

KC       Norm Siebern doubled scoring Lumpe.  KC   3 Was 1.

KC       Gino Cimoli hit a grounder scoring 1.  KC   4 Was 1.

Was  6th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits.

Was      Johnny Schaive doubled  scoring 1.  KC   4 Was 2.

Was      Gene Woodling hit a fly ball scoring 1.  KC   4 Was 3.

KC   9th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

KC       Jerry Lumpe singled scoring 1.  KC   5 Was 3.

Was  9th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Was      Chuck Cottier singled scoring King.  KC   5 Was 4.

KC   Jerry Lumpe: 4 for 5.

KC   Norm Siebern: 3 for 4, double, 2 great plays.

KC   Art Ditmar pitched a solid 8 innings for the win: 2 earned runs, 6 hits, 0 BB, 5 K. He's now 2-1 on the year.

KC   Bob Grim pitched the 9th to earn his 2nd save of the year.

Was  Don Rudolph threw a complete game but took the loss: 5 earned runs, 13 hits, 1 BB, 3 K. He drops to 0-2 on the season.

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Kansas City                    IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Ditmar W(2-1)                 8.0  6  3  2  0  0  5   93  61  32   3.41  30   95(97)       65

 Grim S(2)                    1.0  2  1  1  0  0  2   18  12   6   4.38   5   20(27)  ++

                              9.0  8  4  3  0  0  7  111  73  38   6.04  35

Washington                     IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Rudolph L(0-2)                9.0 13  5  5  0  1  3  120  85  35   6.97  40 125(137)       43

                              9.0 13  5  5  0  1  3  120  85  35   5.29  40

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 KC: Posada hit for Ditmar in the 9th

     Tartabull ran for Posada in the 9th

Was: Bright moved to 1B in the 2nd

     Cottier hit for Schmidt,B in the 9th

     Johnson hit for Hamlin in the 9th

  E-Lumpe(3), Rudolph(1)

 2B-Siebern(4), King,J(5), Schaive(11)

 SB-Was O'Connell(3) off Ditmar(2) + Sullivan(16), 6th

RBI- KC  - Cimoli(16), Ditmar(2), Jimenez(12), Lumpe(16), Siebern(27)

    Was  - Cottier(12), Schaive 2(12), Woodling, G(12)

 SF-Jimenez(1), Woodling, G(1)

 SH-Howser(2)

Great-Howser(6), Siebern 2(6), Hamlin 2(2), Piersall(7)

Poor-Siebern(5)

LOB-Kansas City 8 Washington 4

 DP-Kansas City 1 Washington 1