Houston Colt .45s vs San Francisco Giants
April 18, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1963 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Colt .45s 3, San Francisco Giants 6

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 4 1 1 0
Temple 2b 3 0 0 0
Runnels 1b 3 1 0 0
Goss cf 4 1 2 3
Staub rf 3 0 1 0
Campbell c 4 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
Lillis ss 3 0 1 0
Brunet p 1 0 0 0
  Kemmerer p 1 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Drott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 5 0 0 0
Hiller 2b 5 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 2 3 0
McCovey lf 3 3 3 0
Cepeda 1b 3 1 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 3 2
Haller c 3 0 0 0
Pagan ss 4 0 2 2
Sanford p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 4
Houston 200 001 000350
San Francisco 021 020 10x6120
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Brunet  L (0-2) 2.2 6 3 3 2 2
  Kemmerer   3.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Drott   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
3
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  W (3-0) 9.0 5 3 3 2 4
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
2
4

  E–None.  2B–Houston Staub (1,off Sanford), San Francisco Cepeda (3,off Brunet); McCovey (3,off Brunet); Mays (1,off Kemmerer); F Alou (6,off Kemmerer).  HR–Houston Goss (1,1st inning off Sanford 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Temple (1,off Sanford).  Team LOB–4.  Team–8.  SB–Pagan (2,2nd base off Kemmerer/Campbell).  WP–Kemmerer 2 (2).  BK–Kemmerer 2 (2), Drott (1), Sanford 2 (2).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:20.  A–6,462.
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