St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Colt .45s
April 23, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1963 at Colt Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 15, Houston Colt .45s 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 6 4 2 1
Groat ss 4 1 2 1
  Maxvill pr,ss 1 3 1 0
White 1b 4 3 4 3
  Burke rf 1 1 0 0
Altman rf 3 1 2 2
  Kolb lf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 2 4
Musial lf 3 0 1 0
  Carmel lf,1b 2 0 0 1
Sawatski c 3 0 0 0
  McCarver c 3 1 1 0
Javier 2b 4 1 0 0
  Gagliano 2b 1 0 1 1
Broglio p 3 0 1 0
Totals 43 15 17 13
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 4 0 1 0
Temple 2b 3 0 0 0
  Zachary p 1 0 0 0
Staub rf 3 0 0 0
Warwick cf 1 0 0 0
  Davis cf 2 0 0 0
Runnels 1b 3 0 0 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Lillis ss 3 0 1 0
Golden p 0 0 0 0
  Kemmerer p 1 0 0 0
  Cardinal p 0 0 0 0
  Fazio ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 2 0
St. Louis 101 502 02415171
Houston 000 000 000024
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio  W (2-0) 9.0 2 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
3
2
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Golden  L (0-1) 2.1 6 2 2 2 1
  Kemmerer   1.0 3 5 4 0 0
  Cardinal   2.2 3 2 0 0 1
  Zachary   3.0 5 6 3 4 1
Totals
9.0
17
15
9
6
3

  E–Boyer (4), Davis (1), Bateman (2), Lillis 2 (5).  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Groat (3,off Kemmerer), Houston Lillis (1,off Broglio).  3B–St. Louis Altman (3,off Kemmerer); McCarver (1,off Zachary).  SH–Broglio 2 (2,off Kemmerer,off Zachary).  SF–Altman (1,off Zachary).  Team LOB–10.  Team–5.  SB–Flood 2 (4,2nd base off Golden/Bateman,2nd base off Kemmerer/Bateman).  WP–Broglio (2), Golden (1).  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:40.  A–2,551.
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