Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Colt .45s
April 26, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1963 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 0, Houston Colt .45s 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko 3b 3 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
Blasingame 2b 3 0 0 0
Pinson cf 4 0 1 0
Robinson lf 3 0 0 0
Coleman 1b 3 0 0 0
Edwards c 2 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0
Keough rf 2 0 0 0
Maloney p 2 0 0 0
  Gonder ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 1 0
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 2 0
Runnels 1b 3 1 1 0
  Warwick rf 0 0 0 0
Spangler lf 3 0 1 1
Staub rf,1b 3 1 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Goss cf 3 0 0 0
Lillis ss 3 0 1 1
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Bruce p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 6 2
Cincinnati 000 000 000011
Houston 100 000 10x260
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Maloney  L (2-1) 8.0 6 2 2 0 6
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
0
6
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce  W (1-1) 9.0 1 0 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
2
7

  E–Kasko (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Houston 1.  2B–Houston Staub (3,off Maloney).  HBP–Edwards (2,by Bruce).  Team LOB–3.  Team–2.  CS–Spangler (1,2nd base by Maloney/Edwards); Lillis (1,2nd base by Maloney/Edwards).  WP–Maloney (3).  HBP–Bruce (2,Edwards).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Al Forman, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–1:53.  A–7,584.
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