Houston Colt .45s vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 5, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1963 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 5, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 3 0 0 0
  Hartman ss 0 0 0 0
Runnels 1b 4 1 0 0
Staub rf 4 1 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 1 3 2
Goss cf 5 0 0 0
Lillis ss,2b 3 1 2 0
Bateman c 4 0 2 2
Brown p 2 0 0 1
  McMahon p 1 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 5 0 1 1
Callison rf 4 1 1 0
  Graham ph 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez cf 4 2 4 0
Covington lf 4 1 3 3
Sievers 1b 2 0 0 1
Hoak 3b 4 0 0 0
Dalrymple c 3 0 0 0
  Amaro ph 1 0 0 0
Wine ss 4 1 2 0
McLish p 1 0 0 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Lemon ph 1 0 0 0
  Duren p 0 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Demeter ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 5
Houston 001 400 0005102
Philadelphia 000 201 0126111
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   5.1 6 3 3 0 3
  McMahon   1.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Woodeshick  L (1-1) 1.1 3 2 1 1 1
Totals
8.1
11
6
5
2
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
McLish   3.1 6 5 5 1 2
  Green   1.2 2 0 0 2 2
  Duren   2.0 1 0 0 2 4
  Hamilton  W (2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
6
9

  E–Runnels (3), Bateman (5), Dalrymple (6).  DP–Houston 2, Philadelphia 1.  2B–Houston Temple (2,off McLish); Aspromonte (1,off McLish), Philadelphia Wine (3,off Brown); Gonzalez (7,off Brown).  3B–Philadelphia Wine (1,off Woodeshick).  HR–Philadelphia Covington (5,4th inning off Brown 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Brown (1,off Duren).  IBB–Lillis (1,by Green).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Sievers (1,off Woodeshick).  Team–7.  CS–Spangler (2,2nd base by McLish/Dalrymple).  WP–McMahon (1).  IBB–Green (1,Lillis).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–3:10.
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