Chicago Cubs vs Houston Colt .45s
May 11, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1963 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Houston Colt .45s 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brock rf 4 1 1 0
Hubbs 2b 4 1 1 1
Williams lf 3 1 1 1
Santo 3b 3 0 1 1
Boros 1b 4 0 0 0
Rodgers ss 3 0 1 0
Mathews cf 2 0 1 0
  Banks ph 1 0 0 0
Bertell c 4 0 0 0
Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Toth p 2 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 1 3 1
  Lillis pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Spangler lf 3 0 1 1
Runnels 1b 3 0 2 1
Staub rf 4 0 0 1
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 1 0
Goss cf 4 1 1 0
Hartman ss 2 0 0 0
Bateman c 4 1 1 1
Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 3 1 2 0
Totals 30 5 11 5
Chicago 300 000 000360
Houston 120 000 20x5112
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Koonce   1.1 4 3 3 0 1
  Toth  L (1-2) 5.1 5 2 2 2 5
  Schultz   1.1 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
2
8
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   1.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Woodeshick  W (2-1) 7.2 2 0 0 3 6
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
6

  E–Hartman (5), Bateman (8).  DP–Chicago 1, Houston 2.  PB–Bateman (2).  2B–Houston Bateman (3,off Koonce); Temple (4,off Toth).  3B–Chicago Brock (3,off Brown); Williams (4,off Brown).  SH–Koonce (2,off Brown); Runnels (2,off Koonce); Hartman (2,off Koonce).  SF–Santo (2,off Brown); Spangler (1,off Toth).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  SB–Williams (1,2nd base off Woodeshick/Bateman); Runnels (1,2nd base off Schultz/Bertell).  WP–Woodeshick (3).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:23.
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