Chicago Cubs vs Houston Colt .45s
May 12, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 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 1, Houston Colt .45s 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brock rf 4 0 0 0
Hubbs 2b 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 2 0
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Banks 1b 4 0 0 0
Rodgers ss 4 0 0 0
Landrum cf 4 1 1 0
Schaffer c 3 0 1 0
Buhl p 3 0 1 1
Totals 34 1 5 1
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 3 0 0 0
Spangler lf 4 1 1 0
Runnels 1b 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 3 0 1 1
Aspromonte 3b 3 1 1 1
Goss cf 3 0 0 0
Lillis ss 3 0 2 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
  Davis pr 0 0 0 0
  Campbell c 0 0 0 0
  Adlesh c 0 0 0 0
Nottebart p 2 0 0 0
  Warwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Umbricht p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Chicago 000 010 000 0150
Houston 000 000 001 1260
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  L (2-3) 9.0 6 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
1
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Nottebart   8.0 5 1 1 0 4
  Umbricht  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
5
1
1
0
4

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Houston 1.  2B–Chicago Williams (6,off Nottebart), Houston Spangler (5,off Buhl).  3B–Houston Staub (2,off Buhl).  HR–Houston Aspromonte (2,10th inning off Buhl 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  Team–3.  CS–Lillis (2,2nd base by Buhl/Schaffer).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–1:46.  A–4,910.
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