New York Mets vs Houston Colt .45s
May 14, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1963 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Houston Colt .45s 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Neal 3b 4 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 4 1 1 0
Kranepool rf 3 1 0 0
Snider lf 4 0 1 0
  Burright pr 0 1 0 0
Harkness 1b 3 0 2 2
Hickman cf 4 0 1 1
Coleman c 4 0 0 0
Moran ss 2 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Willey p 2 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
  Stallard p 0 0 0 0
  MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 0 4 1
Spangler lf 2 0 0 1
  Warwick ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Runnels 1b 4 0 1 1
Staub rf 5 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Goss cf 4 0 0 0
Lillis ss 3 2 1 0
Bateman c 4 1 2 1
Totals 33 4 9 4
New York 000 100 002352
Houston 010 001 02x491
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Willey  L (3-2) 7.0 7 2 2 5 4
  Stallard   0.1 1 2 1 1 1
  MacKenzie   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
3
6
5
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell  W (4-3) 9.0 5 3 2 2 8
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
2
8

  E–Coleman (3), Willey (1), Bateman (9).  2B–New York Snider (3,off Farrell), Houston Staub (7,off Willey).  HR–Houston Bateman (3,6th inning off Willey 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–12.  CS–Harkness (1,2nd base by Farrell/Bateman).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:36.  A–9,147.
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