Houston Colt .45s vs Chicago Cubs
May 24, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1963 at Wrigley Field. 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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Houston Colt .45s 6, Chicago Cubs 5

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 6 2 1 0
Runnels 1b 5 0 1 0
  Fazio pr 0 0 0 0
  Staub 1b 0 0 0 0
Temple 2b 3 0 1 0
Warwick rf 6 1 2 2
Spangler lf 5 2 4 1
Aspromonte 3b 6 1 3 1
Goss cf 5 0 1 1
Bateman c 6 0 1 1
Bruce p 2 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 3 0 0 0
Totals 47 6 14 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brock rf 5 1 1 1
Hubbs 2b 6 0 4 1
Williams lf 7 0 0 0
Santo 3b 7 0 2 1
Banks 1b 6 1 0 0
Rodgers ss 6 1 3 0
Landrum cf 3 1 1 0
  Aspromonte ph 1 0 0 1
  McDaniel p 2 0 0 0
Bertell c 6 1 5 1
Koonce p 1 0 0 0
  Hobbie p 1 0 1 0
  Mathews ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Totals 54 5 17 5
Houston 100 040 000 0016146
Chicago 002 101 100 0005171
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce   4.1 8 3 3 1 5
  Brown   2.0 4 2 1 0 0
  Woodeshick  W (3-1) 5.2 5 0 0 1 3
Totals
12.0
17
5
4
2
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Koonce   4.2 8 5 4 3 4
  Hobbie   2.1 2 0 0 0 2
  McDaniel  L (1-1) 5.0 4 1 1 1 6
Totals
12.0
14
6
5
4
12

  E–Lillis (8), Temple (5), Spangler (2), Aspromonte 3 (9), Rodgers (8).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Bertell (3).  2B–Houston Warwick (6,off Koonce); Spangler (6,off Koonce); Aspromonte (3,off Koonce), Chicago Bertell (2,off Bruce).  SH–Temple 3 (5,off Koonce 2,off McDaniel); Koonce (3,off Bruce).  IBB–Goss (1,by Koonce).  Team LOB–12.  SF–Brock (1,off Brown).  Team–17.  SB–Aspromonte (2,2nd base off McDaniel/Bertell).  CS–Rodgers (6,2nd base by Woodeshick/Bateman).  WP–Woodeshick (4), McDaniel (1).  IBB–Koonce (1,Goss).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–3:57.  A–3,087.
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