San Francisco Giants vs Houston Colt .45s
June 9, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1963 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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San Francisco Giants 0, Houston Colt .45s 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Alou F. rf 4 0 0 0
Hiller 2b 4 0 1 0
McCovey lf 4 0 1 0
Mays cf 3 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 3 0 1 0
Haller c 2 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 0 0
Bowman ss 2 0 0 0
  Alou M. ph 1 0 0 0
  Pagan ss 0 0 0 0
Sanford p 2 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
  Duffalo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Fazio 2b 3 0 1 0
Spangler lf 3 1 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
Warwick rf 3 1 2 1
Staub 1b 4 1 2 0
Goss cf 4 0 1 1
Bateman c 3 0 1 1
Hartman ss 3 0 1 0
Farrell p 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
San Francisco 000 000 000–040
Houston 100 001 01x–380
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  L (7-5) 7.0 6 2 1 4 4
  Duffalo   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
2
4
4
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell   2.2 3 0 0 1 2
  Brown  W (1-0) 6.1 1 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
8
  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Haller (5).  2B–Houston Goss (6,off Duffalo).  Team–7.  CS–Cepeda (2,3rd base by Farrell/Bateman); Mays (1,2nd base by Brown/Bateman); Fazio (1,2nd base by Sanford/Haller).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–1:58.  A–17,437.
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