Houston Colt .45s vs Chicago Cubs
June 20, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1963 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Colt .45s 0, Chicago Cubs 5

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 4 0 1 0
Temple 2b 3 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 0 1 0
Warwick cf 4 0 1 0
Runnels 1b 3 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Lillis ss 3 0 0 0
Campbell c 2 0 0 0
Drott p 1 0 1 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Hartman ph 1 0 0 0
  Kemmerer p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Landrum cf 4 1 1 0
Rodgers ss 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 3 3 3
Santo 3b 3 1 3 1
Banks 1b 4 0 1 1
Hubbs 2b 4 0 0 0
Burton rf 4 0 0 0
Bertell c 4 0 3 0
Jackson p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Houston 000 000 000040
Chicago 100 030 10x5110
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Drott  L (2-5) 4.1 8 4 4 2 2
  McMahon   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Kemmerer   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Woodeshick   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
2
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (8-6) 9.0 4 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Bertell (4,off Drott); Santo (15,off Drott); Banks (11,off Drott); Williams (16,off Kemmerer).  HR–Chicago Williams 2 (10,1st inning off Drott 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Drott 1 on, 1 out).  Team–7.  CS–Spangler (4,2nd base by Jackson/Bertell).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:00.  A–7,422.
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