St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Colt .45s
June 29, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1963 at Colt Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Houston Colt .45s 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
White 1b 4 1 1 0
Groat ss 4 0 2 1
Musial lf 2 1 0 0
  James pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 2 0
Altman rf 3 0 0 1
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 0 0
Broglio p 3 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler cf 3 0 2 0
Temple 3b 3 0 0 0
Runnels 2b 3 0 0 0
  Fazio pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Warwick rf 4 1 1 0
Staub 1b 4 0 1 0
Weekly lf 4 0 1 1
Bateman c 4 0 0 0
Lillis ss 3 0 1 0
  Goss ph 1 0 0 0
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
St. Louis 010 001 000250
Houston 000 100 000160
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio  W (9-3) 7.0 6 1 1 1 3
  Taylor  SV (5) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
5
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (3-11) 8.0 4 2 2 1 7
  McMahon   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
8

  E–None.  2B–St. Louis White (15,off Johnson).  3B–Houston Spangler (3,off Broglio).  SF–Altman (5,off Johnson).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Temple (8,off Taylor).  Team–7.  BK–Johnson (1).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Frank Walsh, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:14.  A–12,734.
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