St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Colt .45s
July 1, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1963 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Colt .45s 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 6 1 1 0
White 1b 6 0 2 2
Groat ss 5 1 1 0
Musial lf 4 0 0 0
  Carmel lf 1 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Altman rf 3 0 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 1 0
McCarver c 5 0 0 0
Sadecki p 3 0 1 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 1 0
  Gibson pr 0 1 0 0
  Bauta p 0 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 3 9 2
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Fazio 2b 5 1 2 0
Temple 3b 4 0 2 2
Spangler lf 4 1 1 0
Warwick rf 4 0 0 0
Staub 1b 5 0 2 2
Goss cf 5 0 0 0
Campbell c 3 0 1 0
  Hartman pr 0 1 0 0
  Woodeshick p 1 0 0 0
Lillis ss 5 0 1 0
Bruce p 3 0 0 0
  Bateman ph,c 2 1 1 0
Totals 41 4 10 4
St. Louis 000 110 001 00390
Houston 100 000 020 014101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki   6.2 5 1 1 6 4
  Shantz   1.1 3 2 2 1 1
  Bauta   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Taylor  L (4-3) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.2
10
4
4
8
7
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce   8.0 7 2 1 3 4
  Woodeshick  W (8-3) 3.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
11.0
9
3
2
5
5

  E–Staub (7).  2B–St. Louis Boyer (12,off Bruce), Houston Temple (8,off Sadecki).  3B–St. Louis Sadecki (1,off Bruce); White (6,off Bruce).  IBB–Groat (1,by Woodeshick); Spangler (3,by Taylor).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Temple (10,off Taylor).  Team–14.  SB–Temple (6,3rd base off Sadecki/McCarver).  WP–Sadecki (6), Taylor (1), Bruce (5).  BK–Sadecki (2).  IBB–Taylor (2,Spangler); Woodeshick (3,Groat).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Frank Walsh.  T–3:15.  A–8,485.
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