Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Colt .45s
July 23, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1963 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Houston Colt .45s 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 7 0 0 0
Callison rf 6 2 2 0
Gonzalez lf,cf 6 1 1 0
Sievers 1b 6 1 2 4
Demeter cf 5 0 0 0
  Covington ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Dalrymple c 5 0 2 0
  Averill ph,c 1 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 0 0
  Oldis c 0 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 4 1 0 0
  Wine 3b 3 0 1 0
Amaro ss 6 0 0 0
Boozer p 0 0 0 0
  Baldschun p 0 0 0 0
  Emery ph 1 0 0 0
  Mahaffey p 2 0 2 1
  Green p 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 3 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 57 5 10 5
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 6 1 3 1
Runnels 2b 2 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 1 0
  Umbricht p 0 0 0 0
  Goss ph 1 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 1 0 0 0
  Fazio ph 1 0 0 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
Staub 1b 6 1 1 0
Warwick rf 7 1 1 1
Wynn cf 6 1 3 1
Aspromonte 3b 6 1 1 1
Bateman c 7 1 3 1
Lillis ss 6 0 0 0
Bruce p 1 0 0 0
  Temple ph,2b 3 0 0 1
Totals 54 6 13 6
Philadelphia 301 001 000 000 0005102
Houston 100 002 020 000 0016133
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Boozer   0.1 1 1 1 3 1
  Baldschun   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Mahaffey   4.0 4 2 2 2 1
  Green   2.1 4 2 2 1 1
  Klippstein  L (3-5) 7.0 3 1 1 2 6
  Bennett   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
14.1
13
6
6
9
9
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce   6.0 6 5 4 2 4
  McMahon   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Umbricht   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Woodeshick   5.0 2 0 0 0 5
  Farrell  W (7-8) 2.0 1 0 0 1 5
Totals
15.0
10
5
4
4
17

  E–Dalrymple (10), Amaro (8), Staub (9), Lillis (17), Temple (13).  DP–Philadelphia 2, Houston 1.  PB–Bateman (11).  2B–Houston Spangler (13,off Boozer); Staub (11,off Mahaffey); Aspromonte (5,off Green).  3B–Houston Bateman (2,off Klippstein).  HR–Philadelphia Sievers (11,1st inning off Bruce 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Sievers (3,by Bruce); Gonzalez (6,by Woodeshick).  IBB–Amaro (4,by Umbricht); Covington (6,by Farrell); Spangler 2 (5,by Klippstein 2); Temple (1,by Bennett).  Team LOB–13.  SH–Lillis (4,off Green).  Team–15.  SB–Wynn (2,2nd base off Klippstein/Dalrymple).  WP–Klippstein (5), Bruce (7).  BK–Umbricht (1).  HBP–Bruce (6,Sievers); Woodeshick (5,Gonzalez).  IBB–Klippstein 2 (8,Spangler 2); Bennett (1,Temple); Umbricht (2,Amaro); Farrell (1,Covington).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Frank Walsh.  T–4:16.  A–8,553.
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