Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Colt .45s
July 31, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1963 at Colt Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Houston Colt .45s 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bailey 3b 5 0 1 1
Virdon cf 5 1 2 1
Clemente rf 4 1 1 1
Lynch lf 3 0 1 0
  Mota ph 1 0 1 2
  Face p 1 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 0
Clendenon 1b 5 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 3 1 2 0
Logan ss 2 1 0 0
Friend p 2 0 0 0
  Stargell ph,lf 2 2 2 1
Totals 37 6 12 6
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 3 0 0 0
Temple 2b 4 1 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 2 2
Warwick rf 4 0 0 0
Staub 1b 4 0 2 1
Wynn cf 4 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Lillis ss 3 1 1 0
Nottebart p 2 1 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Bateman ph 1 0 1 0
  Fazio pr 0 0 0 0
  Bruce p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Goss ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 4206121
Houston 000 120 000380
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  W (12-9) 6.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Face  SV (10) 3.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
2
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Nottebart   6.2 7 3 3 4 1
  Woodeshick  L (8-6) 0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Bruce   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Johnson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
5
4

  E–Logan (9).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Houston 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Clemente (18,off Woodeshick), Houston Aspromonte (6,off Friend).  3B–Pittsburgh Stargell (4,off Bruce).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Lillis (4,by Face).  Team–6.  SB–Clemente (8,2nd base off Nottebart/Smith).  CS–Fazio (3,2nd base by Face/Pagliaroni).  HBP–Face (3,Lillis).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:30.  A–6,093.
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