San Francisco Giants vs Houston Colt .45s
August 6, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1963 at Colt Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Colt .45s 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hiller 2b 5 0 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 1 1
McCovey lf 4 1 2 0
Mays cf 4 1 3 0
Cepeda 1b 3 0 0 1
Haller c 4 0 2 1
Davenport 3b 4 0 1 0
Bowman ss 3 1 2 0
Duffalo p 3 0 0 0
  Larsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 12 3
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler cf 3 0 1 0
Temple 2b 4 1 1 0
Runnels 1b 3 0 1 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 1
Staub rf 4 0 1 0
Wynn lf,ss 4 0 2 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Lillis ss 2 0 0 0
  Warwick ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Brown p 2 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Goss ph 1 0 0 0
  Umbricht p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
San Francisco 001 101 0003121
Houston 100 000 000160
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Duffalo  W (4-0) 8.0 6 1 0 3 4
  Larsen  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
3
4
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  L (4-7) 5.2 8 3 3 0 2
  McMahon   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Umbricht   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
0
3

  E–Hiller (13).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–San Francisco Bowman (2,off Brown); McCovey (15,off Umbricht), Houston Wynn (4,off Duffalo); Staub (12,off Duffalo); Spangler (18,off Duffalo).  3B–San Francisco Mays (4,off Brown).  SH–Duffalo (1,off Brown); Bowman (4,off Umbricht).  SF–Cepeda (3,off Brown); Bateman (3,off Duffalo).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  SB–F Alou (7,2nd base off Brown/Bateman).  CS–Haller (5,2nd base by Brown/Bateman); Bowman (2,2nd base by McMahon/Bateman).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:25.  A–10,466.
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