Houston Colt .45s vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 11, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1963 at Forbes Field. 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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Houston Colt .45s 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Fazio 2b 4 0 1 0
Warwick rf 3 0 2 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Bateman c 4 0 0 0
Wynn lf 3 1 1 0
Staub 1b 4 0 1 0
Goss cf 3 0 0 1
Lillis ss 4 0 3 0
Brown p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bailey 3b 4 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 1 2 0
Lynch lf 4 1 1 2
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 2 0
Clendenon 1b 3 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 3 0 2 0
  Savage pr 0 0 0 0
  Schofield ss 0 0 0 0
Logan ss 2 0 1 0
  Burgess ph,c 1 0 0 0
Gibbon p 2 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Houston 000 000 100180
Pittsburgh 000 000 002281
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  L (4-8) 8.2 8 2 2 0 3
Totals
8.2
8
2
2
0
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon   8.0 8 1 1 1 4
  Face  W (3-6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
5

  E–Bailey (23).  DP–Houston 3, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Houston Wynn (6,off Gibbon); Lillis (6,off Gibbon), Pittsburgh Mazeroski (18,off Brown).  HR–Pittsburgh Lynch (10,9th inning off Brown 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Warwick (2,off Gibbon); Aspromonte (3,off Gibbon).  SF–Goss (1,off Gibbon).  IBB–Wynn (1,by Gibbon).  Team LOB–8.  Team–3.  SB–Savage (2,2nd base off Brown/Bateman).  IBB–Gibbon (10,Wynn).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Frank Walsh.  T–1:50.  A–8,093.
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