St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Colt .45s
August 25, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 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 1, Houston Colt .45s 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 0 2 1
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 2 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0
Altman rf 4 0 0 0
James lf 4 0 1 0
Sawatski c 3 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb ph 1 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 2 1 1 0
  Groat ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Burdette p 1 0 0 0
  Musial ph 0 0 0 0
  Gibson pr 0 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler cf 4 1 2 0
Runnels 2b 3 0 0 1
Wynn lf 3 0 0 1
Bateman c 4 0 0 0
Staub 1b 3 0 0 0
Warwick rf 3 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 1 0
Lillis ss 3 1 2 0
Zachary p 1 1 0 0
  Umbricht p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 2
St. Louis 000 010 000162
Houston 003 000 00x360
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  L (8-11) 4.0 4 3 0 0 0
  Sadecki   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Shantz   2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
8.0
6
3
0
0
7
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Zachary   4.1 5 1 1 1 6
  Umbricht  W (3-3) 4.2 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
9

  E–Sawatski (2), Burdette (5).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis James (12,off Zachary); Flood (28,off Zachary), Houston Lillis (7,off Burdette).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Zachary (1,off Burdette).  SF–Runnels (3,off Burdette); Wynn (3,off Burdette).  Team–4.  WP–Zachary (2).  BK–Zachary (1).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–1:58.  A–7,234.
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