Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Colt .45s
September 20, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 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 2, Houston Colt .45s 3

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 3b,2b 4 1 0 0
Callison rf 4 0 1 1
Covington lf 4 1 0 0
  Allen 3b 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez cf 4 0 1 1
Dalrymple c 4 0 0 0
Sievers 1b 4 0 2 0
  Oldis pr 0 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 1 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 0 0
Wine ss 2 0 0 0
  Emery ph 1 0 0 0
  Amaro ss 0 0 0 0
Bennett p 2 0 1 0
  Hoak 3b 0 0 0 0
  Herrnstein ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Fazio 2b 3 1 0 0
Vaughan ss 3 0 0 0
  Lillis ss 0 0 0 0
Weekly lf 4 0 0 0
Warwick rf 3 1 1 3
Goss cf 3 0 0 0
Staub 1b 3 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 1 0
Bateman c 3 0 1 0
Johnson p 3 1 1 0
Totals 28 3 4 3
Philadelphia 100 000 010260
Houston 000 003 00x342
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Bennett  L (8-5) 6.1 4 3 3 2 6
  Brown   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
4
3
3
2
7
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (10-17) 9.0 6 2 0 0 8
Totals
9.0
6
2
0
0
8

  E–Vaughan (1), Aspromonte (21).  3B–Philadelphia Gonzalez (12,off Johnson), Houston Aspromonte (4,off Bennett).  HR–Houston Warwick (7,6th inning off Bennett 2 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–3.  CS–Rojas (1,2nd base by Johnson/Bateman).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:00.  A–4,039.
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