New York Mets vs Houston Colt .45s
September 28, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1963 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 1, Houston Colt .45s 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Kranepool rf 4 0 2 1
Carmel cf 4 0 1 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Harkness 1b 4 0 1 0
Hickman 3b 4 0 1 0
Hicks lf 4 0 0 0
Coleman c 4 0 0 0
Moran ss 2 1 1 0
  Christopher ph 1 0 0 0
  Fernandez ss 0 0 0 0
Anderson p 2 0 1 0
  Cisco p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
  Stallard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Vaughan ss 3 0 1 0
  Runnels ph 0 0 0 1
  Lillis pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 0 1
  Fazio 2b 1 0 0 0
Spangler rf 3 1 0 0
Staub 1b 4 1 3 2
Wynn lf 4 2 2 2
Goss cf 3 1 0 0
  Murrell cf 0 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 1 1 1
Bateman c 3 1 0 0
Nottebart p 4 1 2 1
Totals 33 9 9 8
New York 001 000 000174
Houston 300 006 00x990
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  L (0-2) 5.0 8 8 5 2 6
  Cisco   0.1 0 1 1 2 0
  Powell   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Stallard   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
9
6
4
6
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Nottebart  W (11-8) 9.0 7 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
1

  E–Carmel (5), Hunt (26), Coleman (15), Moran (27).  DP–New York 2.  PB–Coleman (11).  2B–New York Hickman (21,off Nottebart); Carmel (6,off Nottebart); Harkness (12,off Nottebart), Houston Wynn (10,off Anderson); Aspromonte (9,off Anderson).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Goss (4,off Anderson).  Team–5.  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Frank Walsh.  T–2:13.  A–2,566.
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