New York Mets vs Houston Colt .45s
September 29, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 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 4, Houston Colt .45s 13

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Kranepool rf 5 0 1 1
Carmel cf 3 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 3 0 2 0
Harkness 1b 3 1 1 0
Hickman 3b 4 1 1 0
  Schreiber 3b 0 0 0 0
Hicks lf 4 0 0 0
Coleman c 2 1 1 1
  Cannizzaro c 2 0 0 0
Moran ss 2 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Bearnarth p 2 1 2 2
  Bauta p 0 0 0 0
  Stallard p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Vaughan ss 2 0 0 0
  Runnels ph 0 0 0 1
  Farrell p 2 0 0 0
  Dickson p 1 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 1 0 0
Wynn lf 3 0 1 2
Staub 1b 4 1 1 1
Aspromonte 3b 4 3 2 1
Murrell cf 5 1 1 0
Paciorek rf 3 4 3 3
Bateman c 3 2 2 3
  Adlesh ph,c 1 0 0 0
Zachary p 1 0 0 0
  Umbricht p 0 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 1 0
  Lillis ss 2 1 2 2
Totals 34 13 13 13
New York 001 300 000492
Houston 020 541 10x13132
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Bearnarth  L (3-8) 3.0 6 7 7 3 5
  Bauta   1.1 4 3 3 1 1
  Stallard   0.2 1 1 1 3 1
  Powell   3.0 2 2 2 4 1
Totals 8.0 13 13 13 11 8
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Zachary   3.1 5 4 4 1 3
  Umbricht  W (4-3) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Farrell   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Dickson  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 9 4 4 2 5

  E–Carmel (6), Hicks (3), Wynn (8), Bateman (23).  DP–New York 2, Houston 2.  2B–New York Hunt (28,off Farrell).  3B–New York Bearnarth (1,off Zachary), Houston Bateman (6,off Bearnarth); Aspromonte (5,off Bauta).  HBP–Hunt (13,by Zachary).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Runnels (4,off Bauta).  Team–9.  SB–Coleman (5,2nd base off Umbricht/Bateman).  WP–Powell (9).  HBP–Zachary (3,Hunt).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Frank Walsh, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:28.  A–3,899.

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