Milwaukee Braves vs Houston Colt .45s
April 18, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1964 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 2, Houston Colt .45s 4

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 0 0 0
Maye lf 5 0 1 0
Aaron rf 3 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 3 0 0 0
Torre 1b,c 4 1 1 0
Bailey c 3 0 1 0
  Cline pr 0 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 1 1 2
Menke ss 3 0 2 0
Cloninger p 3 0 1 0
  Oliver ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss 4 0 1 0
Fox 2b 3 0 1 0
Runnels 1b 3 1 1 0
  Spangler pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Bond lf 3 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 0 0 0 0
  Weekly rf 0 0 0 0
Staub rf,1b 4 0 2 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 2 1 2
Wynn cf 4 1 2 2
Bateman c 2 0 0 0
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Milwaukee 000 200 000280
Houston 000 202 00x480
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger  L (0-1) 7.0 6 4 4 2 5
  Hoeft   0.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Niekro   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
6
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (2-0) 9.0 8 2 2 4 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 2.  PB–Bateman (1).  2B–Milwaukee Maye (1,off Johnson), Houston Kasko (3,off Cloninger); Runnels (1,off Hoeft).  HR–Milwaukee Bolling (3,4th inning off Johnson 1 on, 2 out), Houston Aspromonte (1,4th inning off Cloninger 1 on, 2 out); Wynn (2,6th inning off Cloninger 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Mathews (1,by Johnson); Fox (1,by Cloninger).  Team LOB–10.  IBB–Bateman (2,by Cloninger).  Team–6.  CS–Aaron (1,2nd base by Johnson/Bateman).  WP–Cloninger (1).  HBP–Cloninger (1,Fox); Johnson (1,Mathews).  IBB–Cloninger (1,Bateman).  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:15.  A–9,250.
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