Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Colt .45s
April 21, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1964 at Colt Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 10, Houston Colt .45s 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 2b 5 1 3 1
Ruiz 3b 6 1 1 2
Pinson cf 4 2 3 1
  Keough cf 0 0 0 1
Robinson rf 5 1 2 1
Johnson 1b 4 1 2 1
Skinner lf 3 1 1 0
  Harper ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 1 2
Cardenas ss 4 2 3 1
O'Toole p 1 0 0 0
  Klaus ph 0 0 0 0
  Tsitouris p 2 1 0 0
Totals 39 10 16 10
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss 5 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 2 2 0
Runnels 1b 4 1 1 0
Weekly rf 4 0 1 2
Aspromonte 3b 4 1 2 1
  Hertz 3b 1 0 0 0
Wynn cf 2 0 1 0
Beauchamp lf 4 0 2 1
  Williams lf 0 0 0 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Owens p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 1 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Yellen p 0 0 0 0
  Bond ph 1 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 4
Cincinnati 021 021 12110162
Houston 002 000 021594
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
O'Toole  W (2-0) 6.0 6 2 1 4 2
  Tsitouris  SV (2) 3.0 3 3 3 3 4
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
7
6
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Owens  L (0-1) 2.2 6 3 2 1 0
  Giusti   3.1 7 4 4 1 4
  Hoerner   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Yellen   1.0 1 2 1 1 1
  Woodeshick   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
10
8
5
5

  E–Rose (3), Edwards (1), Fox (1), Aspromonte (1), Wynn 2 (4).  DP–Cincinnati 2, Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Johnson (2,off Owens); Rose (1,off Giusti); Robinson (1,off Giusti).  3B–Cincinnati Pinson (1,off Giusti), Houston Aspromonte (1,off Tsitouris).  HR–Cincinnati Ruiz (1,8th inning off Yellen 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Edwards 2 (2,off Owens,off Hoerner).  HBP–Keough (1,by Woodeshick).  IBB–Cardenas (1,by Hoerner).  Team LOB–12.  Team–9.  WP–Tsitouris 3 (3).  HBP–Woodeshick (1,Keough).  IBB–Hoerner (1,Cardenas).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:57.  A–5,637.
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