Houston Colt .45s vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 26, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1964 at Busch Stadium I. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Colt .45s 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 5 0 1 1
Bond rf 2 1 0 0
White 2b 3 2 1 0
Wynn lf 3 1 1 2
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 1 1
Beauchamp cf 3 0 0 0
  Runnels 1b 0 0 0 0
Staub 1b,cf 3 0 0 1
Grote c 4 1 2 0
Owens p 2 0 0 0
  Kasko ph 1 1 1 0
  Bruce p 0 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 7 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 0 1 0
Groat ss 2 2 1 0
  Maxvill pr 0 0 0 0
Lewis rf 4 0 2 0
  Long ph 1 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 2 2
McCarver c 4 0 1 0
White 1b 4 2 3 1
James lf 4 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
Simmons p 2 0 0 0
  Warwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Fanok p 0 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 4 12 3
Houston 200 000 220670
St. Louis 100 101 0104122
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Owens  W (1-1) 6.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Bruce   1.0 4 1 1 0 2
  Woodeshick  SV (3) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
3
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  L (2-1) 7.0 5 4 3 1 3
  Fanok   0.1 1 2 2 2 1
  Sadecki   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
5
3
4

  E–Lewis (1), Javier (3).  DP–Houston 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Gagliano (1,off Woodeshick).  HR–Houston Wynn (3,1st inning off Simmons 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis White (2,6th inning off Owens 0 on, 2 out).  SH–White (1,off Fanok).  SF–Staub (1,off Sadecki).  HBP–Bond (1,by Simmons).  Team LOB–4.  Team–8.  SB–Wynn (1,2nd base off Simmons/McCarver).  CS–Lillis (1,2nd base by Simmons/McCarver); Flood (1,2nd base by Bruce/Grote).  HBP–Simmons (1,Bond).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:40.  A–9,700.
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