Houston Colt .45s vs San Francisco Giants
May 4, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1964 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Colt .45s 2, San Francisco Giants 3

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss 5 0 0 0
Fox 2b 6 0 2 0
  Williams pr 0 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
Spangler lf 6 1 0 0
Bond rf 4 1 1 1
Wynn cf 5 0 3 1
Aspromonte 3b 6 0 1 0
Staub 1b 5 0 1 0
Grote c 4 0 1 0
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
  Runnels ph 1 0 0 0
  Lillis 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 2 9 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Alou J. rf 5 1 1 0
Hiller 2b 5 1 1 1
Mays cf 5 1 3 2
McCovey 1b,lf 4 0 0 0
Snider lf 3 0 0 0
  O'Dell pr 0 0 0 0
  Alou M. lf 0 0 0 0
  Kuenn ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Hart 3b 5 0 0 0
Haller c 3 0 1 0
  Crandall ph,c 1 0 0 0
Pagan ss 5 0 1 0
Bolin p 2 0 0 0
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
  Pierce p 0 0 0 0
  Peterson ph 1 0 1 0
  Larsen p 0 0 0 0
  Davenport ph 1 0 0 0
  Shaw p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 8 3
Houston 100 001 000 000291
San Francisco 200 000 000 001381
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   10.0 5 2 2 4 3
  Woodeshick  L (0-2) 1.2 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.2
8
3
3
4
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bolin   5.2 6 2 2 4 2
  Herbel   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Pierce   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Larsen   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Shaw  W (3-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
9
2
2
7
4

  E–Lillis (1), Hiller (2).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 1.  PB–Grote (1).  2B–Houston Grote (1,off Bolin), San Francisco Hiller (2,off Woodeshick).  HR–Houston Bond (3,6th inning off Bolin 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Mays (10,1st inning off Johnson 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Bond (2,by Herbel); Wynn (1,by Herbel); Staub (1,by Larsen).  Team LOB–14.  SH–J Alou (2,off Johnson).  HBP–Kuenn (1,by Woodeshick).  Team–9.  SB–Spangler (1,2nd base off Bolin/Haller); Williams (1,2nd base off Shaw/Haller).  CS–Pagan (1,2nd base by Johnson/Grote).  WP–Herbel 2 (2).  HBP–Woodeshick (2,Kuenn).  IBB–Herbel 2 (2,Bond,Wynn); Larsen (1,Staub).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–3:09.  A–5,941.
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