Houston Colt .45s vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 31, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1964 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 1, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 3 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0
Spangler lf 3 0 1 1
Bond cf 4 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
White 3b 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 2 0 0 0
Roberts 1b 4 0 0 0
Bateman c 4 0 0 0
Owens p 2 0 1 0
  Aspromonte ph 0 0 0 0
  Hertz pr 0 1 0 0
  Wynn cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rojas 2b 3 1 2 0
Allen 3b 4 1 2 2
Callison rf 4 0 1 0
Covington lf 3 0 1 0
  Wine ss 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez cf 3 0 0 0
Herrnstein 1b,lf 3 1 1 0
Dalrymple c 3 0 0 0
Amaro ss,1b 3 1 1 2
Mahaffey p 2 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Houston 000 000 100150
Philadelphia 200 020 00x481
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Owens  L (1-4) 6.0 7 4 4 0 4
  Raymond   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
1
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Mahaffey  W (4-2) 6.1 3 1 1 7 5
  Roebuck  SV (6) 2.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
7
6

  E–Callison (3).  DP–Houston 1, Philadelphia 1.  PB–Dalrymple (3).  2B–Houston Owens (1,off Mahaffey).  3B–Philadelphia Herrnstein (3,off Owens); Callison (4,off Owens).  HR–Philadelphia Allen (10,1st inning off Owens 1 on, 0 out); Amaro (1,5th inning off Owens 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–10.  Team–3.  CS–Lillis (2,2nd base by Mahaffey/Dalrymple); Rojas (1,2nd base by Owens/Bateman).  WP–Mahaffey (3).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:15.  A–8,154.
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