Houston Colt .45s vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 5, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1964 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 4 0 1 2
Fox 2b 3 0 0 0
White cf 4 1 2 0
Bond rf 4 0 1 1
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
Staub 1b 4 1 2 0
Bateman c 4 1 1 0
Kasko ss 3 0 0 0
Nottebart p 3 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 4 1 2 0
Virdon cf 4 0 1 0
  Mota ph 1 0 1 1
Clemente rf 4 0 1 1
Stargell 1b 4 1 1 1
Lynch lf 3 0 1 0
  Bailey ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Freese 3b 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 0
Pagliaroni c 4 1 3 0
Friend p 2 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 0 0
  Priddy p 0 0 0 0
  Clendenon ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 37 4 13 4
Houston 100 020 000370
Pittsburgh 000 100 0034131
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Nottebart   7.1 8 1 1 2 3
  Woodeshick  L (1-5) 1.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Jones   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
13
4
4
2
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend   7.0 7 3 3 1 4
  Priddy  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
4

  E–Mazeroski (6).  DP–Houston 2, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Houston Bateman (4,off Friend), Pittsburgh Pagliaroni (1,off Woodeshick).  3B–Houston Bond (3,off Friend), Pittsburgh Pagliaroni (1,off Nottebart).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (8,4th inning off Nottebart 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Fox (5,by Friend).  IBB–Kasko (2,by Friend).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  HBP–Friend (2,Fox).  IBB–Friend (4,Kasko).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:15.  A–8,693.
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