Houston Colt .45s vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 7, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 4 0 2 0
Fox 2b 4 0 0 0
White cf 4 1 3 0
Bond rf 4 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
Wynn lf 1 0 0 0
  Spangler lf 1 0 0 0
Roberts 1b 3 0 1 1
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Bruce p 2 0 1 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Yellen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 4 1 1 0
Virdon cf 4 1 2 1
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 1
Lynch lf 3 1 2 0
  Mota pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Burgess c 4 0 1 1
Bailey 3b 2 1 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 2 1 1 3
Law p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
Houston 000 000 100170
Pittsburgh 030 000 12x690
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce  L (6-2) 6.0 5 4 4 1 1
  Raymond   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Jones   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Yellen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
1
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  W (3-5) 9.0 7 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Lynch (2,off Bruce).  HR–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (4,2nd inning off Bruce 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Mazeroski (5,off Raymond).  Team–3.  SB–Schofield (1,2nd base off Jones/Bateman).  WP–Law (1).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–1:57.  A–13,149.
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