Houston Colt .45s vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 23, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1964 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler cf 4 1 2 0
Fox 2b 3 0 2 2
  Kasko pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Gaines rf 4 1 0 0
Bond lf 4 0 1 1
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 1 0
Staub 1b 4 0 1 0
Lillis ss,2b 3 0 0 0
Bateman c 4 1 1 1
Farrell p 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 1 1 0
  Larsen p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 0 1 0
Brock lf 4 1 2 0
White 1b 4 1 2 1
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 2
Skinner rf 4 0 1 0
  Warwick rf 0 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 1 3 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
McCarver c 2 1 1 1
Washburn p 2 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 1 0
  Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 13 4
Houston 100 002 100493
St. Louis 300 100 10x5130
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell   3.0 9 4 4 0 2
  Raymond   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Larsen  L (0-2) 3.0 3 1 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
5
4
0
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn   5.2 6 3 3 0 5
  Taylor  W (1-1) 1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Cuellar  SV (1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
0
8

  E–Staub 2 (5), Bateman (3).  DP–Houston 3, St. Louis 1.  2B–Houston Fox (6,off Washburn); Bond (6,off Washburn), St. Louis Brock (11,off Farrell).  HR–Houston Bateman (3,7th inning off Taylor 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Boyer (12,1st inning off Farrell 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Lillis (4,off Cuellar).  SF–Fox (1,off Washburn); McCarver (1,off Raymond).  Team LOB–4.  Team–5.  SB–Brock 2 (14,2nd base off Farrell/Bateman,2nd base off Larsen/Bateman).  CS–Brock (4,3rd base by Farrell/Bateman); Javier (4,2nd base by Raymond/Bateman).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:20.  A–9,679.
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