Houston Colt .45s vs Chicago Cubs
June 26, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1964 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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 6, Chicago Cubs 7

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler cf 5 1 1 0
Fox 2b 5 1 3 1
Gaines rf,lf 4 0 2 1
Bond lf 5 1 2 2
  Owens p 0 0 0 0
  Larsen p 0 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 5 0 2 0
Roberts 1b 5 0 2 0
Kasko ss 5 0 0 0
Grote c 4 2 1 1
Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 1 0 0 0
  Lillis ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 43 6 14 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 5 1 2 1
Stewart ss 3 1 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 5 1 2 0
Banks 1b 4 2 2 3
Gabrielson rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Cowan cf 3 0 0 0
  Clemens ph,rf 1 2 0 1
Bertell c 3 0 1 0
Jackson p 3 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
  Ott ph 1 0 0 0
  Burdette p 0 0 0 0
  Burke ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 37 7 12 6
Houston 000 100 004 16140
Chicago 000 300 011 27120
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   3.1 4 3 3 2 2
  Raymond   2.2 1 0 0 1 3
  Jones   2.0 1 1 1 2 2
  Owens  L (3-5) 1.2 5 3 3 1 1
  Larsen   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.2
12
7
7
6
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   8.2 10 4 4 2 4
  McDaniel   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Shantz   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Elston   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Burdette  W (4-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
14
6
6
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Houston Fox (7,off Jackson); Aspromonte (7,off Jackson); Staub (8,off Jackson); Bond (7,off Shantz).  3B–Houston Fox (4,off Jackson).  HR–Houston Bond (9,4th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out); Grote (1,10th inning off L Burdette 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Banks (9,4th inning off Johnson 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Grote (3,by Jackson); Williams (4,by Jones).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Stewart (5,off Jones); Bertell (2,off Owens).  Team–9.  WP–Jones (1).  IBB–Jones (1,Williams); Jackson (5,Grote).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–3:21.  A–8,976.
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