Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Colt .45s
July 9, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1964 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Houston Colt .45s 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 3 0 0 0
Griffith 3b 3 1 1 0
  Gilliam 3b 1 1 1 0
Davis W. cf 3 1 1 1
Fairly 1b 3 0 2 3
Howard rf 4 0 0 0
  Parker rf 0 0 0 0
Roseboro c 4 1 1 0
Davis T. lf 3 0 0 0
Oliver 2b 4 0 0 0
Drysdale p 3 1 2 1
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 5 0 2 1
Fox 2b 5 0 3 2
White cf 3 0 0 0
Bond 1b 4 0 0 0
Gaines rf 3 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 1 1 0
Kasko ss 3 2 2 0
Grote c 4 2 1 2
Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Owens p 0 0 0 0
  Lillis ph 1 0 0 0
  Larsen p 0 0 0 0
  Hardy ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Bateman ph 0 1 0 1
Totals 34 6 9 6
Los Angeles 102 100 010581
Houston 000 020 004691
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale   6.1 5 2 2 1 7
  Miller   2.0 2 3 3 2 1
  Perranoski  L (3-4) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.2
9
6
6
4
8
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   3.2 7 4 4 0 2
  Owens   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Larsen   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Raymond  W (4-2) 2.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
1
7

  E–Roseboro (4), Gaines (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Gilliam (7,off Raymond).  3B–Los Angeles Griffith (1,off Johnson); W Davis (6,off Johnson).  HR–Houston Grote (2,5th inning off Drysdale 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Wills (5,off Johnson); W Davis (6,off Raymond).  SF–Fairly (1,off Raymond).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:28.  A–12,428.
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