Houston Colt .45s vs New York Mets
July 31, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1964 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets 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 0, New York Mets 3

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 4 0 1 0
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0
Spangler lf 4 0 0 0
Bond 1b 2 0 0 0
Gaines rf 3 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
White cf 3 0 0 0
Grote c 3 0 0 0
Larsen p 1 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 2 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Klaus 2b 4 0 2 0
Hunt 3b 3 0 1 1
Elliot cf 4 0 0 0
Christopher rf 4 1 1 0
  Cannizzaro c 0 0 0 0
Altman lf 4 0 0 0
Gonder c 3 0 2 0
  Thomas ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hickman ph,rf 1 1 1 1
McMillan ss 3 1 2 0
Lary p 4 0 2 1
Totals 34 3 11 3
Houston 000 000 000021
New York 000 010 02x3110
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Larsen  L (1-4) 7.0 8 2 2 2 2
  Woodeshick   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
3
3
2
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  W (2-3) 9.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
1
3

  E–Woodeshick (3).  2B–New York Klaus (6,off Larsen); Christopher (14,off Larsen); Hickman (7,off Woodeshick).  HBP–Bond (5,by Lary); Hunt (8,by Larsen).  Team LOB–3.  IBB–McMillan (2,by Larsen).  Team–10.  CS–Bond (2,2nd base by Lary/Gonder).  HBP–Larsen (1,Hunt); Lary (4,Bond).  IBB–Larsen (3,McMillan).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:10.
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