Houston Colt .45s vs New York Mets
August 2, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1964 at Shea Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Colt .45s 9, New York Mets 7

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 4 2 2 0
Fox 2b 5 1 1 0
Gaines rf 4 2 4 1
Bond 1b 5 3 3 4
Aspromonte 3b 5 0 2 1
Hardy cf 5 1 3 2
Lillis ss 5 0 1 1
Grote c 5 0 2 0
Farrell p 4 0 1 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Nottebart p 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 19 9
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Klaus 2b 5 0 2 1
Hunt 3b 5 0 3 0
Altman lf 3 0 0 0
  Hickman ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Christopher rf 3 2 1 0
  Kanehl lf 0 0 0 0
  Gonder ph 1 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 5 2 3 1
Elliot cf 3 1 1 4
Taylor c 4 0 0 0
McMillan ss 4 1 2 0
Sutherland p 0 0 0 0
  Wakefield p 2 0 0 0
  Cisco p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 1 1 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 6
Houston 103 000 2039190
New York 000 103 0307132
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell   7.0 9 5 5 3 0
  Woodeshick   0.2 4 2 2 0 0
  Nottebart  W (4-8) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
3
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Sutherland   2.1 6 4 4 2 0
  Wakefield   3.2 7 2 2 0 2
  Cisco   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Fisher  L (7-13) 1.0 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
19
9
9
2
2

  E–Hunt (8), Christopher (5).  DP–Houston 1, New York 1.  2B–Houston Spangler (8,off Sutherland); Gaines 2 (5,off Wakefield,off Fisher); Bond (11,off Fisher), New York Kranepool (13,off Farrell); Klaus (7,off Farrell).  HR–Houston Bond (15,7th inning off Wakefield 1 on, 0 out); Hardy (1,9th inning off Fisher 1 on, 1 out), New York Elliot (8,6th inning off Farrell 2 on, 0 out); Kranepool (5,8th inning off Farrell 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Wakefield (3,off Farrell).  SF–Elliot (1,off Farrell).  Team–8.  CS–Spangler (7,2nd base by Wakefield/Taylor).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:28.
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