Houston Colt .45s vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 5, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1964 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 1, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 3 1 1 1
Fox 2b 4 0 0 0
Gaines rf 2 0 1 0
Bond 1b 4 0 2 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 1 0
Hardy cf 4 0 1 0
Lillis ss 4 0 1 0
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Bruce p 2 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez cf 4 0 3 0
Herrnstein 1b,lf 3 0 0 0
Callison rf 4 1 2 0
Allen 3b 4 1 1 1
Covington lf 4 1 1 0
  Amaro 1b 0 0 0 0
Dalrymple c 3 0 1 1
Taylor 2b 3 1 2 1
Wine ss 3 0 0 0
Bunning p 2 0 0 0
  Rojas ph 0 0 0 1
  Baldschun p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 10 4
Houston 001 000 000170
Philadelphia 010 000 12x4100
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce  L (11-6) 8.0 10 4 4 1 5
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
1
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (11-4) 7.0 5 1 1 0 5
  Baldschun  SV (14) 2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
7

  E–None.  2B–Houston Aspromonte (14,off Bunning); Bond (12,off Baldschun), Philadelphia Callison 2 (19,off Bruce 2); Gonzalez (16,off Bruce); Allen (25,off Bruce); Taylor (6,off Bruce).  3B–Philadelphia Taylor (4,off Bruce).  HR–Houston Spangler (3,3rd inning off Bunning 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Gaines (3,off Bunning); Bruce (5,off Bunning); Herrnstein (6,off Bruce); Dalrymple (9,off Bruce).  HBP–Gaines (1,by Bunning); Fox (8,by Bunning); Spangler (2,by Bunning).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Taylor (2,off Bruce); Rojas (3,off Bruce).  Team–7.  HBP–Bunning 3 (12,Gaines,Fox,Spangler).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Al Forman, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:18.
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