St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Colt .45s
August 18, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1964 at Colt Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Colt .45s 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 1 0 0
Brock lf 4 0 1 1
White 1b 5 2 1 0
Boyer 3b 5 1 1 1
Groat ss 3 0 2 0
  Maxvill pr,ss 1 0 1 1
McCarver c 5 0 1 1
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
Shannon rf 3 0 0 0
Sadecki p 3 1 2 0
  Schultz p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 4
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss 4 0 1 0
Spangler lf 4 1 0 0
Gaines rf 3 0 0 0
Bond 1b 4 1 3 1
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 2 0
Hardy cf 4 0 0 0
Lillis 2b 4 0 0 0
Grote c 3 0 0 0
Larsen p 2 0 1 0
  Fox ph 0 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 1
St. Louis 000 200 1025102
Houston 011 000 000271
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  W (15-9) 6.2 7 2 1 2 5
  Schultz  SV (5) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
2
6
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Larsen  L (1-6) 7.0 7 3 3 1 5
  Woodeshick   2.0 3 2 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
3
3
6

  E–Groat 2 (27), Woodeshick (4).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Boyer (22,off Larsen); Sadecki (6,off Larsen).  3B–St. Louis White (4,off Larsen); Sadecki (1,off Larsen).  SH–Brock (8,off Woodeshick); Fox (16,off Sadecki).  Team LOB–10.  Team–7.  SB–Brock (30,2nd base off Larsen/Grote); McCarver (2,2nd base off Woodeshick/Grote); Aspromonte (5,2nd base off Sadecki/McCarver).  WP–Sadecki (5).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:41.  A–8,617.
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