Houston Colt .45s vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 4, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1964 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss 3 1 0 0
Lillis 2b 4 1 3 0
White lf 4 0 0 0
Bond 1b 3 0 0 0
  Roberts 1b 0 0 0 1
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 1 0
Gaines rf 4 0 2 0
Hardy cf 3 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 1 0
Bruce p 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Murrell ph 1 0 0 0
  Coombs p 0 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 0 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bailey 3b 5 2 2 0
Virdon cf 5 2 3 0
Clemente rf 5 1 2 1
Lynch lf 1 2 1 1
  Mota lf 3 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 5 2 3 3
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 3 4
Pagliaroni c 4 0 1 0
Alley ss 4 0 0 0
Veale p 4 0 1 0
Totals 40 10 16 9
Houston 000 000 020271
Pittsburgh 023 014 00x10162
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce  L (13-8) 2.1 6 5 4 0 0
  Jones   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Coombs   2.0 7 5 5 0 1
  Farrell   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
10
9
0
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale  W (15-10) 9.0 7 2 1 3 7
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
3
7

  E–White (5), Clemente (8), Alley (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Grote (9).  2B–Houston Grote (9,off Veale), Pittsburgh Lynch (13,off Bruce).  3B–Pittsburgh Clendenon 2 (7,off Coombs 2).  HR–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (10,2nd inning off Bruce 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Roberts (1,off Veale).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Lynch (1,by Bruce).  Team–7.  CS–Lillis (8,2nd base by Veale/Pagliaroni).  WP–Veale (17).  HBP–Bruce (3,Lynch).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:25.  A–6,133.
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