Houston Colt .45s vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 5, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 4 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 1 0
Spangler cf 4 1 3 0
Bond 1b 4 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 1 1
White lf 4 0 0 0
Gaines rf 3 0 1 0
Grote c 3 0 1 0
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bailey 3b 2 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 0 1 0
Clemente rf 4 1 1 0
Lynch lf 3 2 2 2
  Mota lf 0 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 3 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 2 1
Pagliaroni c 4 0 1 0
Alley ss 3 1 1 0
Friend p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 3
Houston 000 000 001181
Pittsburgh 010 010 02x480
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (10-14) 7.0 4 2 1 2 3
  Jones   0.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Raymond   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
2
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  W (12-15) 9.0 8 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
5

  E–Johnson (5).  DP–Houston 1, Pittsburgh 3.  2B–Houston Spangler (14,off Friend); Gaines (8,off Friend), Pittsburgh Lynch (14,off Johnson); Virdon (9,off Johnson).  3B–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (7,off Johnson).  HR–Pittsburgh Lynch (16,8th inning off Jones 1 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Clendenon (2,off Johnson); Friend (10,off Johnson); Bailey (4,off Johnson).  HBP–Alley (2,by Johnson).  IBB–Lynch (3,by Johnson).  Team–8.  SB–Bailey (10,2nd base off Johnson/Grote).  HBP–Johnson (6,Alley).  IBB–Johnson (6,Lynch).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–1:57.  A–4,272.
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