New York Mets vs Houston Colt .45s
September 19, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1964 at Colt 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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New York Mets 1, Houston Colt .45s 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Kanehl 2b 4 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 3 0
Christopher rf 3 1 0 0
Altman lf 4 0 2 0
Hickman cf 4 0 1 1
Gonder c 4 0 1 0
McMillan ss 3 0 1 0
Klaus 3b 2 0 0 0
  Elliot ph 1 0 0 0
  Graham 3b 0 0 0 0
Fisher p 2 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 9 1
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 3 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 0 0 0
Bond 1b 2 2 2 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 3 1
Wynn cf 3 0 0 0
Kasko ss 4 0 0 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
  Fox ph 1 0 1 1
Farrell p 3 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Owens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
New York 000 000 001190
Houston 000 001 001260
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher   7.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Hunter  L (3-2) 1.0 0 1 1 2 1
  Wakefield   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
6
2
2
4
5
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell   8.1 7 1 1 1 5
  Woodeshick   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Owens  W (8-7) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Houston 3.  SH–Aspromonte (6,off Wakefield).  HBP–Bond (8,by Fisher).  IBB–Wynn (2,by Wakefield).  Team–7.  SB–Bond (2,2nd base off Fisher/Gonder).  CS–Morgan (1,2nd base by Hunter/Gonder).  WP–Fisher (5).  HBP–Fisher (10,Bond).  IBB–Wakefield (5,Wynn).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:13.  A–4,003.
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