San Francisco Giants vs Houston Colt .45s
September 21, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1964 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 1, Houston Colt .45s 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn lf 4 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
Hart 3b 4 1 1 1
Cepeda 1b 3 0 0 0
Haller c 3 0 2 0
  Cardenal pr 0 0 0 0
  Crandall c 0 0 0 0
Lanier 2b 3 0 1 0
Davenport ss 2 0 0 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 0 0
  Pagan ss 0 0 0 0
Bolin p 2 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 3 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 3 1 1 2
Bond 1b 3 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Wynn cf 3 1 2 0
Kasko ss 2 0 1 0
Bateman c 3 0 1 1
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 6 3
San Francisco 000 100 000140
Houston 000 110 01x361
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bolin  L (5-8) 7.0 5 2 2 1 6
  O'Dell   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
2
7
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (11-16) 9.0 4 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
6

  E–Johnson (6).  DP–San Francisco 1, Houston 1.  2B–Houston Bateman (8,off Bolin).  HR–San Francisco Hart (29,4th inning off Johnson 0 on, 1 out), Houston Staub (6,4th inning off Bolin 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Kasko (8,off Bolin).  Team–3.  CS–Wynn (2,2nd base by Bolin/Haller).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–1:51.  A–4,154.
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