Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Colt .45s
September 27, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1964 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 0, Houston Colt .45s 1

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Tracewski ss 5 0 1 0
Griffith rf 4 0 0 0
  Parker rf 1 0 1 0
Davis W. cf 5 0 0 0
Davis T. lf 5 0 1 0
Roseboro c 5 0 1 0
  Crawford pr 0 0 0 0
  Torborg c 0 0 0 0
Fairly 1b 4 0 0 0
Oliver 2b 4 0 1 0
Shirley 3b 3 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Gilliam 3b 0 0 0 0
Drysdale p 2 0 0 0
  Wills ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 0 5 0
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Spangler lf 5 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 2 0
Staub rf 5 1 0 0
Bond 1b 4 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 0 1 1
Kasko ss 4 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Bruce p 4 0 1 0
Totals 39 1 5 1
Los Angeles 000 000 000 000051
Houston 000 000 000 001152
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale   10.0 3 0 0 2 6
  Perranoski  L (5-7) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
11.2
5
1
1
3
7
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce  W (15-9) 12.0 5 0 0 2 6
Totals
12.0
5
0
0
2
6

  E–Oliver (15), Morgan (2), Bond (13).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles T Davis (19,off Bruce).  SH–Oliver (4,off Bruce).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Aspromonte (7,by Perranoski).  Team–6.  CS–Parker (5,2nd base by Bruce/Grote); Wynn (3,2nd base by Drysdale/Roseboro).  WP–Bruce (4).  IBB–Perranoski (19,Aspromonte).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:50.  A–6,246.
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