Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
May 7, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1965 at Wrigley Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 5, Chicago Cubs 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 5 0 0 0
Spangler lf 5 1 2 0
Wynn cf 2 0 0 0
Bond 1b 3 1 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 1 2 3
Staub rf 4 0 1 0
Bateman c 4 1 0 0
Kasko ss 4 1 2 0
Giusti p 3 0 1 2
  Owens p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Beckert 2b 4 0 0 0
Altman lf 3 2 2 1
Williams cf 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 3 1 1 0
Banks 1b 4 1 1 3
Gabrielson rf 4 0 1 0
Pena ss 4 0 2 0
Bertell c 3 0 2 0
  Stewart pr 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum ph 1 0 0 0
Burdette p 2 0 0 0
  Broglio p 0 0 0 0
  Clemens ph 0 0 0 0
  Roznovsky c 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
Houston 020 030 000590
Chicago 301 000 0004101
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Giusti  W (5-0) 6.1 9 4 4 2 4
  Owens  SV (2) 2.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  L (0-2) 5.0 8 5 3 0 1
  Broglio   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  McDaniel   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
2
3

  E–Pena (9).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Bateman (2).  2B–Houston Giusti (1,off Burdette).  HR–Houston Aspromonte (2,5th inning off Burdette 2 on, 2 out), Chicago Banks (5,1st inning off Giusti 2 on, 2 out); Altman (2,3rd inning off Giusti 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Wynn (1,off Burdette).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  CS–Kasko (1,2nd base by Broglio/Bertell).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:24.  A–3,424.
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