Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
May 8, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 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."

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Houston Astros 11, Chicago Cubs 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 1
Spangler lf 5 2 2 0
Wynn cf 4 2 3 3
Bond 1b 5 1 2 1
Aspromonte 3b 4 2 2 0
Staub rf 5 1 2 1
Kasko ss 5 1 3 0
Brand c 5 1 1 1
Nottebart p 3 0 1 0
  Dierker p 2 0 0 0
Totals 43 11 18 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Beckert 2b 5 0 0 0
Altman lf 4 2 3 2
Williams cf 4 1 1 2
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Banks 1b 4 1 3 1
Clemens rf 3 1 0 0
Pena ss 4 0 1 0
Bertell c 3 1 0 1
Koonce p 1 0 0 0
  Broglio p 0 0 0 0
  Gabrielson ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Burke ph 1 0 0 0
  Baumann p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Houston 033 201 11011180
Chicago 020 030 100684
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Nottebart   4.2 5 5 5 1 2
  Dierker  W (1-0) 4.1 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
1
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Koonce  L (2-1) 2.0 8 5 4 0 0
  Broglio   3.0 5 3 2 0 1
  McDaniel   2.0 3 2 1 1 1
  Baumann   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
18
11
8
2
3

  E–Altman 2 (2), Clemens (1), Bertell (3).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Brand (2).  2B–Houston Brand (1,off Koonce); Wynn (6,off Koonce); Staub (2,off McDaniel).  3B–Houston Spangler (1,off Baumann).  HR–Houston Staub (3,2nd inning off Koonce 0 on, 2 out); Wynn (3,4th inning off Broglio 1 on, 1 out); Morgan (1,6th inning off McDaniel 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Banks (6,2nd inning off Nottebart 0 on, 0 out); Williams (2,5th inning off Nottebart 1 on, 2 out); Altman (3,7th inning off Dierker 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Clemens (1,by Nottebart).  Team–4.  CS–Wynn (1,2nd base by McDaniel/Bertell).  HBP–Nottebart (3,Clemens).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Al Forman, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:42.  A–10,186.
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