St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Colt .45s
April 19, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1964 at Colt Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Colt .45s and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Houston Colt .45s 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 1 1 1
Groat ss 4 0 1 1
  Maxvill ss 0 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 0 0
James lf 4 1 1 0
  Warwick lf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Lewis rf 3 1 1 0
McCarver c 4 1 2 1
Javier 2b 3 1 1 3
Gibson p 4 1 1 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss 5 1 1 0
Fox 2b 3 0 0 0
Runnels 1b 3 0 0 0
Bond lf 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 3 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 1 0
Wynn cf 2 0 0 0
Bateman c 4 0 1 0
Nottebart p 2 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 0 0 0 0
  Bruce p 0 0 0 0
  Weekly ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 0
St. Louis 020 020 200681
Houston 100 000 000141
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (2-0) 9.0 4 1 1 7 8
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
7
8
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Nottebart  L (0-1) 7.0 7 6 6 1 4
  Bruce   2.0 1 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
1
10

  E–James (1), Wynn (1).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis James (1,off Nottebart); Flood (1,off Nottebart), Houston Kasko (4,off Gibson).  3B–Houston Bond (1,off Gibson).  HR–St. Louis Javier (1,7th inning off Nottebart 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Javier (2,off Nottebart).  Team LOB–3.  Team–9.  SB–Lewis (1,2nd base off Bruce/Bateman).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Al Forman.  T–2:11.  A–12,913.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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