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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

1963-09-24 · Night game · Colt Stadium · Att: 3144 · 76°F · Wind 6 mph · 2:19

Houston Colt .45's defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. Houston Colt .45's put up 2 in the 1st. Chris Zachary earned the win and Hal Woodeshick picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	4
HOU	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	6

W: Chris Zachary L: Earl Francis SV: Hal Woodeshick

Umpires — HP: John Kibler · 1B: Ed Sudol · 2B: Bill Jackowski · 3B: Shag Crawford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Schofield	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Virdon	4	1	1	0	0	0
Roberto Clemente	3	0	1	0	1	1
Willie Stargell	3	0	1	0	0	0
Donn Clendenon	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Bailey	3	1	0	0	1	0
Gene Alley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Brand	3	0	1	1	1	0
Earl Francis	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ted Savage	1	0	0	0	0	1
Manny Mota	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Mazeroski	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Glenn Vaughan	3	1	0	0	1	0
Joe Morgan	4	1	1	0	0	0
John Weekly	4	0	1	0	0	0
Carl Warwick	2	1	1	0	2	0
Rusty Staub	2	0	1	1	0	0
Howie Goss	3	0	2	1	1	1
Bob Aspromonte	3	0	0	0	0	2
John Bateman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Zachary	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Woodeshick	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Francis	6.0	5	4	3
Don Schwall	2.0	1	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Zachary	6.1	3	2	3
Hal Woodeshick	2.2	1	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Schofield: 4/P
Bill Virdon: 7
Roberto Clemente: W
Willie Stargell: S.1-2#
Donn Clendenon: K

Bot 1

Glenn Vaughan: W
Joe Morgan: S.1-2#
John Weekly: 7
Carl Warwick: W.2-3;1-2
Rusty Staub: 7/SF.3-H;2-3#
Howie Goss: WP.3-H#
Howie Goss: S.1-2#
Bob Aspromonte: K

Top 2

Bob Bailey: 13
Gene Alley: 63
Ron Brand: 3/G

Bot 2

John Bateman: 8
Chris Zachary: 63
Glenn Vaughan: 63

Top 3

Earl Francis: E4.B-1
Dick Schofield: 7
Bill Virdon: 9
Roberto Clemente: S.1-2#
Willie Stargell: 4/L

Bot 3

Joe Morgan: 43
John Weekly: D
Carl Warwick: W
Rusty Staub: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Donn Clendenon: 53
Bob Bailey: 8
Gene Alley: 8

Bot 4

Howie Goss: W
Bob Aspromonte: 8
John Bateman: 8/L
Chris Zachary: 13

Top 5

Ron Brand: 3/P
Earl Francis: K/C
Dick Schofield: 31

Bot 5

Glenn Vaughan: 9
Joe Morgan: 8
John Weekly: 7

Top 6

Bill Virdon: 7/FL
Roberto Clemente: E4.B-1
Willie Stargell: 9
Donn Clendenon: K/C

Bot 6

Carl Warwick: S
Rusty Staub: 23/SH.1-2
Howie Goss: S.2-H
Bob Aspromonte: K/C
John Bateman: K

Top 7

Bob Bailey: W
Gene Alley: 53.1-2
Ron Brand: S.2-H
Ted Savage: K
Dick Schofield: 9

Bot 7

Hal Woodeshick: K
Glenn Vaughan: 23
Joe Morgan: 43

Top 8

Bill Virdon: D
Roberto Clemente: WP.2-3#
Roberto Clemente: WP.3-H#
Roberto Clemente: K
Manny Mota: K
Donn Clendenon: 13

Bot 8

John Weekly: 63
Carl Warwick: 63
Rusty Staub: S
Howie Goss: K

Top 9

Bob Bailey: 43
Gene Alley: K/C
Ron Brand: W
Bill Mazeroski: E6.1-2;B-1#
Dick Schofield: 8