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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

1963-09-25 · Night game · Colt Stadium · Att: 3118 · 74°F, cloudy · Wind 7 mph · 1:52

Houston Colt .45's defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1. Houston Colt .45's put up 2 in the 7th. Ken Johnson earned the win and Turk Farrell picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Ken Johnson L: Tommie Sisk SV: Turk Farrell

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Bailey	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dick Schofield	4	0	1	1	0	2
Willie Stargell	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Virdon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roberto Clemente	4	0	1	0	0	0
Smoky Burgess	3	0	1	0	1	0
Donn Clendenon	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gene Alley	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tommie Sisk	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jerry Lynch	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommie Sisk	8.0	4	2	3

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Johnson	8.1	7	1	5
Turk Farrell	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bob Bailey: E5.B-1
Dick Schofield: 36(1)3/GDP
Willie Stargell: K

Bot 1

Glenn Vaughan: S
Joe Morgan: 54(1)/FO
John Weekly: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Bill Virdon: 13
Roberto Clemente: 8
Smoky Burgess: S
Donn Clendenon: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Carl Warwick: 6/L
Rusty Staub: 43
Howie Goss: W
Bob Aspromonte: S.1-2#
John Bateman: K

Top 3

Gene Alley: 63
Tommie Sisk: S
Bob Bailey: 64(1)/FO
Dick Schofield: K

Bot 3

Ken Johnson: 53
Glenn Vaughan: 8
Joe Morgan: 43

Top 4

Willie Stargell: 9
Bill Virdon: 43
Roberto Clemente: S
Smoky Burgess: W.1-2
Donn Clendenon: 4/P

Bot 4

John Weekly: K
Carl Warwick: 63
Rusty Staub: 43

Top 5

Gene Alley: 63
Tommie Sisk: 6/P
Bob Bailey: S
Dick Schofield: SB2
Dick Schofield: S.2-H
Willie Stargell: 8

Bot 5

Howie Goss: 13
Bob Aspromonte: 3/FL
John Bateman: 53

Top 6

Bill Virdon: 8
Roberto Clemente: 43
Smoky Burgess: 8

Bot 6

Ken Johnson: 53
Glenn Vaughan: 63
Joe Morgan: 8

Top 7

Donn Clendenon: K
Gene Alley: S
Tommie Sisk: 24/SH.1-2
Bob Bailey: 53

Bot 7

John Weekly: W
Carl Warwick: E1.1-2;B-1
Rusty Staub: S.2-3;1-2
Howie Goss: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Bob Aspromonte: S.3-H;2XH(92);1-2#
John Bateman: E5.2-H(NR)(UR);1-2;B-1#
Ken Johnson: 7

Top 8

Dick Schofield: K/C
Willie Stargell: K/C
Bill Virdon: 13

Bot 8

Glenn Vaughan: 3/G
Joe Morgan: 43
John Weekly: K

Top 9

Roberto Clemente: 2/FL
Smoky Burgess: E3.B-2(E6)#
Donn Clendenon: S.2-3
Jerry Lynch: K
Bill Mazeroski: SB2#
Bill Mazeroski: POCSH(12)