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Houston Astros @ New York Mets

1963-07-14 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 8 innings · Att: 8639 · overcast, drizzle, wet · 1:48

Houston Colt .45's defeated New York Mets 8–3. Houston Colt .45's put up 7 in the 1st. Hal Brown earned the win. Frank Thomas went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Hal Brown L: Galen Cisco SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tony Venzon · 1B: Mel Steiner · 2B: Augie Donatelli · 3B: Shag Crawford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Spangler	3	1	1	1	2	0
Johnny Temple	3	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Runnels	2	1	1	0	0	0
Rusty Staub	2	1	0	0	1	1
Bob Aspromonte	3	1	0	1	1	0
Jim Wynn	3	2	2	2	1	0
Howie Goss	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Bateman	4	1	1	3	0	0
Hal Brown	4	0	1	1	0	1
Carl Warwick	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Fazio	2	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Hunt	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Hickman	4	0	1	0	0	1
Duke Snider	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jesse Gonder	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	2	2	2	0	0
Tim Harkness	3	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Hicks	3	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Burright	2	0	1	0	1	0
Don Rowe	3	0	1	1	0	0
Choo-Choo Coleman	1	1	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Brown	7.0	9	2	3

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Galen Cisco	0.0	2	2	0
Don Rowe	8.0	5	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Spangler: HR/F9D
Johnny Temple: E6/G6.B-1
Pete Runnels: S7/L.1-2
Rusty Staub: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Aspromonte: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Jim Wynn: S7/F78S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Howie Goss: 4/P34D
John Bateman: T78/L78D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Hal Brown: S9/F9LDW.3-H
Al Spangler: 5/P5F/FL
Johnny Temple: 7/F7D

Bot 1

Ron Hunt: 53/G5
Jim Hickman: K/C
Duke Snider: W
Jesse Gonder: 3/G3

Top 2

Pete Runnels: 8/F8D
Rusty Staub: HP
Bob Aspromonte: 54(1)/FO
Jim Wynn: 3/P3F/FL

Bot 2

Frank Thomas: 63/G6
Tim Harkness: K
Joe Hicks: D9/F89
Larry Burright: W
Don Rowe: 9/F9

Top 3

Howie Goss: K/C
John Bateman: 63/G6
Hal Brown: 4/P4M

Bot 3

Ron Hunt: 7/F78XD
Jim Hickman: 6/P56D
Duke Snider: S7/G56
Jesse Gonder: 8/L8D

Top 4

Al Spangler: 5/P1S
Johnny Temple: S7/G5L
Carl Warwick: 54(1)/FO/R3
Rusty Staub: K

Bot 4

Frank Thomas: S7/G56
Tim Harkness: K/C
Joe Hicks: 9/F9LDF/FL
Larry Burright: S7/G56.1-2
Don Rowe: S9/L3D.2-H;1-3
Ron Hunt: 7/L7S

Top 5

Bob Aspromonte: 5/L5
Jim Wynn: HR/F7D
Howie Goss: 63/G6
John Bateman: 8/F89

Bot 5

Jim Hickman: 53/G5L
Duke Snider: 8/F89XD
Jesse Gonder: 8/F8

Top 6

Hal Brown: K/C
Al Spangler: W
Ernie Fazio: 86(1)/FO/F8S
Carl Warwick: 4/P34D

Bot 6

Frank Thomas: 7/F7
Tim Harkness: 3/P3F/FL
Joe Hicks: 43/G4

Top 7

Rusty Staub: 1/L1
Bob Aspromonte: 4/P34D
Jim Wynn: W
Howie Goss: 54(1)/FO

Bot 7

Larry Burright: 13/BG1S
Don Rowe: 6/P6
Ron Hunt: S6/G6S
Jim Hickman: S7/G56.1-2
Duke Snider: 43/G4

Top 8

John Bateman: 53/G5
Hal Brown: 53/G56
Al Spangler: W
Ernie Fazio: 7/F7

Bot 8

Choo-Choo Coleman: S5/BG25
Frank Thomas: HR/F7D.1-H

Notes & reviews

Brown threw 3 pitches to Harkness (2 called strikes and a foul) when the umpires called time. $Game (and scheduled second game of DH) called due to rain.

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