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Houston Astros @ New York Mets

1963-09-14 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5544 · 57°F, cloudy · 2:03

Houston Colt .45's defeated New York Mets 4–0. Houston Colt .45's put up 2 in the 4th. Ken Johnson earned the win. Carl Warwick went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ken Johnson L: Carl Willey SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Doug Harvey · 1B: Lee Weyer · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: Ed Vargo · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Howie Goss	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Runnels	3	1	1	1	1	0
Jim Wynn	3	0	0	0	1	0
Carl Warwick	4	1	2	2	0	0
Rusty Staub	3	0	0	0	1	0
John Bateman	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Aspromonte	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Lillis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	2

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Ed Kranepool	3	0	1	1
Duke Carmel	4	0	0	2
Duke Snider	4	0	0	0
Tim Harkness	4	1	0	0
Jim Hickman	4	0	0	1
Rod Kanehl	4	2	0	0
Al Moran	2	0	0	0
Choo-Choo Coleman	2	1	1	0
Carl Willey	1	0	0	1
Joe Hicks	1	0	0	0
Joe Christopher	1	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Johnson	9.0	4	2	5

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Willey	7.0	2	2	2
Larry Bearnarth	2.0	3	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Howie Goss: 4/P
Pete Runnels: 63
Jim Wynn: 1/BP

Bot 1

Ed Kranepool: 43
Duke Carmel: 4/L
Duke Snider: 43

Top 2

Carl Warwick: 53
Rusty Staub: W
John Bateman: K
Bob Aspromonte: 7

Bot 2

Tim Harkness: 3/G
Jim Hickman: 2/FL
Rod Kanehl: 31

Top 3

Bob Lillis: 53
Ken Johnson: 31
Howie Goss: 63

Bot 3

Al Moran: E5.B-1
Choo-Choo Coleman: 8
Carl Willey: 23/SH.1-2
Ed Kranepool: W
Duke Carmel: 4/L

Top 4

Pete Runnels: W
Jim Wynn: OA.1X2(2E4)#
Jim Wynn: 53
Carl Warwick: HR/7.2-H
Rusty Staub: 63
John Bateman: 9

Bot 4

Duke Snider: 8
Tim Harkness: 8
Jim Hickman: 8

Top 5

Bob Aspromonte: 13
Bob Lillis: 13
Ken Johnson: K

Bot 5

Rod Kanehl: S7
Al Moran: 6/P
Choo-Choo Coleman: S6.1-2
Carl Willey: K
Ed Kranepool: K+PB.2-3;1-2;B-1
Duke Carmel: K

Top 6

Howie Goss: 7/L
Pete Runnels: 7
Jim Wynn: 9

Bot 6

Duke Snider: 43
Tim Harkness: S8
Jim Hickman: K
Rod Kanehl: S8.1-3
Joe Hicks: 13

Top 7

Carl Warwick: S6
Rusty Staub: 4/P
John Bateman: 8
Bob Aspromonte: 7/L

Bot 7

Choo-Choo Coleman: W
Joe Christopher: PO1(23)#
Joe Christopher: 4/P
Ed Kranepool: 6/P

Top 8

Bob Lillis: 53
Ken Johnson: K
Howie Goss: D9
Pete Runnels: D7.2-H
Jim Wynn: IW
Carl Warwick: 43

Bot 8

Duke Carmel: K
Duke Snider: 43
Tim Harkness: 9

Top 9

Rusty Staub: 3/G
John Bateman: K
Bob Aspromonte: HR/7
Bob Lillis: K23

Bot 9

Jim Hickman: 5/FL
Rod Kanehl: 13
Frank Thomas: 9

Notes & reviews

Astros manager Craft and player Spangler, not in game, ejected by HP umpire Harvey for arguing that Coleman had bunted at a pitch
Debut game for Cleon Jones

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