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Houston Astros @ Philadelphia Phillies

1963-07-18 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 5646 · 2:04

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Houston Colt .45's 5–1. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 3rd. John Boozer earned the win. Don Demeter 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	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3
PHI	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2		5	6

W: John Boozer L: Ken Johnson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Frank Secory · 1B: Bill Jackowski · 2B: Paul Pryor · 3B: Vinnie Smith · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Spangler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Runnels	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Aspromonte	4	0	1	0	0	0
Carl Warwick	4	1	0	0	0	0
Rusty Staub	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Wynn	3	0	1	1	0	0
John Bateman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Lillis	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Temple	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Taylor	3	0	1	1	1	1
Johnny Callison	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tony Gonzalez	3	1	2	0	1	0
Roy Sievers	4	0	0	0	0	3
Don Demeter	4	1	2	2	0	0
Clay Dalrymple	3	2	0	0	0	0
Don Hoak	3	1	1	2	0	0
Ruben Amaro	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Boozer	3	0	0	0	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Johnson	7.0	5	2	7
Don McMahon	1.0	1	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Boozer	9.0	3	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Spangler: K
Pete Runnels: 63
Bob Aspromonte: 8

Bot 1

Tony Taylor: 53
Johnny Callison: K
Tony Gonzalez: W
Roy Sievers: K

Top 2

Carl Warwick: 7/7D
Rusty Staub: S8
Jim Wynn: 8
John Bateman: K

Bot 2

Don Demeter: S7
Clay Dalrymple: E2/SH.1-2;B-1
Don Hoak: PB.2-3;1-2
Don Hoak: HP
Ruben Amaro: 4
John Boozer: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Tony Taylor: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Johnny Callison: K

Top 3

Bob Lillis: 4/L
Ken Johnson: 8
Al Spangler: 5/P

Bot 3

Tony Gonzalez: S9/9D
Roy Sievers: K
Don Demeter: BK.1-2
Don Demeter: HR/7.2-H
Clay Dalrymple: 43
Don Hoak: 53

Top 4

Pete Runnels: W
Bob Aspromonte: 5/FL
Carl Warwick: 2/FL
Rusty Staub: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Ruben Amaro: 53
John Boozer: K
Tony Taylor: K

Top 5

Jim Wynn: 53
John Bateman: 63
Bob Lillis: 7

Bot 5

Johnny Callison: 7
Tony Gonzalez: S8/G
Roy Sievers: 5/FL
Don Demeter: CS2(24)

Top 6

Ken Johnson: K
Al Spangler: 9
Pete Runnels: 43

Bot 6

Don Demeter: 2/FL
Clay Dalrymple: 43
Don Hoak: 7/L

Top 7

Bob Aspromonte: S8
Carl Warwick: 64(1)/FO
Rusty Staub: K
Jim Wynn: T8.1-H
John Bateman: 5/FL

Bot 7

Ruben Amaro: 9
John Boozer: K
Tony Taylor: S8
Johnny Callison: E4.1-2;B-1
Tony Gonzalez: 13

Top 8

Johnny Temple: W
Jim Campbell: 54(1)3/GDP
Al Spangler: 9/9D

Bot 8

Roy Sievers: K
Don Demeter: 5/L
Clay Dalrymple: E6.B-1
Don Hoak: HR/7.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Ruben Amaro: 4/P

Top 9

Pete Runnels: 43
Bob Aspromonte: 9
Carl Warwick: 8/8D