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Milwaukee Braves @ Houston Astros

1964-08-23 · Night game · Colt Stadium · Att: 7184 · 2:00

Houston Colt .45's defeated Milwaukee Braves 7–1. Houston Colt .45's put up 4 in the 8th. Don Larsen earned the win. Walt Bond went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5
HOU	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4		7	10

W: Don Larsen L: Warren Spahn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Chris Pelekoudas · 1B: Bill Williams · 2B: Tom Gorman · 3B: Vinnie Smith · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denis Menke	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lee Maye	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hank Aaron	3	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Mathews	4	0	1	1	0	1
Joe Torre	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Oliver	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rico Carty	3	0	0	0	0	0
Felipe Alou	2	0	0	0	1	0
Warren Spahn	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ty Cline	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Kasko	5	0	3	2	0	0
Al Spangler	5	0	1	0	0	2
Joe Gaines	3	1	1	0	1	1
Walt Bond	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bob Aspromonte	3	2	1	1	0	0
Bob Lillis	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dave Roberts	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Grote	4	2	2	2	0	0
Don Larsen	3	0	0	0	1	0

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	7.0	7	2	3
Hank Fischer	0.1	2	1	0
Chi-Chi Olivo	0.2	1	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Larsen	9.0	5	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denis Menke: 13
Lee Maye: 8
Hank Aaron: W
Eddie Mathews: SB2
Eddie Mathews: K

Bot 1

Eddie Kasko: 6
Al Spangler: K
Joe Gaines: W
Walt Bond: 2/FL

Top 2

Joe Torre: S
Gene Oliver: S.1-2
Rico Carty: 6(1)3/GDP.2-3
Felipe Alou: W
Warren Spahn: 3/G

Bot 2

Bob Aspromonte: HR
Bob Lillis: 4/L
Dave Roberts: 3/G
Jerry Grote: S
Don Larsen: W.1-2
Eddie Kasko: S.2-H;1-2
Al Spangler: 63

Top 3

Denis Menke: D
Lee Maye: 8/L
Hank Aaron: FC6.2X3(65)
Eddie Mathews: 46(1)/FO

Bot 3

Joe Gaines: S
Walt Bond: S.1-3
Bob Aspromonte: 54(1)3/GDP.3-H
Bob Lillis: 6

Top 4

Joe Torre: 3/FL
Gene Oliver: 31
Rico Carty: 43

Bot 4

Dave Roberts: K
Jerry Grote: 43
Don Larsen: 53

Top 5

Felipe Alou: 53
Warren Spahn: 43
Denis Menke: 4

Bot 5

Eddie Kasko: S
Al Spangler: 9
Joe Gaines: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Lee Maye: 3/G
Hank Aaron: 5
Eddie Mathews: 7

Bot 6

Walt Bond: E3
Bob Aspromonte: 13.1-2
Bob Lillis: 6
Dave Roberts: E4.2-3
Jerry Grote: 7

Top 7

Joe Torre: 63
Gene Oliver: 8
Rico Carty: 8

Bot 7

Don Larsen: 53
Eddie Kasko: 9
Al Spangler: D
Joe Gaines: K

Top 8

Felipe Alou: 8
Ty Cline: 8
Denis Menke: 5/L

Bot 8

Walt Bond: HR
Bob Aspromonte: HP
Bob Lillis: W.1-2
Dave Roberts: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Jerry Grote: D.3-H;2-H
Don Larsen: 53
Eddie Kasko: T.2-H
Al Spangler: K

Top 9

Lee Maye: D
Hank Aaron: 63
Eddie Mathews: S.2-H
Joe Torre: 6
Gene Oliver: 5