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Houston Astros @ Los Angeles Dodgers

1964-05-06 · Night game · Dodger Stadium · Att: 16761 · 53°F · 2:09

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Houston Colt .45's 5–2. Los Angeles Dodgers put up 2 in the 5th. Don Drysdale 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
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6
LAN	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0		5	7

W: Don Drysdale L: Turk Farrell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Jackowski · 1B: Shag Crawford · 2B: Ed Vargo · 3B: Al Forman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Kasko	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nellie Fox	4	0	2	0	0	0
Al Spangler	3	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Bond	4	1	2	1	0	1
Jim Wynn	4	0	0	0	0	2
Rusty Staub	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Aspromonte	3	1	1	0	0	1
John Bateman	3	0	1	1	0	0
Turk Farrell	0	0	0	0	1	0
Walt Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Runnels	1	0	0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Maury Wills	3	1	2	0	1	0
Willie Davis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Davis	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Howard	4	1	1	0	0	3
Ron Fairly	2	2	0	0	2	0
John Roseboro	3	0	3	1	0	0
Johnny Werhas	2	0	0	1	0	0
Dick Tracewski	3	1	0	0	0	1
Don Drysdale	2	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Turk Farrell	5.0	5	2	4
Dave Giusti	1.0	1	1	1
Claude Raymond	2.0	1	0	1

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Drysdale	9.0	6	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Kasko: 7
Nellie Fox: 13
Al Spangler: 5/FL

Bot 1

Maury Wills: W
Willie Davis: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Tommy Davis: 9

Top 2

Walt Bond: D9/L
Jim Wynn: K
Rusty Staub: K
Bob Aspromonte: K

Bot 2

Frank Howard: K
Ron Fairly: W
John Roseboro: D7/L.1-3
Johnny Werhas: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
Dick Tracewski: 53

Top 3

John Bateman: 63
Turk Farrell: W
Eddie Kasko: 54(1)/FO
Nellie Fox: CS2(26)

Bot 3

Don Drysdale: K
Maury Wills: 13/BG
Willie Davis: K

Top 4

Nellie Fox: S9/G
Al Spangler: 53/SH.1-2
Walt Bond: K
Jim Wynn: 8

Bot 4

Tommy Davis: 9/FL
Frank Howard: T8/F8XDW
Ron Fairly: 13
John Roseboro: S8/G.3-H
Johnny Werhas: 54(1)/FO

Top 5

Rusty Staub: 5/L
Bob Aspromonte: 63
John Bateman: 3/FL

Bot 5

Dick Tracewski: E6/G
Don Drysdale: 34/SH.1-2
Maury Wills: S5/BG.2-3
Willie Davis: 2/FL.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Tommy Davis: S7/G.2-H(UR)
Frank Howard: SB2
Frank Howard: K

Top 6

Walt Williams: 53
Eddie Kasko: 53
Nellie Fox: D7/L
Al Spangler: 63

Bot 6

Ron Fairly: W
John Roseboro: S4/BG.1-2
Johnny Werhas: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Dick Tracewski: WP.3-H
Dick Tracewski: K

Top 7

Walt Bond: HR/F9
Jim Wynn: 53
Rusty Staub: 9
Bob Aspromonte: S5/BG
John Bateman: D9/L.1-H
Pete Runnels: 6

Bot 7

Don Drysdale: 4
Maury Wills: S3/BG
Willie Davis: CS2(26)
Willie Davis: 53

Top 8

Eddie Kasko: 31
Nellie Fox: 8
Al Spangler: 7/L

Bot 8

Tommy Davis: 8
Frank Howard: K
Ron Fairly: 53

Top 9

Walt Bond: 3/G
Jim Wynn: K
Rusty Staub: 6

Notes & reviews

John Bateman caught ball 40 ft behind HP; Maury Wills ran to 2B; Bateman threw to 2B and Dick Tracewski scored as return throw from Nellie Fox was high; after much consultation, it was ruled a fielder's choice with no SF and no RBI

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