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Houston Astros @ New York Mets

1964-08-01 · Day game · Shea Stadium · Att: 15039 · 78°F, sunny · 2:25

New York Mets defeated Houston Colt .45's 3–2. New York Mets put up 2 in the 5th. Al Jackson earned the win. Hawk Taylor went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Jackson L: Gordon Jones SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mel Steiner · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: Augie Donatelli · 3B: Stan Landes · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carroll Hardy	4	1	0	0	1	0
Nellie Fox	4	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Gaines	2	0	0	0	1	0
Walt Bond	3	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Aspromonte	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bob Lillis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike White	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Grote	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Brown	2	0	1	0	0	0
Gordon Jones	1	0	0	0	0	1
Al Spangler	0	0	0	0	1	0
Don Larsen	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Klaus	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ron Hunt	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Altman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Christopher	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Kranepool	3	0	0	0	1	1
Larry Elliot	3	1	2	0	0	1
Hawk Taylor	3	2	2	2	0	1
Roy McMillan	3	0	1	0	0	0
Al Jackson	3	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Hickman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Brown	4.2	6	0	2
Gordon Jones	1.2	3	2	2
Hal Woodeshick	1.2	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Jackson	9.0	5	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carroll Hardy: W
Nellie Fox: S6/G.1-2
Joe Gaines: W.2-3;1-2
Walt Bond: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Bob Aspromonte: S7/L.3-H;1-2
Bob Lillis: 4/P
Mike White: 63

Bot 1

Bobby Klaus: 53
Ron Hunt: 7/F
George Altman: 43

Top 2

Jerry Grote: 63
Hal Brown: 6/L
Carroll Hardy: 13

Bot 2

Joe Christopher: 7/F
Ed Kranepool: K23
Larry Elliot: D7/G
Hawk Taylor: K

Top 3

Nellie Fox: 53
Joe Gaines: 53
Walt Bond: W
Bob Aspromonte: 9/F9D

Bot 3

Roy McMillan: 13
Al Jackson: S8/L
Bobby Klaus: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Bob Lillis: K
Mike White: 9/F
Jerry Grote: 8/F

Bot 4

Ron Hunt: S8/F
George Altman: 46(1)3/GDP
Joe Christopher: 6/P

Top 5

Hal Brown: S7/G
Carroll Hardy: PB.1-2
Carroll Hardy: 9/F
Nellie Fox: 6/P
Joe Gaines: 53

Bot 5

Ed Kranepool: 7/F
Larry Elliot: D8/L
Hawk Taylor: HR/7.2-H
Roy McMillan: 3/P
Al Jackson: D9/L89
Bobby Klaus: WP.2-3
Bobby Klaus: W
Ron Hunt: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Walt Bond: 31
Bob Aspromonte: D7/L78
Bob Lillis: 43.2-3
Mike White: 8/F

Bot 6

George Altman: K
Joe Christopher: 8/F8XD
Ed Kranepool: W
Larry Elliot: K/C

Top 7

Jerry Grote: K23
Gordon Jones: K
Carroll Hardy: 63

Bot 7

Hawk Taylor: D9/L
Roy McMillan: S14/G.2-H(E4/TH1)(NR)
Al Jackson: 4/P
Bobby Klaus: S8/G.1-2
Ron Hunt: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Nellie Fox: S8/F
Joe Gaines: FC5/BG/SH.1-2;B-1
Walt Bond: 1/BP
Bob Aspromonte: 7/F
Bob Lillis: 7/F

Bot 8

Jim Hickman: 63
Joe Christopher: 53
Ed Kranepool: 43

Top 9

Al Spangler: W
Jerry Grote: 9/P
Don Larsen: 4/P
Carroll Hardy: 8/L8XD

Notes & reviews

Mike White ran into CF fence; left with shoulder injury

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