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Astros 6 @ Pirates 7
Forbes Field
August 9, 1963

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Houston Astros, played on August 9, 1963 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates beat the visiting Astros with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 9, 1963 
Visiting Team
Houston Astros
R: 6 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 7 H: 12 E: 4 LOB: 10
Runs: 7
Hits: 12
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherAl McBean  
Losing PitcherDick Drott  
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Game Winning RBIRoberto Clemente 

Game Info

DateAugust 9, 1963 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamHouston Astros 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Bruce  
Home Starting PitcherEarl Francis  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance9,420 
Time of Game3 hours 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Chris Pelekoudas
1B: Frank Walsh
2B: Ken Burkhart
3B: Jocko Conlan

Houston Astros Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Spangler  Center Fielder 
Pete Runnels  Second Baseman 
Bob Aspromonte  Third Baseman 
Hal Smith  Catcher 
Rusty Staub  First Baseman 
Carl Warwick  Right Fielder 
Jim Wynn  Left Fielder 
Bob Lillis  Shortstop 
Bob Bruce  Pitcher 
Harry Craft  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bob Bailey  Third Baseman 
Bill Virdon  Center Fielder 
Roberto Clemente  Right Fielder 
Jerry Lynch  Left Fielder 
Bill Mazeroski  Second Baseman 
Donn Clendenon  First Baseman 
Jim Pagliaroni  Catcher 
Johnny Logan  Shortstop 
Earl Francis  Pitcher 
Danny Murtaugh  Manager 

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Astros 6 @ Pirates 7
Forbes Field
August 9, 1963

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/9/1963, game 2 -- Houston at Pittsburgh (N)

  Houston            AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Spangler A, cf-lf     6  1  2  0   Bailey B, 3b          5  1  2  0   
Runnels P, 2b         4  1  1  1   Virdon B, cf          6  2  2  1   
Fazio E, pr-2b        1  0  0  0   Clemente R, rf        5  2  3  2   
Aspromonte B, 3b      6  1  2  3   Lynch J, lf           3  0  0  0   
Smith H, c            6  1  1  0   McBean A, p           1  0  0  0   
Staub R, 1b           3  0  1  0   Mazeroski B, 2b       5  0  2  3   
Warwick C, rf         5  0  0  0   Clendenon D, 1b       4  0  0  0   
Wynn J, lf-ss         4  1  0  0   Pagliaroni J, c       3  0  0  0   
Lillis B, ss          3  0  0  0   Brand R, pr-c         1  0  0  0   
Goss H, ph-cf         2  0  0  0   Logan J, ss           3  0  1  0   
Bruce B, p            3  1  3  0   Francis E, p          2  0  0  0   
McMahon D, p          0  0  0  0   Veale B, p            0  0  0  0   
Bateman J, ph         1  0  0  0   Face R, p             0  0  0  0   
Umbricht J, p         0  0  0  0   Mota M, ph-lf         3  2  2  0   
Drott D, p            1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  6 10  4                        41  7 12  6

Houston          003 020 010 00 --  6
Pittsburgh       201 000 300 01 --  7
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Houston              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bruce B               6.2  8  6  6  3  7
McMahon D             0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Umbricht J            0.1  0  0  0  1  0
Drott D (L)           3.0  3  1  1  1  2

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Francis E*            4.0  5  5  4  3  3
Veale B               0.2  0  0  0  2  1
Face R                2.1  1  0  0  0  0
McBean A (W)          4.0  4  1  0  0  5
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 5th

E -- Logan J 3, Clendenon D
DP -- Houston 1, Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Houston 11, Pittsburgh 10
2B -- Virdon B, Spangler A, Bruce B, Aspromonte B, Mazeroski B
3B -- Aspromonte B
HR -- Virdon B
SH -- Logan J
HBP -- by Bruce B (Clendenon D)
WP -- Veale B 2, Bruce B
T -- 3:10
A -- 9420

    

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