Astros @ Cubs
August 31, 1963

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 5 13 0
Cubs 2 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 5 13 0
Cubs 6 12 0

Ellis Burton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .230
OBP .000 .311
At Bats 3 274
Hits 0 63
• Singles 0 34
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 0 34

Hal Woodeshick Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 7 7
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Wrigley Field - August 31, 1963
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Home Run
Hal Woodeshick
John Bateman
Rusty Staub
Ernie Fazio
Bob Aspromonte
Bob Lillis
Jim Wynn
Howie Goss
Carl Warwick
Ellis Burton
Leo Burke
Andre Rodgers
Don Landrum

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 5 13 0 8
Chicago Cubs 6 12 0 7
Winning Pitcher Jim Brewer
Losing Pitcher Hal Woodeshick
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ellis Burton
Attendance 9,027
Time of Game 2 hours 15 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Burton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Hal Woodeshick now pitching. Leo Burke pinch hits for Lou Brock. Burke takes first base on ball four. Landrum moves to third. Rodgers moves to second.
Bottom 9 Rodgers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ranew scores. Landrum moves to second.
Bottom 9 Don Landrum pinch hits for Jim Brewer. Landrum bunts towards third. Aspromonte fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ranew moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bertell hits a fly ball into right field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Ranew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Hubbs hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bateman hits a fly ball into center field. Burton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wynn hits a fly ball into right field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Fazio hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Santo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Staub settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ernie Fazio now playing second base. Burton hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Goss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Brown bunts towards first. Ranew scoops it up and throws to first, with Hubbs covering, for the out. Lillis moves to second.
Top 8 Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Jim Brewer now pitching. Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brewer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Brock hits a popup towards short. Lillis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rodgers hits a fly ball into right field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Steve Boros pinch hits for Cal Koonce. Boros strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bertell hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ranew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staub for the out.
Top 7 Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bateman hits a line drive towards third. Santo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ranew is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Hubbs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams strikes out.
Top 6 Wynn hits a popup towards short. Rodgers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Runnels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Goss strikes out.
Top 6 Brown hits a popup towards short. Rodgers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Santo hits a fly ball into center field. Goss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burton bunts towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brock hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Rodgers scores.
Bottom 5 Rodgers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wynn. Rodgers reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Koonce hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Aspromonte strikes out.
Top 5 Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bertell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Ranew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hubbs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Top 4 Warwick is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Bateman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Runnels scores. Wynn moves to third.
Top 4 Wynn hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Runnels moves to second.
Top 4 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Goss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cal Koonce now pitching. Brown strikes out.
Bottom 3 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aspromonte fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Burton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub fields it and throws to home to get Bertell. Rodgers moves to third. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bertell moves to third. Rodgers moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rodgers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bertell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Nelson Mathews pinch hits for Don Elston. Mathews strikes out.
Bottom 3 Bertell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lillis strikes out.
Top 3 Aspromonte is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Warwick moves to third.
Top 3 Warwick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Warwick reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Bateman hits a fly ball into center field. Burton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ranew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hubbs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. Santo moves to third.
Bottom 2 Williams bunts towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. Santo moves to second.
Bottom 2 Santo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Don Elston now pitching. Wynn hits a line drive towards short. Rodgers catches it and throws to third to double up Goss.
Top 2 Runnels hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Runnels reaches second base with a double. Goss moves to third.
Top 2 Goss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ranew fields the ball and throws to Jackson covering. Safe. Lillis scores.
Top 2 Brown bunts towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Lillis moves to third.
Top 2 Lillis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Lillis reaches second base with a double. Staub scores. Aspromonte goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Aspromonte hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Warwick scores. Staub moves to second.
Top 2 Staub hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Warwick moves to third.
Top 2 Warwick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Burton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burton for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Howie Goss now playing center field. Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aspromonte fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers fields it and throws to second for the out. Goss moves to third.
Top 1 Howie Goss pinch runs for Al Spangler. Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Spangler hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Spangler reaches second base with a double.