San Francisco Giants 9, Houston Colt .45s 2
Regular Season Game 1
Played on Tuesday, April 9, 1963 (D) at Colt Stadium
SF N 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 - 9 17 2 HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 5 1
San Francisco Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Hiller 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 5 2 Davenport 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 Mays cf 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 McCovey lf 5 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 Cepeda 1b 5 1 3 2 0 1 7 0 Haller c 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 F. Alou rf 4 2 3 1 0 0 5 0 Pagan ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 Sanford p 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 Fisher p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 42 9 17 9 0 6 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Pagan-Hiller-Cepeda. E: Mays (1), Pagan (1). BATTING - 2B: F. Alou (1,off Kemmerer); Cepeda (1,off Kemmerer). 3B: Sanford (1,off Farrell). HR: Cepeda (1,2nd inning off Farrell 0 on 1 out); Mays (1,3rd inning off Farrell 0 on 0 out); McCovey (1,8th inning off Brunet 0 on 0 out); F. Alou (1,8th inning off Brunet 0 on 2 out). GDP: Pagan (1,off Woodeshick). Team LOB: 6.
Houston Colt .45s AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Fazio 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 Spangler lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 Runnels 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 8 1 Staub rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 Goss cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 Campbell c 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 Lillis ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 Farrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hardy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kemmerer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Warwick ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brunet p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 5 2 2 5 27 14 FIELDING - DP: 1. Lillis-Fazio-Runnels. E: Lillis (1). BATTING - 2B: Spangler (1,off Sanford). SF: Aspromonte (1,off Fisher). GDP: Runnels (1,off Sanford). Team LOB: 5.
PITCHING
San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Sanford W(1-0) 5 5 2 2 2 4 0 22 Fisher SV(1) 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 5 0 34 Sanford faced 3 batters in the 6th inning Inherited Runners - Scored: Fisher 2-1. .
Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Farrell L(0-1) 3 6 5 5 0 3 2 15 Kemmerer 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 9 Woodeshick 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Brunet 2 7 3 3 0 2 2 12 Totals 9 17 9 9 0 6 4 42 BK: Brunet (1). Umpires: HP - Jocko Conlan, 1B - Ken Burkhart, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Frank Walsh Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 19591 Starting Lineups: San Francisco Giants Houston Colt .45s 1. Hiller 2b Fazio 2b 2. Davenport 3b Spangler lf 3. Mays cf Runnels 1b 4. McCovey lf Staub rf 5. Cepeda 1b Aspromonte 3b 6. Haller c Goss cf 7. F. Alou rf Campbell c 8. Pagan ss Lillis ss 9. Sanford p Farrell p GIANTS 1ST: Hiller flied out to left; Davenport flied out to center; Mays struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Colt .45s 0. COLT .45S 1ST: Fazio grounded out (shortstop to first); Spangler singled; Runnels grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Spangler out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Colt .45s 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey struck out; Cepeda homered; Haller singled to center; F. Alou singled to center [Haller to second]; Pagan forced F. Alou (third to second) [Haller to third]; Sanford tripled to center [Pagan scored, Haller scored]; Hiller singled to center [Sanford scored]; Davenport grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Colt .45s 0. COLT .45S 2ND: Staub walked; Debut game for Rusty Staub; Aspromonte popped to first in foul territory; Goss was called out on strikes; Campbell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Colt .45s 0. GIANTS 3RD: Mays homered; McCovey struck out; Cepeda flied out to center; Haller flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Colt .45s 0. COLT .45S 3RD: Lillis walked; HARDY BATTED FOR FARRELL; Hardy forced Lillis (second to shortstop); Fazio was called out on strikes; Spangler doubled to right [Hardy to third]; Runnels grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Colt .45s 0. GIANTS 4TH: KEMMERER REPLACED HARDY (PITCHING); F. Alou doubled to center; Pagan popped to shortstop; Sanford singled to center [F. Alou scored]; Hiller singled to left [Sanford to second]; Davenport flied out to right; Mays flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 6, Colt .45s 0. COLT .45S 4TH: Staub flied out to right; Aspromonte popped to third; Goss grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Colt .45s 0. GIANTS 5TH: McCovey struck out; Cepeda doubled to left; Cepeda was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop to third); Haller grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Colt .45s 0. COLT .45S 5TH: Campbell reached on an error by Pagan; Lillis flied out to right; WARWICK BATTED FOR KEMMERER; Warwick was called out on strikes; Fazio forced Campbell (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Colt .45s 0. GIANTS 6TH: WOODESHICK REPLACED WARWICK (PITCHING); F. Alou reached on an error by Lillis; Pagan grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [F. Alou out at second]; Sanford grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Colt .45s 0. COLT .45S 6TH: Spangler singled to right; Runnels singled [Spangler to third (error by Mays)]; Staub singled to right [Runnels to third, Spangler scored]; FISHER REPLACED SANFORD (PITCHING); Aspromonte hit a sacrifice fly to right [Runnels scored]; Goss flied out to right; Campbell popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Colt .45s 2. GIANTS 7TH: Hiller grounded out (second to first); Davenport grounded out (third to first); Mays flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Colt .45s 2. COLT .45S 7TH: Lillis popped to second; DAVIS BATTED FOR WOODESHICK; Davis flied out to right; Debut game for Brock Davis; Fazio grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Colt .45s 2. GIANTS 8TH: BRUNET REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); McCovey homered; Cepeda was called out on strikes; Haller grounded out (second to first); F. Alou homered; Pagan singled; Fisher grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 8, Colt .45s 2. COLT .45S 8TH: Spangler grounded out (shortstop to first); Runnels flied out to center; Staub made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 8, Colt .45s 2. GIANTS 9TH: Hiller grounded out (second to first); Davenport singled to right [Davenport out at second (right to shortstop)]; Mays singled to left; Brunet balked [Mays to second]; McCovey singled [Mays to third]; Cepeda singled to left [McCovey to second, Mays scored]; Haller was called out on strikes; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 9, Colt .45s 2. COLT .45S 9TH: Aspromonte flied out to center; Goss struck out; Campbell popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 9, Colt .45s 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Giants 9 17 2 6 Colt .45s 2 5 1 5
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