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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 4, 1963
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Houston Astros, played on September 4, 1963 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 4, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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| Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 4, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dick Drott |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jack Sanford |
| Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 4,559 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 53 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Secory 1B: Chris Pelekoudas 2B: Vinnie Smith 3B: Paul Pryor |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carl Warwick | Center Fielder |
| Pete Runnels | Second Baseman |
| Jim Wynn | Left Fielder |
| Rusty Staub | First Baseman |
| John Bateman | Catcher |
| John Weekly | Right Fielder |
| Bob Aspromonte | Third Baseman |
| Bob Lillis | Shortstop |
| Dick Drott | Pitcher |
| Harry Craft | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Harvey Kuenn | Right Fielder |
| Chuck Hiller | Second Baseman |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Willie McCovey | Left Fielder |
| Felipe Alou | Center Fielder |
| Tom Haller | Catcher |
| Jim Davenport | Third Baseman |
| Jose Pagan | Shortstop |
| Jack Sanford | Pitcher |
| Alvin Dark | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 4, 1963
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warwick vs. Sanford
Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sanford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Sanford
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Sanford
Wynn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Drott
Kuenn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hiller vs. Drott
Hiller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Drott
Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Drott
McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Weekly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Sanford
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staub for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bateman vs. Sanford
Bateman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weekly vs. Sanford
Weekly hits a fly ball into left field. McCovey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aspromonte vs. Sanford
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Drott
Alou hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bateman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haller vs. Drott
Haller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wynn. Haller reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davenport vs. Drott
Davenport hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bateman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pagan vs. Drott
Pagan is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sanford vs. Drott
Sanford takes first base on ball four. Haller moves to third. Pagan moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kuenn vs. Drott
Kuenn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Aspromonte settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lillis vs. Sanford
Lillis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McCovey. Lillis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Drott vs. Sanford
Drott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lillis moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Warwick vs. Sanford
Warwick hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Lillis scores. Drott moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Runnels vs. Sanford
Runnels bunts towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. Drott moves to third. Warwick moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wynn vs. Sanford
Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Drott tags and scores. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Staub vs. Sanford
Staub is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bateman vs. Sanford
Bateman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hiller vs. Drott
Hiller hits a fly ball into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Drott
Cepeda hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bateman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Drott
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Drott
Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weekly vs. Sanford
Weekly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aspromonte vs. Sanford
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lillis vs. Sanford
Lillis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Drott vs. Sanford
Drott hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Pagan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haller vs. Drott
Haller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Haller for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Drott
Davenport hits a popup, foul, towards first. Staub settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Drott
Pagan hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warwick vs. Sanford
Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sanford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Sanford
Runnels hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. McCovey picks up the ball and throws it away. That's a double and an error on McCovey. Runnels moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wynn vs. Sanford
Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Staub vs. Sanford
Staub hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanford vs. Drott
Sanford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Drott
Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hiller vs. Drott
Hiller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cepeda vs. Drott
Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Drott
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Drott
Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haller vs. Drott
There goes Alou. The throw from Bateman and he is safe. Alou steals second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haller vs. Drott
Haller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Davenport vs. Drott
There's a wild pitch. Alou scores. Haller moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Davenport vs. Drott
Davenport takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pagan vs. McMahon
Don McMahon now pitching.
There goes Davenport. The throw from Bateman and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Haller scores. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pagan vs. McMahon
Pagan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davenport scores. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanford vs. McMahon
Sanford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bateman vs. Sanford
Bateman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Haller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weekly vs. Sanford
Weekly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aspromonte vs. Sanford
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. McMahon
Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Weekly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hiller vs. McMahon
Hiller hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. McMahon
Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. McMahon
McCovey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. McMahon
Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lillis vs. Sanford
Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMahon vs. Sanford
McMahon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warwick vs. Sanford
Warwick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haller vs. McMahon
Haller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. McMahon
Davenport hits a fly ball into right field. Weekly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. McMahon
Pagan hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanford vs. McMahon
Sanford hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Weekly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Sanford
Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. McCovey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Sanford
Wynn hits a fly ball into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Sanford
Staub hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bateman vs. Sanford
Sanford fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Sanford. Staub moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bateman vs. Sanford
Bateman hits a fly ball into left field. McCovey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. McMahon
Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hiller vs. McMahon
Hiller hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. McMahon
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weekly vs. Sanford
Weekly hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Sanford
Aspromonte strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lillis vs. Sanford
Lillis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kuenn. Lillis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fazio vs. Sanford
Ernie Fazio pinch hits for Don McMahon.
Fazio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lillis scores. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Warwick vs. Sanford
Warwick hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/4/1963 -- Houston at San Francisco (D)
Houston AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Warwick C, cf 5 0 1 1 Kuenn H, rf 4 1 1 0
Runnels P, 2b 3 0 1 0 Hiller C, 2b 5 1 1 0
Wynn J, lf 3 0 0 1 Cepeda O, 1b 5 2 3 3
Staub R, 1b 3 0 1 0 McCovey W, lf 4 1 2 2
Bateman J, c 3 0 0 0 Alou F, cf 4 1 1 0
Weekly J, rf 3 0 1 0 Haller T, c 3 1 1 0
Aspromonte B, 3b 4 0 0 0 Davenport J, 3b 3 1 0 0
Lillis B, ss 4 2 3 0 Pagan J, ss 3 0 2 1
Drott D, p 2 1 1 0 Sanford J, p 3 0 0 0
McMahon D, p 1 0 0 0
Fazio E, ph 1 0 1 1
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32 3 9 3 34 8 11 6
Houston 002 000 001 -- 3
San Francisco 000 062 00x -- 8
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Drott D (L) 4.2 7 6 6 5 0
McMahon D 3.1 4 2 2 0 0
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford J (W) 9.0 9 3 3 3 2
E -- McCovey W, Bateman J, Sanford J
DP -- Houston 1, San Francisco 2
LOB -- Houston 7, San Francisco 7
2B -- Haller T, Lillis B 2, Runnels P
HR -- Cepeda O, McCovey W
SB -- Alou F, Davenport J
SH -- Runnels P
SF -- Wynn J
WP -- Drott D
T -- 1:53
A -- 4559
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