This home movie footage captures scenes from a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Houston Colt .45s (now known as the Houston Astros) in Houston on April 27, 1963. The Reds won 1-0. The Astros were established as the Colt .45s in 1962. The team changed its name three years later when it moved into the Astrodome.

Colin M

2016-12-16 01:46:19

Nice clip! Doing a little research on Retrosheet, it appears the game took place on April 27, 1963 (Cincinnati won 1-0). Boxscore here:http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/B04270HOU1963.htmThe battery for Cincinnati was Jim O’Toole (#31) and Johnny Edwards (#6), while Houston’s battery was Ken Johnson (#40) and John Bateman (#7).The batters we see in the clip are:Carl Warwick (#20) and Rusty Staub (#10) for HoustonGordy Coleman (#18), Edwards, and Frank Robinson (#20) for CincinnatiThe rhubarb we see at the end was after Robinson was awarded first base due to catcher’s interference. He wound up stealing second and scoring the game’s lone run.

Colin M

2016-12-16 01:46:19

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