Dropping a 4 – 0 shutout to Bob Purkey in the first of two games at Cincinnati, the Colt .45s tie a major-league record with their 4th straight shutout loss. Houston finally breaks a 40-inning scoreless drought in the 2nd inning of the nightcap, but still loses, 8 – 1.

 

On June 23 1963 — Dropping a 4 – 0 shutout to Bob Purkey in the first of two games at Cincinnati, the Colt .45s tie a major-league record with their 4th straight shutout loss. Houston finally breaks a 40-inning scoreless drought in the 2nd inning of the nightcap, but still loses, 8 – 1.

 


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