DRYSDALE PITCHES DODGERS TO 6TH STRAIGHT VICTORY
Extends Scorless Streak to 18.2 IP With CG Shutout of Giants
LOS ANGELES, May 1 (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers extended their early season
winning streak to six consecutive games on the strength of a four-hit complete
shutout by Don Drysdale, defeating the San Francisco Giants 1-0. Drysdale
now has an active scoreless streak of 18 2/3 innings and is 3-0 on the season
with an earned run average of 1.44. The game, which was scoreless until
the eighth inning, had a tense, pennant race feel and was played before a crowd
of 46,847 at Dodger Stadium, the largest non-opening day attendance for any
major league game this season. The Dodgers expect an even larger turnout
for tomorrow's game.
Jack Sanford (2-1) of the Giants was the tough-luck loser, having held the
Dodgers to just two hits through 7 2/3 innings of work and surrendering only a
single unearned run.
The Giants had the game's first threat, putting runners at first and second with
two outs in the second inning, but Drysdale fanned Jose Pagan to end the frame.
San Francisco had an even better opportunity in the fifth. Tom Haller led
off the inning by grounding a single to right and Jim Ray Hart followed by
rolling a single between Maury Wills and Johnny Werhas into left field, giving
the Giants runners at first and second with none out. But Drysdale retired
Pagan on a shallow fly to center and turned Sanford's sacrifice attempt into a
force at third. The big right-hander completed his extraction by inducing
Jesus Alou to roll into an inning-ending fielder's choice.
Los Angeles, meanwhile, didn't have a runner past first base against Sanford
until the seventh. Willie Davis reached first on Hart's throwing error to
open the inning and then stole second when Tommy Davis struck out on a 3-2
pitch. Sanford went on to strike out Frank Howard and retire Ron Fairly on
a ground ball to third.
The Dodgers finally broke the scoreless tie in the eighth, but needed a Giants
miscue to do so. Johnny Roseboro led off and hit a dribbler to first that
Willie McCovey misplayed for a key error. A botched hit-and-run played to
the favor of the Dodgers when Johnny Werhas swung and missed but Roseboro was
safe at second when catcher Haller had trouble getting a grip on the ball and
made a weak throw to second. Werhas eventually grounded to Chuck Hiller at
second, with Roseboro advancing to third. With the potential go-ahead run
90 feet from home plate, Dodgers manager Walter Alston called on Jim Gilliam,
one of the most difficult batters to fan in the NL, to hit for Dick Tracewski.
The Giants brought the infield in but Gilliam squibbed a grounder through the
right side, scoring Roseboro with the game's first and only run. Drysdale
sacrificed Gilliam to second and Maury Wills drew a walk. With lefty
swinging Willie Davis due, Giants manager Alvin Dark replaced Sanford--who
allowed only two hits and walked one--with left-hander Billy O'Dell.
O'Dell got a ground ball from Davis, but Hart booted it for an error, prolonging
the inning by loading the bases. But O'Dell struck out Tommy Davis to end
the threat.
Drysdale set down the Giants in order on three routine ground balls to finish
off the shutout--the fifth of the year by Dodgers pitching in just 17 games.
5/1/1964, SF64-LAN64, Dodger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 6 0 1964 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 1 2 0 5 0 Giants AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Alou,J rf 4 0 1 0 .310 Wills ss 3 0 0 0 .211 Hiller 2b 4 0 0 0 .208 Davis,W cf 4 0 0 0 .365 Mays cf 4 0 0 0 .341 Davis,T lf 4 0 0 0 .321 McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0 .091 Howard,F rf 3 0 0 0 .242 Snider lf 3 0 0 0 .125 Parker rf 0 0 0 0 .222 Haller c 4 0 1 0 .250 Fairly 1b 3 0 0 0 .213 Hart 3b 2 0 2 0 .325 Roseboro c 3 1 1 0 .305 Pagan ss 3 0 0 0 .150 Werhas 3b 3 0 0 0 .135 Sanford p 3 0 0 0 .100 Tracewski 2b 2 0 0 0 .182 O'Dell p 0 0 0 0 .000 Gilliam ph 1 0 1 1 .288 31 0 4 0 Drysdale p 2 0 0 0 .133 28 1 2 1 Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Sanford L 2-1 7.2 2 1 0 1 6 93 62 0.90 O'Dell 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 0.90 8.0 2 1 0 1 7 98 66 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Drysdale W 3-0 9.0 4 0 0 2 6 119 78 1.41 9.0 4 0 0 2 6 119 78 LAN: Gilliam batted for Tracewski in the 8th Parker inserted at rf in the 9th Gilliam moved to 2b in the 9th E-McCovey, Hart 2. RBI-Gilliam(3). SB-Davis,W(6), Roseboro(1). K-Alou,J, McCovey 2, Snider, Pagan, Sanford, Davis,T 2, Howard,F, Fairly, Werhas, Drysdale 2. BB-Snider, Hart, Wills. SH-Drysdale. GWRBI: Gilliam Temperature: 59, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 12 MPH. Attendance: 46,847 Game Time: 2:07