DRYSDALE FIRES 4TH SHUTOUT OF SEASON
Dodgers Right-Hander is 1st to 7 Wins
LOS ANGELES, May 18 (AP) - Don Drysdale's early season claim as the National
League's Cy Young Award Winner continues. The Dodgers right-hander tossed
a complete game, four-hit shutout in a 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh
Pirates. It was Drysdale's sixth consecutive win and league leading fourth
shutout and seventh complete game of the season and lowered his earned run
average to a microscopic 1.37.
Los Angeles pushed across the only run they would need in the second
inning. Ron Fairly led the frame off with a walk and advanced to third on
Frank Howard's opposite field single. Johnny Roseboro's fly to center was
too shallow to score Fairly, and Johnny Werhas followed with a walk off Pirates
starter Steve Blass to fill the bases. Blass then uncorked a wild pitch,
scoring Fairly and giving the Dodgers a 1-0 lead. Blass was able to avoid
any additional damage in the inning.
The Dodgers then broke the game open in the fifth. Drysdale singled with
one out and, after Willie Davis flied to left for the second out, advanced to
second base on Jim Gilliam's single. Tommy Davis then belted a Blass
fastball down the left field line, into the seats for a three-run home run and a
4-0 Los Angeles lead.
Pittsburgh never seriously threatened to score in the game, advancing only one
runner past second base. At one point, Drysdale retired 17 of 18
batters.
Drysdale remains undefeated on the season at 7-0. His last start without a
victory came on April 23 when he threw 9 1/3 innings in a no-decision at
Milwaukee.
5/18/1964, Pit64-LAN64, Dodger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 1 1964 Dodgers 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 x 4 9 0 7 0 Pirates AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Schofield ss 4 0 1 0 .292 Davis,W cf 4 0 1 0 .311 Virdon cf 4 0 0 0 .202 Gilliam 2b 4 1 1 0 .237 Clemente rf 4 0 1 0 .296 Davis,T lf 4 1 1 3 .287 Burgess c 3 0 0 0 .100 Fairly 1b 3 1 1 0 .196 Freese 3b 4 0 0 0 .260 Howard,F rf 3 0 2 0 .225 Bailey,B lf 3 0 0 0 .222 Walls pr 0 0 0 0 .250 Clendenon 1b 4 0 1 0 .272 Roseboro c 4 0 1 0 .303 Mazeroski 2b 2 0 0 0 .272 Werhas 3b 3 0 1 0 .158 Blass p 2 0 0 0 .000 Tracewski ss 4 0 0 0 .224 Green,F p 0 0 0 0 .000 Drysdale p 3 1 1 0 .185 Lynch ph 1 0 1 0 .150 32 4 9 3 Butters p 0 0 0 0 .000 31 0 4 0 Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Blass L 0-1 6.2 6 4 4 3 3 114 64 3.48 Green,F 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.00 Butters 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 22 12 4.66 8.0 9 4 4 3 3 139 79 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Drysdale W 7-0 9.0 4 0 0 2 3 112 69 1.37 9.0 4 0 0 2 3 112 69 Pit: Lynch batted for Green,F in the 8th LAN: Walls ran for Howard,F in the 8th Walls moved to rf in the 9th 2B-Schofield(4). HR-Davis,T(5). RBI-Davis,T 3(19). SB-Davis,W(9). K-Virdon, Bailey,B 2, Gilliam, Davis,T, Howard,F. BB-Bailey,B, Mazeroski, Fairly, Howard,F, Werhas. HBP-Burgess. HB-Drysdale. WP-Blass. Temperature: 79, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 9 MPH. Attendance: 21,432 Game Time: 2:09