10-RUN 2ND AIDS YANKS ROMP OVER TWINS
Downing Posts 4-Hit Shuout; Howard Belts Slam
BLOOMINGTON, Minn., June 4 (AP) - The New York Yankees exploded for ten runs in
the second inning, with Elston Howard's grand slam the capping blow, and cruised
past the Minnesota Twins, 12-0, for the club's ninth win in its last 11
games. Al Downing tossed his second shutout of the season, never letting
up despite the large lead.
Minnesota's Jim Perry was making his first--and almost certainly last--start of
the season, but after posting a scoreless first inning, fell apart in the
second. Joe Pepitone led off by reaching on an error by second baseman
Bernie Allen and advanced to second when Hector Lopez drew a base on
balls. Howard then singled, loading the bases, and Clete Boyer promptly
singled to left, scoring Pepitone and Lopez to give the Yankees a 2-0
lead. Downing struck out, but Tony Kubek's single refilled the bases and
Perry's wild pitch advanced all three runners 90 feet, scoring Howard and upping
the New York lead to three runs. Bobby Richardson then doubled home both
Boyer and Kubek to put the Yankees on top 5-0. Tom Tresh made it 6-0 when
he drove home Richardson with a base hit and when Roger Maris singled Tresh to
third, Perry was replaced on the mound by Gerry Arrigo. He retired
Pepitone--the tenth batter of the inning--on a pop fly to short for the second
out, but Lopez walked for the second time in the inning and the bases were
loaded yet again. That brought the league's leading hitter to the plate in
the form of Howard and he belted an Arrigo offering over the center field fence
for a grand slam and a 10-0 Yankees advantage. Boyer popped to first for
the final out, but not until the outcome of the contest had all but been
decided.
The Yankees pushed two more runs across in the fourth, on Lopez's 10th home run
of the season, accounting for the final margin of victory.
Downing was in command the entire way, allowing only four hits and two walks
while fanning nine en route to his fifth victory and third complete game of the
season and closed out the contest in style, striking out the side in the ninth
inning.
Howard finished the game with four more hits and his batting average now stands
at .401. It was Howard's ninth consecutive multi-hit game of the season;
during this span he's 24-for-38 with three doubles, three home runs and 15 runs
batted in.
6/4/1964, NYA64-Min64, Metropolitan Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Yankees 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 13 0 8 0 1964 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 0 Yankees AB R H BI AVG Twins AB R H BI AVG Kubek ss 6 1 1 0 .299 Versalles ss 4 0 1 0 .203 Richardson,B 2b 6 1 1 2 .281 Power 1b 4 0 0 0 .154 Tresh cf 4 1 2 1 .264 Allison rf 3 0 0 0 .276 Linz 3b 0 0 0 0 .236 Killebrew lf 4 0 1 0 .245 Maris rf 4 1 1 0 .248 Hall,J cf 4 0 1 0 .304 Pepitone 1b 5 2 1 0 .331 Battey c 3 0 1 0 .228 Blanchard c 0 0 0 0 .286 Shifflett p 1 0 0 0 .000 Lopez lf 3 3 1 2 .279 Goryl 3b 3 0 0 0 .200 Howard,E c 5 2 4 4 .401 Allen,B 2b 3 0 0 0 .200 Moore pr 0 0 0 0 .000 Perry,J p 0 0 0 0 .000 Boyer,C 3b 5 1 1 2 .162 Arrigo p 1 0 0 0 .167 Gonzalez,P 1b 0 0 0 0 .250 Dailey p 0 0 0 0 .000 Downing p 4 0 1 0 .350 Green,L ph 1 0 0 0 .083 42 12 13 11 Pleis p 0 0 0 0 .000 Zimmerman ph 0 0 0 0 .231 31 0 4 0 Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Downing W 5-1 9.0 4 0 0 2 9 123 74 3.10 9.0 4 0 0 2 9 123 74 Twins INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Perry,J L 3-2 1.1 7 8 5 1 2 43 27 4.26 Arrigo 2.2 5 4 4 2 3 51 28 2.94 Dailey 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 26 15 7.71 Pleis 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 28 18 4.42 Shifflett 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 0.00 9.0 13 12 9 5 8 161 95 NYA: Moore ran for Howard,E in the 8th Linz inserted at 3b in the 8th Blanchard inserted at c in the 8th Moore moved to cf in the 8th Gonzalez,P inserted at 1b in the 8th Min: Green,L batted for Dailey in the 6th Zimmerman batted for Pleis in the 8th Zimmerman moved to c in the 9th E-Goryl, Allen,B. 2B-Richardson,B(6), Howard,E(10). HR-Lopez(10), Howard,E(5). RBI-Richardson,B 2(18), Tresh(17), Lopez 2(24), Howard,E 4(30), Boyer,C 2(16). K-Kubek 2, Richardson,B, Tresh, Maris, Boyer,C, Downing 2, Power, Allison, Killebrew 2, Hall,J 2, Goryl, Allen,B, Shifflett. BB-Tresh, Maris, Lopez 2, Downing, Allison, Zimmerman. WP-Perry,J, Arrigo. GWRBI: Boyer,C Temperature: 57, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 2 MPH. Attendance: 22,494 Game Time: 2:41