JOHN FANS 12, TRIBE BLANKS HALOS
Newman Tosses 5-Hit CG in Loss
LOS ANGELES, June 20 (AP) - Tommy John struck out 12 en route to a five-hit
complete game shutout and the Cleveland Indians squeezed past the Los Angeles
Angels, 1-0, in a pitcher's duel at Chavez Ravine. Fred Newman was the
hard luck loser for the Angels, tossing a complete game five-hitter of his own.
The game's only run came in the very first inning. Dick Howser led off the
game with a walk and advanced to third on Vic Davalillo's single to right
field. The Angels played for the first inning double play and got it when
Leon Wagner grounded to shortstop Jim Fregosi, who started the twin
killing. Howser scored on the play and Cleveland had the only run it would
need.
The Indians put the first two batters on base in the second inning as well, but
Newman pitched out of trouble and went on to set down the next 12 Cleveland
batters in order.
John, meanwhile, kept the Angels completely at bay until the fifth inning.
Bob Perry drew a leadoff walk and Bob Rodgers followed with a single to left,
putting runners at first and second. John then fanned Bobby Knoop and
Newman, bringing Jimmy Piersall to the plate with two outs. A 1-0 wild
pitch moved the runners to second and third and John walked Piersall
intentionally to fill the bases. Vic Power then grounded to Max Alvis, who
stepped on the bag at third for the force to end the threat.
That turned out to be the best chance the Angels would have. John retired
12 of the next 14 batters. Perry grounded a single to left with two outs
in the ninth, but pinch hitter Felix Torres ended the game as John's 12th
strikeout victim. The left-handed hurler became just the third American
League pitcher to fan 12 or more batters in a game this season. John's
teammate, Sam McDowell, struck out 12 Athletics on June 12 and Al Downing of the
Yankees fanned 13 of John's Cleveland teammates on May 27.
6/20/1964, Cle64-LAA64, Chavez Ravine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Indians 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 0 1964 Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 1 Indians AB R H BI AVG Angels AB R H BI AVG Howser ss 3 1 0 0 .233 Piersall lf 3 0 1 0 .269 Davalillo cf 3 0 2 0 .254 Power 3b 4 0 0 0 .172 Wagner lf 4 0 0 0 .224 Fregosi ss 4 0 0 0 .210 Chance,B rf 4 0 2 0 .322 Clinton rf 4 0 0 0 .317 Smith,A rf 0 0 0 0 .176 Adcock 1b 4 0 2 0 .292 Whitfield 1b 4 0 0 0 .282 Perry,B cf 3 0 1 0 .289 Alvis 3b 3 0 0 0 .302 Rodgers,B c 3 0 1 0 .208 Azcue c 2 0 1 0 .227 Torres ph 1 0 0 0 .164 Brown,L 2b 3 0 0 0 .204 Knoop 2b 3 0 0 0 .251 John p 3 0 0 0 .083 Newman p 3 0 0 0 .200 29 1 5 0 32 0 5 0 Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA John W 5-3 9.0 5 0 0 2 12 126 86 2.04 9.0 5 0 0 2 12 126 86 Angels INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Newman L 3-7 9.0 5 1 1 3 3 106 69 3.60 9.0 5 1 1 3 3 106 69 Cle: Smith,A inserted at rf in the 9th LAA: Torres batted for Rodgers,B in the 9th 2B-Adcock(3). SB-Piersall(2). CS-Davalillo. K-Chance,B, Whitfield, John, Piersall, Power, Fregosi 3, Clinton, Perry,B, Knoop, Newman 3, Torres. BB-Howser, Alvis, Azcue, Piersall, Perry,B. HBP-Davalillo. PB-Azcue. HB-Newman. WP-John. Temperature: 60, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 6 MPH. Attendance: 11,896 Game Time: 2:13