CHISOX BLANK NATS TWICE
Buzhardt, Horlen Both Toss Shutouts
CHICAGO, July 1 (AP) - The Chicago White Sox overwhelmed the Washington Senators
in both ends of a doubleheader, shutting out the visitors in the opener and the
nightcap en route to the sweep. John Buzhardt stymied Washington in the
opener on just four hits while striking out eight and Joe Horlen fanned 13,
tying the American League season high for punch outs, in the nightcap.
The White Sox wasted no time putting game one out of reach. Floyd Robinson
started the merry-go-round by doubling in a run in the first inning and the lead
was stretched to 3-0 in the second on Ron Hansen's run-scoring two-bagger and
J.C. Martin's RBI single.
Chicago broke the game open with five runs in the third, driving Washington
starter Buster Narum from the game in the process. Don Buford led off the
frame with a single and, one out later, Robinson and Pete Ward drew free passes
to fill the bases. Dave Nicholson's sacrifice fly made it 4-0 and left
runners on first and third with two outs. Hansen followed with a single to
make it 5-0 and ended Narum's day. He was replaced by Alan Koch, but
things only got worse for the Senators. Martin doubled home two more runs
and Buzhardt helped his own cause with a run-scoring single before the final out
of the inning was finally recorded, leaving the White Sox with an extremely
comfortable 8-0 advantage.
Buzhardt was cruising through the Washington lineup, meanwhile, and didn't allow
a single baserunner past first until Koch doubled with one out in the
sixth. The Senators reliever would advance no farther and was the only man
to reach second base for Washington in the entire game.
Though it really wasn't needed, Chicago continued to pile up the runs.
Hansen hit a two-run homer in the fifth to make it 10-0 and a Buford triple
followed by an error charged to Senators third baseman John Kennedy produced an
unearned run in the sixth. Two more runs seemed to be almost an
afterthought in the eighth inning and accounted for the final score of 13-0.
If the Senators were hoping for a better fate in the nightcap, they would be
disappointed. The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the fourth
when the White Sox dented the scoreboard. Jim Landis led off the inning
with a single and, two outs later, Pete Ward belted a Don Rudolph offering into
the upper deck in right field for a two-run homer.
The White Sox increased their lead emphatically in the fourth. With
runners on second and third and two outs, Landis, Al Weis and Mike Hershberger
rapped out consecutive singles, plating three runs and giving Chicago a 5-0
advantage.
That was more than enough for Horlen, who only had one jam to deal with.
In the top of the fourth, leading 2-0 at the time, the White Sox starter yielded
back-to-back singles to begin the inning to Kennedy and Jim King, putting
runners at first and second. But he struck out Moose Skowron, retired Don
Lock on a grounder to short and fanned Don Zimmer to end the inning. The
Senators never got another runner past first base and Horlen went on to retire
the final eight batters he faced, including striking out four in a row at one
point.
The White Sox put the finishing touch on their 6-0 victory on Pete Ward's second
home run of the game--and 15th of the season--in the bottom of the eighth.
The nightcap blanking marked the 13th time the Senators have been shut out this
season, by far the most of any team in either league to date this year.
7/1/1964, Was64-ChA64, game 1, Comiskey Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Senators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 1 1964 White Sox 1 2 5 0 2 1 0 2 x 13 15 2 5 2 Senators AB R H BI AVG White Sox AB R H BI AVG Blasingame,D 2b 3 0 0 0 .220 Landis cf 5 0 0 0 .232 Lock cf 1 0 0 0 .274 Buford 2b 5 4 3 0 .259 Kennedy 3b 4 0 1 0 .222 Robinson,Fl rf 4 0 1 1 .293 King rf 4 0 0 0 .219 Stephens rf 1 1 1 1 .216 Hinton lf 2 0 0 0 .206 Ward,P 3b 3 1 0 0 .205 Cottier 2b 1 0 0 0 .139 Weis pr 1 0 0 1 .218 Skowron 1b 3 0 0 0 .270 Cunningham 1b 4 1 0 0 .293 Brumley c 3 0 0 0 .165 Nicholson lf 2 2 1 1 .197 Valentine cf 3 0 0 0 .337 Hershberger rf 1 0 0 0 .195 Brinkman ss 3 0 2 0 .251 Hansen ss 4 3 4 4 .289 Narum p 1 0 0 0 .074 Martin c 4 1 3 3 .257 Koch p 1 0 1 0 .067 Buzhardt p 4 0 2 1 .400 Phillips,D ph 1 0 0 0 .241 38 13 15 12 Kline p 0 0 0 0 .000 30 0 4 0 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Narum L 2-10 2.2 6 7 7 3 0 74 41 5.57 Koch 4.1 8 4 3 0 3 70 44 4.80 Kline 1.0 1 2 1 0 0 14 9 3.32 8.0 15 13 11 3 3 158 94 White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Buzhardt W 6-6 9.0 4 0 0 1 8 102 75 3.42 9.0 4 0 0 1 8 102 75 Was: Lock inserted at cf in the 7th Cottier inserted at 2b in the 7th Valentine moved to lf in the 7th Phillips,D batted for Koch in the 8th ChA: Weis ran for Ward,P in the 6th Buford moved to 3b in the 7th Stephens inserted at rf in the 7th Weis moved to 2b in the 7th Stephens moved to lf in the 8th Hershberger inserted at rf in the 8th E-Kennedy 2, Hansen, Weis. 2B-Koch(1), Robinson,Fl(6), Hansen(14), Martin 2(8). 3B-Buford(2), Stephens(3). HR-Hansen(13). RBI-Robinson,Fl(27), Nicholson(32), Hansen 4(47), Martin 3(10), Buzhardt(8), Weis(16), Stephens(12). SB-Buford(7). K-Kennedy 2, King 2, Hinton, Skowron, Brumley, Valentine, Landis 2, Nicholson. BB-Hinton, Ward,P, Cunningham, Nicholson. SF-Nicholson. GWRBI: Robinson,Fl Temperature: 76, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 10 MPH. Attendance: N/A Game Time: 2:13 7/1/1964, Was64-ChA64, game 2, Comiskey Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Senators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 1964 White Sox 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 x 6 9 0 3 0 Senators AB R H BI AVG White Sox AB R H BI AVG Blasingame,D 2b 4 0 0 0 .217 Landis cf 4 1 2 2 .243 Kennedy ss 4 0 1 0 .223 Weis 2b 4 1 1 0 .218 King rf 4 0 2 0 .224 Hershberger rf 4 0 2 1 .200 Skowron 1b 4 0 0 0 .266 Ward,P 3b 4 2 2 3 .212 Lock cf 4 0 1 0 .274 Hansen ss 4 0 1 0 .289 Zimmer 3b 3 0 0 0 .305 Nicholson lf 4 1 1 0 .198 Valentine lf 3 0 1 0 .337 McCraw 1b 2 0 0 0 .247 Leppert c 3 0 0 0 .216 McNertney c 2 1 0 0 .250 Rudolph p 2 0 0 0 .111 Horlen p 2 0 0 0 .107 Ridzik p 1 0 0 0 .000 30 6 9 6 32 0 5 0 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Rudolph L 1-2 5.0 6 5 5 1 1 62 42 4.00 Ridzik 3.0 3 1 1 0 2 34 24 4.59 8.0 9 6 6 1 3 96 66 White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Horlen W 8-1 9.0 5 0 0 0 13 132 99 1.35 9.0 5 0 0 0 13 132 99 2B-Nicholson(7). HR-Ward,P 2(15). RBI-Landis 2(8), Hershberger(16), Ward,P 3(48). CS-Hershberger. K-Blasingame,D, Kennedy, King, Skowron 2, Zimmer 2, Valentine 2, Leppert 2, Rudolph 2, Hershberger, Nicholson 2. BB-McNertney. SH-McCraw, Horlen. GWRBI: Ward,P Temperature: 76, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 10 MPH. Attendance: 13,814 Game Time: 1:57