ELLSWORTH, CUBS STIFLE REDS
Lefty Faces Only 28 in CG Shutout
CINCINNATI, July 1 (AP) - Dick Ellsworth fired a complete game one-hit shutout
and faced only 28 batters as the Chicago Cubs whipped the Cincinnati Reds, 3-0
at Crosley Field. The only batter to reach base against Ellsworth was
Frank Robinson, who led off the fifth inning with a solid single to left
field.
Ellsworth (10-7) was astonishingly efficient and needed only 76 pitches to fire
his seventh complete game of the season.
Reds starter Bob Purkey threw a complete game as well, but ran into trouble in
the fourth inning--the only frame that yielded any runs. Ron Santo opened
the inning with a single and advanced to third when Ernie Banks blooped a base
hit just inside the foul line in left field. Len Gabrielson followed with
his first home run of the year, a towering fly ball that landed in the right
field bleachers, and the Cubs had a 3-0 lead.
Purkey managed to avoid further damage, but Ellsworth was the story of this
game. He retired the first 12 batters he faced on just 27 pitches, then
yielded the single to Robinson to open the fifth, and set down the final 15 Reds
that came to the plate.
It was the third win in the last four starts for Ellsworth and the fourth
consecutive complete game for the Chicago left-hander, who has seen his earned
run average drop by more than half a run over that span of time.
7/1/1964, ChN64-Cin64, Crosley Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Cubs 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 7 0 1964 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Cubs AB R H BI AVG Reds AB R H BI AVG Amalfitano 2b 5 0 2 0 .227 Rose 2b 4 0 0 0 .254 Stewart ss 4 0 0 0 .239 Harper lf 3 0 0 0 .275 Williams,B lf 4 0 0 0 .312 Pinson cf 3 0 0 0 .250 Santo 3b 4 1 3 0 .302 Robinson,Fr rf 3 0 1 0 .237 Banks,E 1b 4 1 2 0 .287 Johnson,D 1b 3 0 0 0 .340 Gabrielson rf 4 1 1 3 .230 Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0 .199 Cowan cf 4 0 0 0 .253 Edwards,J c 3 0 0 0 .221 Bertell c 4 0 1 0 .202 Boros 3b 3 0 0 0 .220 Ellsworth p 2 0 0 0 .050 Purkey p 2 0 0 0 .071 35 3 9 3 Klaus ph 1 0 0 0 .187 28 0 1 0 Cubs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Ellsworth W 10-7 9.0 1 0 0 0 3 76 52 3.87 9.0 1 0 0 0 3 76 52 Reds INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Purkey L 5-6 9.0 9 3 3 2 3 123 83 2.45 9.0 9 3 3 2 3 123 83 Cin: Klaus batted for Purkey in the 9th HR-Gabrielson(1). RBI-Gabrielson 3(13). K-Gabrielson, Bertell, Ellsworth, Pinson, Cardenas, Purkey. BB-Ellsworth 2. GWRBI: Gabrielson Temperature: 82, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 9 MPH. Attendance: 9,647 Game Time: 1:58