MARIS' 5 HITS, 2 HRS PUSH YANKS PAST A'S
RF Caps Day with GW HR in 10th
NEW YORK, July 2 (AP) - Roger Maris rapped out five hits--two of them home runs,
including the game-winner in the bottom of the tenth inning--to lead New York
past the Kansas City Athletics, 5-4 at Yankee Stadium. Maris has hit five
home runs in the past week, including a pair of two-home run games. The
victory stretched the Yankees' winning streak to four.
New York took a quick 3-0 lead in the first inning off Kansas City starter Diego
Segui. Bobby Richardson drew a one-out walk and advanced to second on
Mickey Mantle's single. Both runners came home when Maris hit his first
home run of the game, depositing a Segui offering into the lower grandstand in
right field.
The A's recovered quickly, however, picking up a run in the third when Rick
Joseph doubled and later scored on Wayne Causey's sacrifice fly. Kansas
City tied the game in the fourth on a pair of unearned runs. With one out,
Rocky Colavito reached when third baseman Phil Linz kicked a ground ball for an
error. Billy Bryan drew a walk from Yankees starter Rollie Sheldon and
George Alusik doubled Colavito home, to cut the deficit to 3-2, with Bryan
moving to third. Ed Charles grounded out to second, scoring Bryan and
tying the game.
New York regained the lead in the bottom half of the fourth. Maris and Joe
Pepitone opened the inning with back-to-back singles, putting runners at first
and second. Hector Lopez flied out to right but Elston Howard's single
plated Maris, giving the Yankees a 4-3 advantage.
Neither team had a scoring opportunity again until the top of the ninth when the
A's tied the game. Sheldon yielded a lead off single to Colavito and
walked Bryan, bringing manager Yogi Berra to the mound for a pitching
change. Hal Reniff replaced Sheldon and retired Alusik on a line drive to
Linz at third. Charles then roped a double past Linz into the left field
corner, scoring Colavito to tie the game and leaving runners at second and third
with just one out. With the infield in to cut off the possible go-ahead
run, pinch hitter Jose Tartabull rolled a grounder to Richardson at
second. Kansas City had the contact play on and Richardson easily cut down
Bryan at the plate. With runners at first and third and two outs, Reniff
struck out pinch hitter Dick Green to end the inning.
The game moved to the bottom of the tenth, still tied. Working his second
inning of relief, right-hander Wes Stock fanned Tom Tresh to start the frame,
before working a 2-2 count to Maris. Stock fired a sinker but left it up
and Maris belted it into the right field bleachers for his second home run of
the game and a Yankees victory.
7/2/1964, KC64-NYA64, Yankee Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1964 Athletics 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 1 5 1 1964 Yankees 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10 1 7 0 Athletics AB R H BI AVG Yankees AB R H BI AVG Causey ss 3 0 1 1 .277 Linz 3b 5 0 1 0 .243 Williams,G 2b 5 0 0 0 .229 Richardson,B 2b 4 1 0 0 .248 Mathews,N cf 5 0 0 0 .265 Mantle cf 3 1 1 0 .298 Colavito rf 4 2 1 0 .320 Tresh cf 1 0 0 0 .274 Bryan c 2 1 0 0 .292 Maris rf 5 3 5 4 .324 Alusik lf 4 0 1 1 .176 Pepitone 1b 4 0 1 0 .279 Charles 3b 4 0 1 2 .233 Reniff p 0 0 0 0 1.000 Joseph 1b 3 1 1 0 .163 Lopez lf 4 0 1 0 .262 Tartabull ph 1 0 0 0 .184 Howard,E c 3 0 1 1 .323 Segui p 2 0 0 0 .224 Boyer,C ss 4 0 0 0 .161 Jimenez,M ph 1 0 0 0 .256 Sheldon p 2 0 0 0 .071 Wyatt p 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez,P 1b 1 0 0 0 .267 Green,Di ph 1 0 0 0 .270 36 5 10 5 Stock p 0 0 0 0 .500 35 4 5 4 Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Segui 6.0 8 4 4 3 5 104 66 2.73 Wyatt 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 23 15 1.44 Stock L 2-2 1.1 1 1 1 0 3 24 15 5.71 9.1 10 5 5 3 9 151 96 Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Sheldon 8.0 4 4 2 3 3 104 69 3.26 Reniff BS 1, W 4-2 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 25 14 0.58 10.0 5 4 2 3 4 129 83 KC : Jimenez,M batted for Segui in the 7th Tartabull batted for Joseph in the 9th Green,Di batted for Wyatt in the 9th Alusik moved to 1b in the 9th Tartabull moved to lf in the 9th NYA: Tresh inserted at cf in the 9th Gonzalez,P inserted at 1b in the 9th E-Charles, Linz. 2B-Alusik(7), Charles(11), Joseph(1). HR-Maris 2(8). RBI-Causey(39), Alusik(7), Charles 2(29), Maris 4(27), Howard,E(39). CS-Gonzalez,P. K-Bryan, Segui, Jimenez,M, Green,Di, Linz, Richardson,B, Mantle, Pepitone, Boyer,C 2, Sheldon 2, Tresh. BB-Causey, Bryan 2, Richardson,B, Mantle, Howard,E. SH-Sheldon. SF-Causey. WP-Sheldon. GWRBI: Maris Temperature: 69, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 3 MPH. Attendance: 18,745 Game Time: 2:29