PHILS COME OUT ON TOP FOLLOWING WILD 9TH INNING
Winners Belt Three Solo HRs in Final Frame
PHILADELPHIA, July 26 (AP) - After watching a lead slip away when they
surrendered four runs in the top of the ninth inning the Philadelphia Phillies
scored three times in the home half, on a trio of solo home runs, to win the
second game of a doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-6, at Connie Mack
Stadium. The Phillies also won the opener, 4-3 in ten innings. The
sweep moved Philadelphia to within five games of first place.
The Phillies took the lead in the first inning when Johnny Callison belted his
18th home run of the season.
The Cardinals evened the score in the second. Ken Boyer and Dick Groat led
off with consecutive singles, leaving runners at first and second. Bob
Skinner flied to right for the first out but Tim McCarver drew a walk off
Philles starter Art Mahaffey to fill the bases. Jerry Bucheck followed
with a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Boyer and tying the game.
Philadelphia took the lead in the sixth with a pair of runs. Callison
started things off with a leadoff double and Richie Allen followed with a triple
to left-center, scoring Callison with the go-ahead run. Alex Johnson added
some insurance by lining a single to center, bringing home Allen to put the
Phillies on top, 3-1.
St. Louis countered with a run in the seventh when McCarver led off with a
double, Bucheck followed with a walk and pitcher Ray Sadecki sacrificed the
runners to second and third. At that point Ed Roebuck replaced Mahaffey on
the mound, but Curt Flood laced a single to center field. McCarver scored
easily but Rojas nailed Bucheck at the plate with a perfect throw to catcher Gus
Triandos. Lou Brock grounded out to end the frame.
The Phillies added an insurance run in the eighth. Facing reliever Ron
Taylor, Allen led off by grounding a single through the box. Johnson
followed with a single to center, putting runners on first and second.
John Herrnstein hit for Triandos and laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt, moving
the runners to second and third. Wes Covington pinch hit for Bobby Wine,
but was walked intentionally to load the bases for Clay Dalrymple.
Dalrymple flied to shallow right for the second out, with the runners
holding. Tony Gonzalez then pinch hit for Roebuck and drew a walk on a 3-2
pitch to force in a run, to make the score 4-2. Tony Taylor struck out to
end the inning.
Jack Baldschun came on to pitch for Philadelphia in the top of the ninth,
nursing a two-run lead, and retired McCarver on a chopper back to the mound for
the first out. Julian Javier hit for Bucheck and promptly lined a double
off the left field wall, bringing the potential tying run to the plate in the
form of Mike Shannon, who was sent up to pinch hit for Taylor. Shannon
rolled out to short, with Javier taking third. Baldschun then walked Curt
Flood on five pitches, bring the potential go-ahead run to the plate.
Brock drew a walk on a 3-2 offering, filling the bases. Bill White became
the third straight Cardinals batter to draw a free pass, forcing in a run to cut
the Phillies lead to 4-3. Baldschun worked ahead of Boyer, 1-2, but
surrendered the game-tying hit when the major league leader in runs batted in
singled to right. The runners all advanced 90 feet. With Groat at
the plate, Baldschun completed the meltdown by uncorking consecutive wild
pitches, allowing two more runs to score and giving St. Louis a 6-4 lead before
finally ending the inning by retiring Groat on a pop fly to second.
Having gone from one strike away from winning the game to two runs down, the
Phillies might have been forgiven if they'd sleepwalked through the home half of
the ninth, but that didn't happen. Facing lefty Mike Cuellar, the bottom
of the ninth began much as the top half had when Cookie Rojas rolled to Javier
at second for the first out. But Callison followed with his third extra
base hit and second home run of the game, high over the right field wall, to cut
the Cardinals lead to a single run. Cuellar fanned Allen, and the Phillies
were down to their final out. But Ruben Amaro became the unlikely hero,
taking a 1-0 Cuellar screwball into the left field seats for his second home run
of the season to tie the game at six. Herrnstein followed and worked the
count full before belting a fly ball just inside the right field foul pole for
his fourth long ball of the season to win the game for Philadelphia. What
was left of the crowd of better than 25,000 erupted with cheers as Herrnstein
rounded the bases and met his teammates at home plate.
7/26/1964, StL64-Phi64, game 2, Connie Mack Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Cardinals 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 9 0 8 0 1964 Phillies 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 7 11 0 9 0 Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Phillies AB R H BI AVG Flood cf 4 1 1 1 .322 Taylor,T 2b 5 0 0 0 .282 Brock lf 4 1 0 0 .284 Rojas cf 4 0 0 0 .254 White,B 1b 4 1 1 1 .292 Callison rf 5 3 3 2 .272 Boyer,K 3b 5 1 3 2 .334 Allen,R 3b 4 2 3 1 .301 Groat ss 5 0 1 0 .301 Johnson,A lf 4 0 3 1 .357 Skinner rf 4 0 1 0 .252 Amaro 1b 1 1 1 1 .208 McCarver c 3 1 1 0 .305 Triandos 1b 2 0 0 0 .198 Buchek 2b 1 0 0 1 .077 Herrnstein ph 1 1 1 1 .185 Javier ph 1 1 1 0 .238 Wine ss 3 0 0 0 .134 Sadecki p 1 0 0 0 .031 Covington ph 0 0 0 0 .337 Taylor,R p 0 0 0 0 .000 Baldschun p 0 0 0 0 .667 Shannon ph 1 0 0 0 .297 Dalrymple c 4 0 0 0 .264 Cuellar p 0 0 0 0 .091 Mahaffey p 2 0 0 0 .132 33 6 9 5 Roebuck p 1 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez,T ph 0 0 0 1 .312 36 7 11 7 Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Sadecki 7.0 6 3 3 3 6 102 63 3.93 Taylor,R 1.0 2 1 1 2 1 24 10 2.15 Cuellar BS 1, L 0-5 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 16 11 3.72 8.2 11 7 7 5 8 142 84 Phillies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Mahaffey 6.1 5 2 2 3 2 92 52 4.29 Roebuck H 5 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 14 12 5.44 Baldschun BS 6, W 5-3 1.0 2 4 4 3 0 37 19 3.86 9.0 9 6 6 6 3 143 83 StL: Javier batted for Buchek in the 9th Shannon batted for Taylor,R in the 9th Javier moved to 2b in the 9th Phi: Herrnstein batted for Triandos in the 8th Covington batted for Wine in the 8th Gonzalez,T batted for Roebuck in the 8th Rojas moved to ss in the 9th Amaro inserted at 1b in the 9th Herrnstein moved to lf in the 9th Gonzalez,T moved to cf in the 9th 2B-Skinner(8), McCarver(14), Javier(8), Callison(22). 3B-Allen,R(5). HR-Callison 2(19), Herrnstein(4), Amaro(2). RBI-Flood(34), White,B(60), Boyer,K 2(88), Buchek(1), Callison 2(57), Allen,R(62), Johnson,A(1), Herrnstein(28), Gonzalez,T(32), Amaro(8). K-Brock, Skinner, Buchek, Taylor,T, Allen,R, Johnson,A, Triandos, Wine, Dalrymple, Mahaffey 2. BB-Flood, Brock, White,B, McCarver, Buchek, Sadecki, Rojas, Allen,R, Triandos, Covington, Gonzalez,T. SH-Sadecki, Herrnstein. SF-Buchek. WP-Baldschun 2. GWRBI: Herrnstein Temperature: 98, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from left at 2 MPH. Attendance: 25,334 Game Time: 2:29