NEWMAN LOSES NO-HITTER, GAME IN 9TH
Nats Pull Out 'W' Despite Lone Hit
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 (AP) - Fred Newman took a no-hitter and a 1-0 lead into the
ninth inning against the Washington Senators but lost both as the Los Angeles
Angels fell, 2-1, at Chavez Ravine. A pair of walks kicked off the
Washington rally prior to Earl Cunningham's game-tying single and then, after
Newman was replaced by Bob Lee, a ground ball scored what proved to be the
game-winning run.
Newman and Senators starter Claude Osteen matched scoreless frames into the
seventh inning when the Angels finally scratched out a run to take the
lead. Bob Perry led off by grounding out but Bob Rodgers lined a single to
left and moved to second on Vic Power's roller back to Osteen. Bobby Knoop
drew a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch to put runners on first and second and then
Newman helped his own cause by grounding a single past Osteen into center
field. Perry scored on the play and the Angels took a 1-0 lead.
Osteen retired Jimmy Piersall on a fly to center to end the inning.
Heading to the top of the ninth, Newman had allowed only one baserunner.
With one out in the top of the first inning, Earl Cunningham reached on an error
by second baseman Knoop. Newman then retired the next 23 Senators batters
in a row, taking him through the eighth inning. The 23 consecutive hitters
retired streak is the longest in an American League game this season and the
second longest in the majors. Jim Maloney of the Cincinnati Reds set down
25 straight Chicago Cubs in a 13-1 victory on May 23.
The ninth started off ominously, as the small crowd at Chavez Ravine looked on
nervously. The streak of batters retired came to an end when Newman walked
pinch hitter Dick Phillips on a 3-2 pitch. Phillips was replaced at first
by pinch runner Ken Hunt. John Kennedy followed by drawing a free pass of
his own, also on a full count. With runners on first and second, Senators
manager Gil Hodges called for a sacrifice bunt, but Don Blasingame popped up the
attempt and it was speared by third baseman Tom Satriano for the first out of
the inning, keeping the no-hitter intact. But Cunningham followed by
grounding a single between Knoop and Power, into right field for the first
Washington safety of the game, scoring Hunt easily and sending Kennedy to
third. The game was now tied with the go-ahead run 90 feet from home
plate. With the no-hitter and shutout gone, Angels manager Bill Rigney
replaced Newman, who left to a loud ovation, with fireballer Bob Lee, in the
hopes of getting a strikeout. With the infield at double play depth, Lee
induced a weak ground ball toward third. The Senators had the contact play
on and Kennedy scored from third with the lead run as Satriano took the only
play he had and threw Hinton out at first. Don Lock followed with a ground
out to short to end the inning.
Steve Ridzik came on in relief in the bottom of the ninth and retired the Angels
in order to preserve the victory.
Newman becomes the fourth major league pitcher this season to have a no-hitter
broken up in the ninth inning and the first since Al Downing of the New York
Yankees suffered the indignity at the hands of the Angels on June 30. In
that June 30 game, the Angels allowed only one hit themselves in the 1-0 loss
making Los Angeles the only major league team this season to lose two games in
which only one hit was allowed.
Downing remains the only pitcher to date this year to complete a no-hit game,
accomplishing the feat against the Senators on May 3.
8/7/1964, Was64-LAA64, Chavez Ravine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Senators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 1964 Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 6 0 Senators AB R H BI AVG Angels AB R H BI AVG Blasingame,D 2b 4 0 0 0 .217 Piersall lf 4 0 1 0 .317 Cunningham 1b 4 0 1 1 .223 Smith,W rf 4 0 1 0 .288 Hinton lf 4 0 0 1 .208 Fregosi ss 4 0 0 0 .233 King rf 4 0 0 0 .218 Adcock 1b 3 0 1 0 .283 Lock cf 4 0 0 0 .266 Satriano 3b 1 0 0 0 .140 Brumley c 3 0 0 0 .194 Perry,B cf 3 0 0 0 .255 Zimmer 3b 3 0 0 0 .285 Rodgers,B c 4 1 2 0 .211 Brinkman ss 2 0 0 0 .241 Power 3b 3 0 0 0 .224 Phillips,D ph 0 0 0 0 .217 Pearson ph 1 0 0 0 .245 Hunt,K pr 0 1 0 0 .140 Knoop 2b 2 0 0 0 .215 Ridzik p 0 0 0 0 .000 Newman p 3 0 1 1 .136 Osteen p 2 0 0 0 .169 Lee,B p 0 0 0 0 .083 Kennedy ph 0 1 0 0 .220 32 1 6 1 30 2 1 2 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Osteen W 10-10 8.0 6 1 1 2 3 107 71 2.61 Ridzik S 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 12 8 4.92 9.0 6 1 1 2 4 119 79 Angels INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Newman L 6-11 8.1 1 2 2 2 4 109 73 2.67 Lee,B 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 1.40 9.0 1 2 2 2 4 116 77 Was: Phillips,D batted for Brinkman in the 9th Hunt,K ran for Phillips,D in the 9th Kennedy batted for Osteen in the 9th Kennedy moved to ss in the 9th LAA: Satriano inserted at 3b in the 8th Power moved to 1b in the 8th Pearson batted for Power in the 9th E-Knoop. 2B-Rodgers,B(13). RBI-Cunningham(13), Hinton(39), Newman(3). K-Hinton, King, Lock, Brinkman, Fregosi, Perry,B, Newman, Pearson. BB-Phillips,D, Kennedy, Perry,B, Knoop. GWRBI: Hinton Temperature: 68, Sky: clear, Wind: none. Attendance: 7,984 Game Time: 2:21