PIZARRO FIRES 10-INNING NO-HITTER, CHISOX COMPLETE DH
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Sox 'D' Preserves Hitless Effort with Epic 10th
Inning Effort
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (AP) - Juan Pizzaro needed to go the extra mile and did so,
with more than a little bit of help from his teammates. The Chicago White
Sox left-hander tossed a 10-inning no-hitter, facing the minimum number of
batters, to defeat the New York Yankees, 1-0, in the second game of a
doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. The White Sox won the opener with
considerably greater ease, pasting the Yankees, 12-4. The sweep of the
twin bill gives Chicago a season-high 3 1/2 game lead in the American League
pennant race. It was the fourth straight victory for the red hot White Sox
and their 10th in the last 11 games. Since July 17, Chicago has won 21 of
27 contests.
Pizarro (13-6) locked up in a tremendous pitcher's duel with New York starter
Jim Bouton, resulting in a scoreless tie through nine innings. Bouton was
nearly as effective as Pizzaro. The only significant Chicago threat in
regulation came in the fourth inning when Pete Ward tripled to the Death Valley
region of the Stadium's left-center field. But Yankees manager Yogi Berra,
realizing that runs would be precious in this contest, uncharacteristically
ordered his infield to play in to cut off the potential go-ahead run at the
plate. This proved crucial when Moose Skowron followed Ward by grounding
to Clete Boyer at third. Ward had to hold his base as Boyer threw out
Skowron at first. When Gene Stephens flied to left, Bouton had escaped
damage.
Pizarro, meanwhile, was mowing the Yankees down, retiring the first 21 batters
he faced, but the pressure mounted as the game moved on, and it was
manifold. In addition to working on a perfect game, Pizzaro's teammates
had been unable to give him a lead in a game being played amidst a hard-fought
pennant race.
After Bouton cruised through a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the eighth, Mickey
Mantle led off the bottom half of the frame for New York. Well aware of
the fact that Mantle has been the most productive hitter versus left-handed
pitching in the major leagues this year, Pizzaro fell behind the Yankees slugger
3-0 and ultimately walked him on four pitches, losing the perfect game.
But with Elston Howard--another terrorizer of southpaws--at the plate, Mantle
was thrown out trying to steal second base by catcher J.C. Martin. Pizarro
retired Howard on a grounder to short and Hector Lopez on a fly ball to right to
end the inning. The walk to Mantle would ultimately prove to be the only
thing separating Pizarro from a perfect game.
In the top of the ninth, Don Buford sprayed a single between short and third to
open the inning. Floyd Robinson bounced a hit-and-run ground ball to
third, leaving Buford on second with one out. Ward flied to right field
with Buford advancing to third just ahead of the throw from Lopez. But
Mike Hershberger flied out to right field, ending the threat.
In the bottom of the inning, Pizarro got Joe Pepitone on a fly to center field
and then fanned Boyer and Bouton to end the inning, keeping the no-hitter
intact.
The White Sox finally broke through against Bouton in the top of the 10th.
Stephens drilled an 0-1 Bouton fastball into the seats in right field for his
second home run of the year, giving Chicago a 1-0 lead. Ron Hansen
followed by grounding a single into left field and was advanced to second on
Martin's sacrifice. Pizarro then dropped a single into right field, with
Hansen stopping at third. At this point, Berra replaced Bouton with
left-hander Whitey Ford, who was making only his second relief appearance of the
year, to take on lefty swinging Tom McCraw. But McCraw beat out a swinging
bunt to the right side of the infield, scoring Hansen with the second run of the
game and moving Pizarro to second. Ford retired Buford on a grounder to
second, with both runners advancing 90 feet, and then ended the inning by
inducing a fly ball to center off the bat of Robinson.
Pizarro finally had a lead and the White Sox also made a defensive move,
shifting Buford from second to third base and inserting Al Weis at second, to
begin the bottom of the 10th.
Perhaps it was a function of having run the bases in the top of the inning;
perhaps it was a result of a longer-than-expected delay before returning to the
mound; perhaps it was simply having to work into a tenth inning. But
whatever the explanation, Pizarro was not as sharp when he returned to the hill
to face the top of the Yankees' order in the bottom of the 10th inning.
Phil Linz pinch hit for Tony Kubek and, on a 1-0 pitch, laced a drive into the
right-center field gap. The no-hitter appeared to be gone, but center
fielder Stephens made a sensational diving catch on the warning track to record
the first out of the inning. Pizarro then got ahead of Bobby Richardson
0-1, but made a mistake with a fastball and Richardson hit a blistering line
drive that McCraw caught with a lunging backhanded stab for the second out of
the inning. That brought Tom Tresh to the plate. Pizarro worked
ahead of the Yankees outfielder 1-2 but then hung a breaking ball. Tresh
jumped all over it and hammered it into right field but Hersheberger, moving
hard to his right, made a terrific running grab to end the game and preserve the
no-hitter.
Pizarro's effort is only the second no-hitter in the major leagues to date this
season, and both have come at Yankee Stadium. Al Downing of the Yankees
no-hit the Washington Senators on May 3.
As a team earlier this season, the White Sox had a pair of would-be no-hitters
broken up in the seventh inning, one by Gary Peters and one by Joe Horlen.
8/11/1964, ChA64-NYA64, game 2, Yankee Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1964 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 7 0 1964 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 White Sox AB R H BI AVG Yankees AB R H BI AVG McCraw rf 5 0 1 1 .264 Kubek ss 3 0 0 0 .229 Buford 2b 5 0 1 0 .262 Linz ph 1 0 0 0 .264 Robinson,Fl lf 5 0 0 0 .304 Richardson,B 2b 4 0 0 0 .254 Ward,P 3b 4 0 1 0 .251 Tresh lf 4 0 0 0 .259 Weis 2b 0 0 0 0 .244 Mantle cf 2 0 0 0 .315 Skowron 1b 2 0 0 0 .274 Howard,E c 3 0 0 0 .340 Hershberger pr 1 0 0 0 .203 Lopez rf 3 0 0 0 .238 Stephens cf 4 1 2 1 .230 Pepitone 1b 3 0 0 0 .292 Hansen ss 3 1 1 0 .268 Boyer,C 3b 3 0 0 0 .196 Martin c 3 0 0 0 .234 Bouton p 3 0 0 0 .074 Pizarro p 4 0 1 0 .238 Ford p 0 0 0 0 .115 36 2 7 2 29 0 0 0 White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Pizarro W 13-6 10.0 0 0 0 1 8 110 74 2.84 10.0 0 0 0 1 8 110 74 Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Bouton L 11-10 9.1 6 2 2 2 1 116 76 3.17 Ford 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 2.32 10.0 7 2 2 2 1 124 81 ChA: Hershberger ran for Skowron in the 7th McCraw moved to 1b in the 7th Hershberger moved to rf in the 7th Buford moved to 3b in the 10th Weis inserted at 2b in the 10th NYA: Linz batted for Kubek in the 10th 2B-Stephens(6). 3B-Ward,P(1). HR-Stephens(2). RBI-McCraw(33), Stephens(23). CS-Mantle. K-Pizarro, Kubek, Tresh, Pepitone 2, Boyer,C, Bouton 3. BB-Skowron, Hansen, Mantle. SH-Martin. GWRBI: Stephens Temperature: 65, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to center at 11 MPH. Attendance: 15,884 Game Time: 2:21