DRYSDALE 1ST TO 20 WINS
Dodgers Best Cards, Within 6 1/2 of 1st
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 (AP) - Don Drysdale became the first pitcher in the major
leagues this season to win 20 games, as the Los Angeles Dodgers knocked off the
St. Louis Cardinals, 6-4, at Dodger Stadium. It was the third straight win
for the Los Angeles right-hander, and his sixth in seven starts. Drysdale
also leads the major leagues in complete games, shutouts and innings pitched.
It wasn't Drysdale's best-pitched game of the year--not by a long shot. He
struggled through seven innings, but his teammates, who have had troubles
scoring runs all season, came through with six runs of support and relievers Bob
Miller and Ron Perranoski mopped up with a scoreless inning apiece.
The Dodgers jumped in front with a first-inning run off of Cardinals starter Ray
Sadecki when Maury Wills, who led off with a single and a stolen base, scored on
Tommy Davis' two-out base hit.
St. Louis matched that run in the second when Dick Groat singled and scored all
the way from first base on Tim McCarver's hit-and-run double.
Los Angeles regained the lead in the third with some help from the Cardinals
defense. Wills led off and reached first when Groat kicked his ground ball
for an error. Dick Tracewski laid down a sacrifice bunt but Sadecki added
insult to injury by booting it for the second miscue of the inning, leaving
runners at first and second. Willie Davis then dropped down a sacrifice of
his own, moving the runners to second and third with one out. Tommy Davis
followed with a single to left, scoring both runners and giving the Dodgers a
3-1 lead.
But the Cardinals came back and tied the game in the fifth when Curt Flood drew
a lead-off walk and scored two outs later on Ken Boyer's 25th home run of the
season. Boyer's two runs batted in give him 100 on the season; the St.
Louis third baseman is the first major leaguer to reach the century mark.
The Dodgers seized the lead for good in the sixth and knocked out Sadecki in the
process. Frank Howard led off with a single to right and Ron Fairly
followed by dropping down a bunt that was so good that it went for a base hit,
putting runners on first and second with none out. Nate Oliver then
singled through the box, scoring Howard, with Fairly advancing to third and
Oliver to second on the unsuccessful throw to the plate. Johnny Roseboro
lofted a sacrifice fly to deep left, bringing Fairly home and moving Oliver to
third. Drysdale then followed with a single past the drawn-in St. Louis
infield, scoring Oliver to put the Dodgers ahead 6-3. That was it for
Sadecki.
Bill White's solo home run in the seventh capped the scoring. Drysdale was
lifted after seven innings, having allowed four runs on nine hits and two walks,
but Miller and Perranoski preserved the victory.
Drysdale's quest for the National League Cy Young Award continues apace.
No other NL pitcher has more than 14 victories thus far this season.
8/14/1964, StL64-LAN64, Dodger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Cardinals 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 10 3 8 1 1964 Dodgers 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 x 6 9 0 6 0 Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Flood cf 4 1 1 0 .315 Wills ss 4 2 1 0 .274 Brock lf 5 0 1 0 .299 Tracewski 3b 1 1 0 0 .174 White,B 1b 5 1 1 1 .289 Davis,W cf 3 0 0 0 .270 Boyer,K 3b 4 1 2 2 .315 Davis,T lf 4 0 2 3 .268 Groat ss 4 1 2 0 .300 Howard,F rf 4 1 1 0 .238 McCarver c 4 0 1 1 .305 Fairly 1b 4 1 2 0 .243 Javier 2b 4 0 2 0 .243 Oliver,N 2b 4 1 1 1 .247 Maxvill pr 0 0 0 0 .200 Roseboro c 3 0 1 1 .252 Shannon rf 3 0 0 0 .276 Drysdale p 3 0 1 1 .118 Sadecki p 2 0 0 0 .025 Miller,B p 0 0 0 0 .143 Cuellar p 0 0 0 0 .091 Gilliam ph 1 0 0 0 .195 Skinner ph 1 0 0 0 .253 Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 .000 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 .000 31 6 9 6 36 4 10 4 Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Sadecki L 10-9 5.1 9 6 4 1 3 84 59 4.20 Cuellar 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 22 11 3.04 Schultz 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 20 17 0.00 8.0 9 6 4 1 5 126 87 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Drysdale W 20-5 7.0 9 4 4 2 5 126 74 1.75 Miller,B H 6 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 18 11 3.24 Perranoski S 10 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 3.34 9.0 10 4 4 2 6 155 92 StL: Maxvill ran for Javier in the 8th Skinner batted for Cuellar in the 8th Maxvill moved to 2b in the 8th LAN: Gilliam batted for Miller,B in the 8th E-Boyer,K, Groat, Sadecki. 2B-Brock(21), McCarver(16), Javier(9). HR-White,B(14), Boyer,K(25). RBI-White,B(67), Boyer,K 2(100), McCarver(37), Davis,T 3(56), Oliver,N(15), Roseboro(27), Drysdale(3). SB-Wills(30), Tracewski(1). K-Flood, Brock, White,B, Shannon 2, Sadecki, Davis,W, Howard,F, Roseboro 2, Drysdale. BB-Flood, Shannon, Tracewski. SH-Sadecki, Tracewski 2, Davis,W. SF-Roseboro. WP-Sadecki. GWRBI: Oliver,N Temperature: 67, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: right to left at 4 MPH. Attendance: 29,710 Game Time: 2:35