4-RUN 9TH PUSHES PHILS PAST DRYSDALE, DODGERS
Would-Be Shutout Disappears in Final Frame
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (AP) - Left for dead and seemingly headed for their sixth
loss in seven games, the Philadelphia Phillies scored four times in the ninth
inning to defeat Don Drysdale and the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-3. The win
moves the Phillies into sole possession of third place in the National League, 3
1/2 games behind the pace setting Cincinnati Reds. Drysdale appeared
headed for his major league leading 12th shutout of the year prior to the
Philadelphia rally, but the collapse was swift and fatal.
The Dodgers took the lead in the very first inning off Phillies starter Rick
Wise when Maury Wills led off with a double into the right field corner,
advanced to third on Wes Parker's sacrifice, and scored on Darrel Griffith's
roller to third.
Los Angeles upped its advantage in the fourth inning. Tommy Davis led off
with a double and scored on Johnny Roseboro's single to center field. The
Dodgers then scored what appeared to be a capping insurance run in the eighth
inning. Facing lefty Dennis Bennett, Parker started things off with a
single, then moved to second on Griffith's sacrifice bunt. Right-hander
Jack Baldschun replaced Bennett and retired Davis on a grounder to short, but
Roseboro came through again, this time with a double, plating Parker and giving
the Dodgers a 3-0 lead.
Through eight innings Drysdale had been nearly flawless, allowing only four
baserunners (a walk, a hit batsman and two singles), none of whom advanced past
second base. But the ninth inning was a very different story. Richie
Allen was retired on a line drive to first baseman Ron Fairly to open the frame,
but Johnny Callison singled and advanced to second when Wes Covington
walked. A passed ball charged to Roseboro moved the runners to second and
third, and John Herrnstein drew a free pass to load the bases. Clay
Dalyrymple then bounced a single that bisected Wills and third baseman Jim
Gilliam and found its way into left field, scoring Callison to end the
shutout. The lead was now 3-1 and the bases remained filled. Cookie
Rojas followed with an infield chopper that was so high that Wills had no play
anywhere. Covington scored and now the Los Angeles lead was down to a
single run, with the bases still loaded. Bobby Wine lifted a sacrifice fly
to right, and Herrnstein crossed the plate with the tying run. There were
two outs now, but pinch hitter Costen Shockley completed the rally with a single
to right-center field. Dalyrymple scored easily from second and the
Phillies took a 4-3 lead. Jim Brewer replaced Drysdale and retired Tony
Gonzalez on a comebacker to finally end the inning, but the damage had been
done.
Ed Roebuck took the mound for the Phillies in the bottom of the ninth and
surrendered a two-out double to Wills to give the Dodgers hope, but retired
Parker on a line drive to short to end the game.
9/17/1964, Phi64-LAN64, Dodger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 0 6 1 1964 Dodgers 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 0 8 0 Phillies AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Gonzalez,T cf 5 0 0 0 .315 Wills ss 5 1 3 0 .264 Allen,R 3b 4 0 1 0 .307 Parker cf 4 1 2 0 .219 Callison rf 4 1 1 0 .252 Griffith rf 3 0 0 1 .249 Covington lf 3 1 0 0 .314 Davis,T lf 4 1 2 0 .261 Herrnstein 1b 3 1 0 0 .199 Crawford lf 0 0 0 0 .000 Dalrymple c 4 1 2 1 .269 Roseboro c 3 0 2 2 .253 Rojas 2b 4 0 1 1 .280 Fairly 1b 3 0 0 0 .228 Amaro ss 2 0 0 0 .250 Tracewski 2b 3 0 0 0 .182 Johnson,A ph 1 0 0 0 .253 Brewer p 0 0 0 0 .417 Wine ss 0 0 0 1 .149 Shirley 3b 3 0 2 0 .385 Wise p 0 0 0 0 .077 Gilliam 3b 1 0 0 0 .196 Power ph 1 0 0 0 .250 Drysdale p 3 0 0 0 .119 Shantz p 0 0 0 0 .000 Oliver,N 2b 1 0 0 0 .243 Briggs ph 0 0 0 0 .273 33 3 11 3 Bennett,De p 0 0 0 0 .180 Baldschun p 0 0 0 0 .500 Shockley ph 1 0 1 1 .267 Roebuck p 0 0 0 0 .000 32 4 6 4 Phillies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Wise 4.0 7 2 2 1 1 57 37 3.06 Shantz 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 32 24 2.72 Bennett,De 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 4 3 4.28 Baldschun W 8-7 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 14 6 3.54 Roebuck S 7 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 11 7 4.19 9.0 11 3 3 2 2 118 77 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Drysdale L 23-9 8.2 6 4 4 3 5 123 77 2.10 Brewer 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.07 9.0 6 4 4 3 5 124 78 Phi: Power batted for Wise in the 5th Johnson,A batted for Amaro in the 8th Briggs batted for Shantz in the 8th Wine inserted at ss in the 8th Shockley batted for Baldschun in the 9th LAN: Gilliam inserted at 3b in the 8th Crawford inserted at lf in the 9th Oliver,N inserted at 2b in the 9th 2B-Wills 2(16), Davis,T(15), Roseboro(20). RBI-Dalrymple(43), Rojas(40), Wine(23), Shockley(4), Griffith(15), Roseboro 2(37). CS-Wills. K-Callison, Herrnstein 2, Rojas, Amaro, Davis,T, Drysdale. BB-Covington, Herrnstein, Briggs, Fairly, Tracewski. SH-Parker, Griffith, Roseboro. SF-Wine. HBP-Wise. PB-Roseboro. HB-Drysdale. GWRBI: Shockley Temperature: 60, Sky: clear, Wind: none. Attendance: 18,503 Game Time: 2:17