1964 Game Stories

Date Headline
April 15 Excellence Goes Unrewarded
April 17 Craig Fires 10-Inning CG 1-Hitter
April 19 Gibson Fires 3-Hit Shutout at Colts
April 24 Braves Win Marathon on Oliver HR
April 26 Bucs Go Back-to-Back-to-Back in Losing Effort
April 27 Drysdale Dominates Colts
April 28 Cards Overcome 8-Run Deficit, Defeat Mets
April 29 Surprising A's Maintain Early Season Momentum, Pound Tigers
April 30 Bennett Stays Hot as Phils Top Reds
May 1 Drysdale Pitches Dodgers to 6th Straight Victory
May 2 Bouton Loses No-Hitter in 9th, Preserves Win for Yanks
May 3 11-Run 1st Paces Chisox in Sweep of Halos
May 3 Downing Fires Season's First No-Hitter
May 7 Nats Turn It Around; Complete 3-Game Sweep of Yanks
May 9 Aguirre Finds Form, 1-Hits O's
May 9 Purkey Fires 2-Hitter, Reds Extend 'W' Streak to 4
May 9 Koufax Dominates Giants
May 10 Pascual Rights Ship by 2-Hitting A's
May 10 Drysdale Fires 3rd Shutout of Season
May 12 Mets 'L' Streak Hits 10 Games
May 12 Cards Overcome 7-Run Deficit, Rebound to Defeat Phils
May 13 Colts Drop 10th Straight Game
May 14 Koufax, Drysdale Continue LA's Run Atop NL
May 14 Rojas Belts GW HR for Phils in 13th
May 15 Bunker Fires 1-Hitter as O's Shutout Halos
May 15 Bucs Manage Just 1 Hit, Still Beat Dodgers
May 17 Houston Breaks 13-Game Losing Streak
May 17 "Baby Bull" Paces Giants' Rout of Mets in DH Opener
May 18 Drysdale Fires 4th Shutout of Season
May 21 C. Smith's Slam in 9th Beats Koufax
May 23 Maloney Loses Perfecto, No-No and Shutout in 9th
May 24 Colavito Stars as A's Sweep DH from BoSox
May 28 Jackson Loses No-Hitter in 8th, Settles for Shutout
May 29 Cubs Outlast Braves in High-Scoring Wrigley Doublefest
May 30 Cloninger, Carty Key Braves Sweep
June 1 O's Outlast A's in Battle of the Solo HR
June 3 A Tale of Two Contests
June 4 10-Run 2nd Aids Yanks Romp Over Twins
June 6 Dodgers 6-Run 9th Caps Comeback Win Over Mets
June 9 Pizarro Tosses 2nd Straight Shutout
June 11 Drysdale Stymies Cards; Fires 7th Shuout
June 12 Koufax Fans 17 in Whitewash of Cards
June 14 Do It All Kaat Keys Twins' Sweep of Nats
June 16 11th Inning Slam Completes Bengals' Sweep
June 17 Tribe Uses 6-Run 9th to Steal Opener from Twins
June 20 John Fans 12, Tribe Blanks Halos
June 21 Bowens' PH Bomb Caps O's Comeback
June 21 A's Out-Homer Nats in Slugfest DH Openeer
June 27 Hart's 2 Homers Include Game-Winner in 12th
June 28 BoSox Go Back-to-Back-to-Back, Overcome Tribe
June 30 Double One-Hitter
July 1 ChiSox Blank Nats Twice
July 1 Ellsworth, Cubs Stifle Reds
July 2 Maris' 5 Hits, 2 HRs Push Yanks Past A's
July 5 Bengals Earn Swep with Pair of 11-Inning Wins
July 9 Bucs Comeback Sends Braves to 8th Straight Defeat
July 10 BoSox Pitchers Walk 18 in 8 Innings
July 10 Colts Turn Triple Play, Still Fall to Dodgers
July 10 Braves Snap 8-Game Losing Streak
July 14 Bond's Big Day Keys Colts Sweep
July 17 Drysdale 1st to 15 Wins
July 18 BoSox Trip Nats in Wild Affair
July 19 DH Sweep of Nats Extends BoSox W Streak to 9
July 19 Pizarro Equals AL K Mark, ChiSox Trip A's in Opener
July 20 BoSox Extend W Streak to 10
July 21 After Brutal 1st Inning, Pascual Rights Ship
July 21 Drysdale Outduels Bruce in Epic Pitchers Battle
July 24 Twins Outlast ChiSox in 17-Inning Marathon
July 25 Barber Stems Tide, Fires 2-Hit CG Shutout
July 26 Stenhouse Loses No-Hitter, Game in 8th
July 26 Game-Winning Blasts Supply ChiSox Fireworks
July 26 Yanks Pound 4 1st Inning Homers in Nightcap 'W' Over Bengals
July 26 Phils Come Out on Top Following Wild 9th Inning
July 31 Carty Hits for Cycle, Braves Bury Cubs
August 1 Stargell's 3 HRs Not Enough as Giants Best Bucs
August 2 Adcock, Newman Star as Halos Hammer BoSox
August 2 Horlen Outduels Osteen in Extra Inning Marathon
August 5 Phils Blank Colts Twice, Retain Spot in NL Pennant Mix
August 6 Phils Blank Cots for 3rd Straight Game
August 7 Newman Loses No-Hitter, Game in 9th
August 8 Oliva's 3 HRs Not Enough; Twins Fall in Opener
August 9 Bunning Tosses 3rd Straight Shutout
August 10 Cards Break Scoreless Tie with Giants in 13th
August 11 Pizarro Fires 10-Inning No-hitter; ChiSox Complete DH Sweep
August 14 Drysdale 1st to 20 Wins
August 16 Hendley, Giants 1-Hit Braves, Still Lose
August 17 Callison's 2-Out 3-Run HR in 10th Sinks Cubs
August 23 Grant's 10-Inning Shutout Completes Twins DH Sweep
August 24 Mays Betls 3 HRs, Giants Bury Dodgers
August 24 Mathews, Menke Longball Heroes for Braves
August 26 Horlen Wins 14th Straight Decision
August 28 Kaat Fans 14 as Twins Drub Nats
August 29 Mays Paces Giants to Win Over Braves
August 30 Horlen Loses for 1st Time in 15 Decisions
August 31 Drysdale Gem Snaps Dodgers 'L' Streak
September 1 Kreutzer, McDowell Lock Up in Epic Duel
September 1 Maloney Fans 14 as Reds Nip Cubs
September 4 9th Inning HRs Allow Phiiles to Snatch Victory from Jaws of Defeat
September 4 Wild Veale Ends Bucs' Skid with No-Hit Effort
September 7 Chance Loses No-Hitter, Shutout Game With 2 Outs in 9th
September 7 ChiSox Earn Split on Talbot's 1-Hitter
September 9 Pizarro Narrowly Misses 2nd No-Hitter
September 9 Mays' Blast Completes Giants' 12th Inning Rally
September 11 Stallard Drops 20th Game
September 12 Bertaina Fires Season's 4th No-Hitter
September 15 Purkey's 1-Hit Effort Just Enough
September 19 4-Run 9th Pushes Phils Past Drysdale, Dodgers
September 20 Peters, White Sox Lose No-Hitter in 9th but Escape with Win
September 21 Mays Rescues Giants with 9th Inning Homer
September 21 Phils Blow 6-Run Lead, Rebound to Beat Reds
September 22 Drysdale, Dodgers Outlast Cubs in 14, 1-0
September 23 Held's HR in 22nd Salvages DH Split for Tribe
September 23 Sting of Lost No-Hitter Eased by Horlen's 20th 'W'
September 24 Callison Clutch in Phils' Comeback
September 25 Late Cubs Rally Sinks Giants
September 29 Howard's No-Hitter Extends ChiSox 'W' Streak to 8
September 30 O's Clinch AL Crown with DH Sweep of Nats
October 1 Banks' 3 HRs Leads to Rout of BoSox
October 1 Stottlemyre 1-Hits Bengals in DH Opener
October 3 Giants Hold Off Cubs, Clinch NL Pennant