Wednesday, August 5 – First Game

After two days off, the Phillies hosted the Colt 45s for three games – starting with a twi-nighter.

So far, the Phillies won seven of the nine games with Houston.

Jim Bunning (10-4) and Bob Bruce (11-5) were taking the mound in the first game.

Play Ball:

No score going into the bottom of the second:

• Wes Covington and Clay Dalrymple singled – Covington going to third.
• Covington scored on a sacrifice fly by Tony Taylor.

The Colt 45s tied it up in the top of the third:

• With one out, Al Spangler homered (#3).

The score remained 1-1 entering the bottom of the seventh:

• Tony Taylor tripled.
• With one out, Gene Mauch sent Cookie Rojas up to pinch-hit for Bunning – Rojas was 1-for-8 in that role – and he hit a sacrifice fly to make it 2-1 Phillies.

Jack Baldschun (4-5) replaced Bunning and retired Colt 45s without a problem in the top of the eighth.

The Phils added insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth:

• Johnny Callison doubled and scored when Richie Allen followed with a double.
• Wes Covington flew out and Allen tagged and moved to third.
• Gene Mauch called for the squeeze – and Clay Dalrymple bunted Allen home to make it 4-1.

Baldschun shut the door in the ninth to pick up the save (#14).

Jim Bunning (11-4) got the win, Bob Bruce (11-6) the loss.

Wednesday, August 5 – Second Game

Ray Culp (8-7) versus Ken Johnson (8-11) in the nightcap.

Play Ball:

The Colt 45s played small-ball in the top of the first:

• Al Spangler walked, moved to second on a ground out, and then to third on a long fly.
• Walt Bond singled to score Spangler.

From there, the game moved to the bottom of the eighth 1-0.

Ken Johnson for the Colt 45s and a combination of Ray Culp and Dennis Bennett for the Phillies took the game into the bottom of the eighth without a change in score.

But then the Phillies tied it up:

• Ken Johnson hit Tony Taylor with a pitch.
• Trying to sacrifice, Bobby Wine laid down a bunt – and beat it out for a hit.
• Cookie Rojas pinch-hit for Bennett and tried to move the runners with a bunt – but he popped it up. Ken Johnson caught the ball for the first out, wheeled and threw to second in an attempt to double-up Taylor. But the throw bounced away from Nellie Fox – far enough into the outfield that Taylor scored and Wine move up to third.

With left-handed hitting Tony Gonzalez due up, Houston manager Harry Craft lifted the right-handed Johnson in favor of lefty Hal Woodeshick (2-6).

Gene Mauch countered by sending Gus Triandos up to bat for Gonzalez. Triandos.

• Triandos topped a ball to third. Bob Aspromonte fielded the ball, threw home, and got Tony Taylor at the plate for the second out. Triandos was safe at first and Wine moved to third.

Gene Mauch sent John Boozer in to pinch-run for Triandos – and he sent Ruben Amaro up to pinch-hit for John Herrnstein.

• Amaro – just 1-for-9 as a pinch-hitter – singled to score Wine and tie the score at 1-1.

Ed Roebuck (2-2) came in to pitch the ninth and retired the Colt 45s 1-2-3 in the top of the ninth.

In the bottom of the ninth:

• Richie Allen led off with a walk-off homer (#19) to give the Phillies a 2-1 victory.

Ed Roebuck (3-2) picked up the win – making it two straight for the Phillies – and Hal Woodeshick (2-7) took the loss.

Around the League:

The Giants beat the Mets 4-1 in a single game in New York.

With the Phillies sweeping the doubleheader, they picked up ½-game on the Giants to lead by two games.

In addition to being the official Eagles Outsider for BlameMyFather.com – Barry Bowe is also the author of:

• Born to Be Wild
• 1964 – The Year the Phillies Blew the Pennant
• 12 Best Eagles QBs
• Birth of the Birds
• Soon-to-be-published sexy, police procedural Caribbean Queen
• Soon-to-be-published novel Stosh Wadzinski
• Soon-to-be-published novel Polish Widow
• Work-in-Progress A Fuckin All-American