Saturday – July 4
“I Get Around” – recorded by the Beach Boys – hit the top of the Billboard charts and would remain #1 for the next two weeks.
On to the Action:
The Phillies scored off Jack Sanford in the top of the first:
- With two outs, Johnny Callison walked and scored on Richie Allen’s double.
But the Giants responded with a pair of runs in the bottom half to take the lead:
- Jim Ray Hart singled and scored on Duke Snider’s home run (#4) to take a 2-1 lead.
From there, Jack Sanford and Jim Bunning both strung together four scoreless innings. And then the Phillies tied it up in the top of the sixth against Billy Pierce:
- With two outs, Richie Allen drew a walk.
- Wes Covington followed with a single. Allen – off and running with the pitch – made third so easily that he kept going. Duke Snider’s throw to the plate might have nailed Allen – but it bounced in front of the plate and rolled into foul territory.
With the score tied 2-2, Jim Bunning and Gaylord Perry strung together more scoreless innings as the game moved into extra innings. And then the Phillies got to Perry in the top of the eleventh:
- John Herrnstein singled.
- One out later, Richie Allen tripled to give the Phillies the lead.
- Wes Covington followed with a home run (#8) to make it 5-2 Phillies.
Gene Mauch made a quadruple switch in the bottom of the eleventh:
- John Herrnstein moved from first to left.
- Ruben Amaro moved from short to first.
- Bobby Wine came in to play short – replacing Jim Bunning’s spot in the order.
- Jack Baldschun came in to pitch – taking over Wes Covington’s place in the batting order.
Jack Baldschun struck out Jim Ray Hart and Duke Snider and retired Willie Mays on a fly to center to pick up the save (#6).
Jim Bunning (9-2) gave up the two runs on six hits while striking out nine over the first ten innings to pick up the win.
Gaylord Perry (6-4) took the loss.
Around the League: The Phillies made it three straight wins – and three straight over the Giants – to take over first place by ½ game.
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
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