1964 June 12 | BARRY BOWE

Friday – June 12

Nelson Mandela was convicted of sabotage, sentenced to life imprisonment, and sent to the Robben Island Prison off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa.

Back to the Action – The Phillies took a 2-0 lead with single runs in the first and second innings.

Phillies First:

With one out, Richie Allen hit a home run (#12).

Phillies Second:

Tony Gonzalez and John Herrnstein hit back-to-back singles – with Gonzalez moving to third.
Then Gonzalez scored on Clay Dalrymple’s sacrifice fly.

But the Mets jumped on Phillies pitching for five runs in the top of the third:

With Dennis Bennett on the mound, Chris Cannizzaro led off with a single.
Tracy Stallard hit into a force at second – replacing Cannizzaro as the runner on first.
When Jim Hickman doubled to deep center, third-base coach Don Heffner sent Stallard homeward bound. Meanwhile, Tony Gonzalez chased down the ball and fired it to cutoff man Cookie Rojas – who handled the throw and relayed it to the plate. But Stallard beat the throw to cut the Phillies lead to 2-1 – Hickman advancing to third on the throw.
Ed Kranepool singled to score Hickman and tie the score 2-2.
Dennis Bennett walked Ron Hunt.
Joe Christopher followed with a single to score Kranepool to put the Mets on top 3-2 – with Hunt moving up to second.

When Gene Mauch visited the mound, Bennett told him that his arm was acting up. So Mauch replaced him with Ed Roebuck.

From the stretch position, Roebuck saw Joe Cristopher taking a big lead at first – and picked him off. But John Herrnstein couldn’t handle the throw and the ball rolled into foul territory – allowing Hunt and Christopher to move up a base.
Roebuck got Hawk Taylor to hit a ground ball to third. Richie Allen fielded the ball, checked the runners, and threw Taylor out at first for the second out.
But Charley Smith hit a two-run single to make it 5-2 Mets.

From there, it was mostly Mets in the 11-3 drubbing of the Phillies.

The Mets scored four more times in the seventh:

After Dallas Green retired the first two hitters on ground balls, Jim Hickman doubled.
Green walked Ed Kranepool.
Ron Hunt hit a two-run triple to make it 7-2.
Joe Christopher hit a two-run homer (#5) to make it 9-2.

The Phillies got one run back in the seventh:

With one out, John Herrnstein tripled and scored on Clay Dalrymple’s single to trim the gap to 9-3.

But the Mets added runs in the eighth and ninth.

Mets Eighth:

Charley Smith doubled.
One out later, Tracy Stallard singled and Smith scored to make it 10-3.

Mets Ninth:

Joe Christopher led off with a triple.
One out later, rookie Dave Bennett – the younger brother of Dennis Bennett – wild-pitched Christopher across the plate to end the scoring at 11-3.

Gene Mauch used 19 players and 7 pitchers – but very little worked as Tracy Stallard (4-7) pitched a complete-game victory. Dennis Bennett took the loss (7-4).

Worse yet, Dennis Bennett hadn’t pitched in six days in an attempt to refresh his arm – but he left the game in the third inning with arm trouble.

Around the League – The Giants lost to the Braves 4-3 – so the Giants and Phillies remained tied for first place.

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