1964 June 18 | BARRY BOWE

Thursday – June 18

The Phillies bounced back to take the rubber game.

Back to the Action – The Phillies scored two runs in the second and third innings – sandwiched around a singleton by the Cubs in the bottom of the second.

Phillies Second:

Richie Allen led off with a single and Danny Cater homered (#1) for the first time in his big-league career.

Cubs Second:

Ron Santo hit a leadoff home run (#10) to half the score.

Phillies Third:

Chris Short led off with a single.
After Cookie Rojas forced Short at second, Johnny Callison hit a two-run shot (#7).

Holding a 4-1 lead, Chris Short nursed a three-hitter thru six innings. But he ran into trouble in the bottom of the seventh:

He walked Ron Santo to start the inning.

Sensing that Short was tiring, Gene Mauch made a double switch:

Ed Roebuck (1-2) came in to pitch – batting seventh – and sporting an 0.91 ERA.
Clay Dalrymple replaced Gus Triandos behind the plate – batting ninth.

Roebuck allowed a run-scoring double to Ernie Banks that trimmed the Phillies lead to 4-2.

But Roebuck then retired the next three hitters to end the threat.

Then the Phillies added single runs in the eighth and ninth to expand the lead to 6-2.

Phillies Eighth:

Clay Dalrymple doubled – and moved to third when Cookie Rojas grounded out 4-3.

With the left-handed Johnny Callison stepping to the plate, Bob Kennedy replaced right-handed reliever Wayne Shurr with lefty Bobby Shantz.

But Callison foiled the strategy by lining a double off the ivy to give the Phillies a 5-2 lead.

Phillies Ninth:

With one out, Bobby Wine tripled – and scored when Clay Dalrymple followed with a double.

Trailing 6-2, the Cubs rallied in the bottom of the ninth:

Ron Santo led off with his second home run (#11) of the ball game to trim the deficit to 6-3.

Roebuck gave up a single to Ernie Banks, got Billy Ott to pop to short, and walked pinch-hitter Len Gabrielson.

Not wanting the game to slip away, Gene Mauch made a bold move by bringing Jim Bunning in to relieve – in between starts – to close out the game. Bunning had pitched four innings the day before – giving up four runs on seven hits. So it was a risky move, but Mauch believed Bunning was equal to the challenge.

And he was right.

Bunning retired the next two hitters on ground balls to pick up the save (#1) – the 12^th of his career.

Chris Short (5-3) got the win and Dick Ellsworth (8-6) took the loss.

The Phillies won the series 3-to-2 to give them a decided 9-to-3 edge over the Cubs in the season series.

Around the League – The Cardinals edged the Giants 7-6 – which allowed the Phillies to move past the Giants and take over first place by one game.

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