Saturday – May 16

Trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the third, the Colt 45s took the lead in the bottom half of the inning:

• Eddie Kasko reached first on Richie Allen’s error, moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Nellie Fox, and scored when Al Spangler tripled to tie the game 1-1.
• Spangler scored on Walt Bond’s sacrifice fly to make it 2-1.

Turk Farrell retired the Phillies in the fourth and the fifth – and then helped his own cause in the bottom of the fifth:

• Farrell singled and moved to second on Eddie Kasko’s bunt.
• Nellie Fox flew out to center for the second out.
• When Al Spangler singled to right, Turk Farrell rounded third and took a wide turn toward home – but then hit the brakes. And good thing for him because Johnny Callison threw a strike to the plate that would’ve nailed him. Spangler moved up to second on the throw to the plate to put runners on second and third with two outs.
• Walt Bond made it three RBIs on the day with a two-run single that made it 4-1.

The Phillies added a single run in the sixth and rallied to score another in the ninth to close the gap to 4-3. But Hal Woodeshick came in to get the last two outs and pick up the save (#7).

Around the League – The Giants beat the Mets 6-4 in 15 innings to flip-flop with the Phillies and 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