Saturday – May 23

The crowd of 42,349 for the second game of the series was 3,000 more than the previous night.

Back to the Action – Dennis Bennett gave up 11 hits – but just two runs over 13 innings – as the Phillies beat the Dodgers 4-2 in 14 innings.

The Phillies broke on top in the third:

• After Dodgers starter Phil Ortega got the first two outs, Richie Allen and Johnny Callison hit back-to-back doubles to make it 1-0.

The Dodgers answered in the bottom of the third:

• Dick Tracewski led off with a home run (#1) to tie the game 1-1.
• Willie Davis singled and moved to second on Phil Ortega’s sacrifice bunt.
• One out later, Junior Gilliam lined a single to right to score Davis and make it 2-1 Dodgers.

The Phillies added a run in the sixth:

• Wes Covington’s lead-off homer (#5) tied the game 2-2.

The score remained tied at 2-2 from the bottom of the sixth thru the bottom of the 13^th inning.

The Phillies untied things in the top of the 14^th inning:

• Gene Mauch sent Cookie Rojas up to pinch-hit for Bennett. Rojas walked and moved to second when Tony Taylor bunted.
• Richie Allen singled – but Rojas had to stop at third.
• Johnny Callison singled to score Rojas easily and put the Phillies ahead 3-2. With Allen heading for third, left-fielder Tommy Davis fielded the ball and thought he had a shot at getting Allen at third. So he came up throwing – but Allen slid under the tag at third and Callison took second on the throw.
• After Danny Cater struck out for the second out, Tony Gonzalez hit a ground ball to third that should’ve been the third out. But Junior Gilliam booted it for an error – allowing Allen to score an insurance run to make it 4-2 Phillies.

Gene Mauch brought Jack Baldschun in to close out the game and Baldschun got the Dodgers one-two-three in the bottom of the 14^th to earn the save (#3).

Dennis Bennett struck out eight while picking up the win (5-3).

Ron Perranoski – who pitched the 13^th and 14^th – took the loss.

Around the League – The Giants lost to the Pirates 9-2 – allowing the Phillies to pull into a tie for first-place.

Meanwhile in Milwaukee, the Cardinals lost to the Braves 8-4 to remain in second place – one game behind.

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