1964 May 29 | BARRY BOWE

Friday – May 29

Back to the Action – The Phillies were holding a 5-1 lead after seven innings on the strength of Jim Bunning’s two-hitter – and some timely hitting.

The Phils broke the ice in the bottom of the first:

Cookie Rojas singled and Richie Allen bunted for a base hit.
Two outs later, Tony Gonzalez tripled to take a 2-0 lead.

They added to the lead in the bottom of the fifth:

An error and singles by Richie Allen and Johnny Callison loaded the bases.
Wes Covington hit a two-run single to make it 4-0.

And padded the lead in the sixth:

Clay Dalrymple singled and moved to second on a wild pitch.
Two outs later, Cookie Rojas singled Dalrymple home and it was 5-0.

But Bunning gave up a run in the top of the seventh:

With two outs, Mike White doubled.
Walt Bond drove him home with a single to end the shutout at 5-1.

Bunning weakened in the top of the eighth – and the Colt 45s took the lead:

Rusty Staub walked.
Dave Roberts singled – and then all hell started to break loose against Bunning.
John Bateman hit a routine fly ball to right, but Johnny Callison dropped it for an error – Staub scoring to cut the deficit to 5-2. Roberts advanced to third and Bateman to second.
Eddie Kasko singled both runners home to cut the deficit to 5-4.
After Bunning got two outs on fly balls, Nellie Fox tripled to tie the score 5-5.
Mike White doubled to put the Colt 45s in front 6-5.

Mauch replaced Bunning with Dennis Bennett – who’d started the day before but hadn’t made it thru the third inning. And Bennett got a ground ball to end the inning.

Colt 45s manager Harry Craft sent Hal Woodeshick out to pitch the bottom of the eighth – and the Phillies jumped on him:

Danny Cater pinch-hit for John Herrnstein and singled.
Tony Taylor pinch-hit for Clay Dalrymple. Just one run down, Gene Mauch called for a sacrifice and the strategy succeeded as Taylor got the bunt down and Cater moved into scoring position.
Cater held second when Ruben Amaro grounded out for the second out.
Gus Triandos pinch-hit for Dennis Bennett and doubled to tie the game 6-6.
Cookie Rojas hit a line drive over Rusty Staub’s head in center-field and wound up on third with a triple – Triandos scoring to put the Phillies on top 7-6. The triple gave Rojas 11 hits in 16 trips since Mauch started penciling his name into the starting lineup three days earlier – two doubles, a triple, and a home run to go along with seven singles. The triple upped Rojas’ batting average to .565.

To begin the ninth, Gene Mauch made a triple-switch:

Ed Roebuck came in to pitch, batting seventh.
Gus Triandos stayed in to catch, batting ninth.
Danny Cater moved into left field, batting sixth.

Roebuck closed the game with a one-two-three ninth inning – he’d yet to give up a run in 12 innings over 11 games.

Dennis Bennett (6-3) picked up the win in relief and Roebuck earned the save (#5).

Hal Woodeshick (1-3) took the loss.

Around the League – The Giants lost to the Mets 4-2 in front of 55,062 at Shea Stadium – Tracy Stallard (3-6) besting Jack Sanford (4-5) – and the Phillies eased back into a tie with the Giants for first place.

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