Thursday – May 21
The Phillies got started in the top of the first:
- Richie Allen hit a two-run homer (#9).
But the Giants answered right back in the bottom:
- Willie Mays hit a two-run shot (#15) of his own to knot the score at 2-2.
The Phillies played small-ball in the third:
- Richie Allen led off with a single.
- Trying to sacrifice, Danny Cater laid down a bunt – but he beat it out for a base hit.
- Allen tagged and moved to third on a long fly by Gus Triandos – and he tagged and scored on a deep fly by Tony Gonzalez to make it 3-2.
- Wes Covington and Bobby Wine followed with singles. Cater scored and it was 4-2 Phillies.
After starter Bob Hendley walked Rick Wise to load the bases, Al Dark replaced Hendley with Gaylord Perry – who retired Tony Taylor to end the inning.
But the bottom dropped out for Culp in the bottom of the fourth:
- Willie Mays walked and advance to third on Willie McCovey’s single.
Even with the Phillies leading 4-2, Gene Mauch lifted Rick Wise in favor of Ed Roebuck (1-0). Roebuck had yet to give up a run in eight outings.
- Roebuck got what he was looking for when Cepeda hit a double-play ball to short – but the sure-handed Bobby Wine booted it and Willie Mays scored to close the gap to 4-3.
- Trying to sacrifice, Jim Davenport beat out a bunt to load the bases.
- José Pagan singled, the runners moved up a base, and McCovey scored to tie the game 4-4.
To start the bottom of the fifth, Gene Mauch replaced Roebuck with Johnny Klippstein (2-0) – who had an ERA of 1.93 in six games.
But the Giants got to Klippstein:
- After two quick ground outs, Willie Mays hit a solo shot (#16).
- Orlando Cepeda followed with a two-run shot (#3) o make it 7-4 Giants.
- Jim Davenport singled and José Pagan doubled.
Gene Mauch replaced Klippstein with Ray Culp – but Culp was wild:
- Culp walked Del Crandall intentionally to get to pitcher Bobby Bolin.
- But then Culp walked Bolin to force in a run and make it 8-4.
After a scoreless sixth, the Giants added another run in the seventh when the wildness continued:
- Culp walked Cepeda.
- Culp walked Crandall intentionally.
- Culp walked Bolin to load the bases.
- Culp hit Chuck Hiller to force in a run and end the scoring with the Giants on top 9-4.
Bobby Bolin (1-1) shut out the Phillies on one hit over the final six innings to pick up the win.
Johnny Klippstein (2-1) was tagged with the loss.
Around the League – By winning the series two games to one, the Giants took possession of first place by one game – the Phillies dropping into a second-place tie with the Cardinals.
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
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