Friday – May 22

LBJ delivered his “Great Society” speech at the University of Michigan commencement – calling for the end of racial injustice and poverty in the U.S.

Since the Dodgers‘ left-handed ace Sandy Koufax beat the Mets 3-2 one day earlier, the Phillies were going to miss him as a starter in this series.

Instead, the Phillies drew right-handed ace Don Drysdale to open the series in front of 38,920 fans – the largest crowd to see the Phillies play thus far. Opposing Drysdale was lefty Chris Short.

Back to the Action – Chris Short met the challenge by shutting out the Dodgers 2-0 on eight hits.

On the other side of the ledger, the Phillies managed single runs off Drysdale in the sixth and ninth.

Sixth inning:

• Richie Allen reached first on an error by Maury Wills, moved to third on a single by Johnny Callison, and scored when Wes Covington lifted a sacrifice fly to right to make it 1-0 Phillies.

Ninth inning:

• Johnny Callison singled and moved to second on a sacrifice by Ruben Amaro.
• After Tony Gonzalez struck out looking, John Herrnstein singled to score Callison and close the scoring at 2-0.

It was Short’s second shutout (3-1) in his last two starts – dropping his ERA to an amazing 0.28.

Don Drysdale (5-3) took the loss.

Around the League – The Giants picked up an easy 8-3 win over the Pirates to maintain their one-game lead over the Phillies and 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