Sunday – June 28 – First Game

On to the Action: The Phillies took the lead in the top of the second:

• With one out, Cookie Rojas singled and moved to third when Gus Triandos followed with a double.
• Mike Cuellar walked Bobby Wine intentionally to load the bases.
• Chris Short hit a sacrifice fly to make it 1-0.

The Phils added a run in the sixth:

• Danny Cater singled.
• One out later, Cater moved to third when Gus Triandos followed with a single.
• Bobby Wine squeezed Cater home to make it 2-0.

Another in the seventh:

• Tony Taylor singled, moved to second on a bunt by John Herrnstein, and scored on Johnny Callison’s single.

And added icing to the cake in the ninth:

• Bobby Wine reached first on an error and moved to second on Chris Short’s bunt.
• Tony Taylor walked.
• John Herrnstein singled to score Wine – Taylor moving to third.
• Johnny Callison singled and Taylor scored to end the scoring at 5-0.

Chris Short retired the side 1-2-3 in the bottom of the ninth to complete his four-hit, eight-strike-out whitewashing of the Cards.

Thanks to four complete games and three shutouts, Chris Short’s ERA was a snappy 1.78 ERA – and he was establishing himself as a top left-hander in the league.

Mike Cuellar (0-1) – who would go on to become a 20-game winner with the Baltimore Orioles four times – absorbed his first loss in the big leagues.

Sunday – June 28 – Second Game

On to the Action: The Cardinals scored for the first time on the day in the bottom of the first:

• With one out, Lou Brock doubled and scored on Bill White’s single.

The Phillies tied it up in the second:

• Richie Allen doubled and scored on Danny Cater’s single.

The Cards took the lead in the fifth:

• Curt Flood walked and Lou Brock singled.
• One out later, Ken Boyer was awarded first on catcher’s interference to load the bases.
• The runners moved up when Bob Skinner hit into a force at second – Curt Flood scoring and Lou Brock taking a wide turn around third. After the force, Wine threw home to check Brock – but Clay Dalrymple muffed the throw and Brock scored to make it 3-1.

The Cards padded the lead in the seventh:

• Lou Brock, Bill White, and Ken Boyer hit back-to-back-to-back singles – Brock scoring and White stopping at second.
• One out later, Dick Groat drove White home with a single to make it 5-1.

The Phillies tried to rally in the top of the eighth:

• With one out, Tony Taylor walked and Cookie Rojas singled to put runners on first and second.
• One out later, Richie Allen singled to score Taylor and trim the deficit to 5-2.

Ray Sadecki retired Danny Cater on a force to end the rally – and then the Cards put the game away in the bottom half with Jack Baldschun on the mound replacing Ray Culp:

• Tim McCarver singled.
• Ray Sadecki laid down a bunt and Baldschun muffed the pickup – McCarver going all the way to third.
• Curt Flood singled to score McCarver – Sadecki moving to third with a play and Flood advancing to second on the play at third.
• Bill White hit a two-run single to make it 8-2.

Ray Sadecki (8-6) got the win – his second in two starts against the Phillies – and Ray Culp (4-6) took the loss – giving up 11 hits and five runs – three earned – in seven innings. And Jack Baldschun was no better – giving up three hits and three runs – one earned – in his one inning in relief.

The split of the doubleheader split the four-game series – but the Cards still held a commanding 6-3 lead in the season series.

Around the League: The Giants beat the Dodgers 1-0 in a pitcher’s duel between Ron Herbel (6-3) and Don Drysdale (10-7). That win – coupled with the split of the doubleheader by the Phillies – dropped the Phils ½ game behind the Giants.

The Cards were mired in sixth place – 8½ games back.

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