July 2, 1964

LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The new law prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin – and ended segregation in public places.

Short versus Ortega

It was Chris Short (6-4) versus Phil Ortega (3-2) in front of 35,541 in the second game of the two-game series in Los Angeles.

Chris Short was making his 12th start since pitching his way out of the bullpen. As a starter, he completed five games and threw four shutouts. His last outing was a five-hit, complete-game shutout over the Cardinals.

Phil Ortega was making his 13th start. He completed four games and tossed two shutouts, but he lost his last start 4-3 to the Giants. In two earlier starts against the Phillies, he lost both games.

Phil Ortega and Chris Short started with two scoreless innings each.

In the top of the third, John Herrnstein walked with one out and scored when Johnny Callison hit a line drive over the rightfield fence to put the Phillies ahead 2-0. It was Callison’s 12th round-tripper of the season ─ giving him 43 RBIs ─ and it was his second in the two games in Los Angeles.

Richie Allen reached first on an error by Derrell Griffith and moved to second when Wes Covington grounded out to first for the second out.

Clay Dalrymple singled and Allen scored to make it 3-0 Phillies.

In the bottom of the third: John Roseboro and Derrell Griffith led off with back-to-back singles to put runners on first and second with nobody out.

Walter Alston sent Lee Walls up to pinch-hit for Phil Ortega. But Walls struck out swinging to make it first and second with one out.

Maury Wills hit a ground ball to third. In his haste to get the speedy Wills at first, Richie Allen bounced the throw to first and the runners were all awarded two bases. Roseboro scored to cut the gap to 3-1. Griffith moved to third and Wills took second.

Chris Short retired Nate Oliver and Willie Davis to end the inning.

In the top of the fourth, lefty Jim Brewer (0-2) took over from Ortega. This was Brewer’s 17th appearance in relief and his second against the Phillies. He lost 4-3 to Dennis Bennett on June 2nd in Philadelphia. He deserved better fate in that outing, giving up just one run on five hits in four innings, while striking out six.

Brewer shut the Phillies down in the top of the fourth.

With one out in the top of the fourth, Frank Howard hit a solo shot to trim the Phillies lead to 3-2. It was Howard’s 19th of the season and the fifth allowed by Short.

In the top of the fifth, Bob Miller (2-4) replaced Brewer ─ Miller’s 30th relief outing. Despite a losing record, Miller’s ERA was a sharp 1.98.

Short gave up one hit in the fifth and sixth innings.

In the top of the seventh, Tony Gonzalez batted for Short.

In the bottom of the seventh, Jack Baldschun (3-3) replaced Short.

Over the final three innings, Baldschun gave up one hit, struck out two, and walked no one in picking up his fifth save.

Bob Miller threw five innings of two-hit baseball to shut down the Phillies the rest of the way, but the Phillies just enough to pull out a 3-2 victory.

Chris Short (7-4) got the win and Phil Ortega (3-3) was tagged with the loss.

The Phillies wound up splitting the series and wound up with a 5-3 edge in the season series with the Dodgers.

Giants Keep Winning

The Giants posted a five-spot in the bottom of the sixth to pull out a 6-5 win over the Pirates at Candlestick Park.

The Giants bunched six hits in the rally – including a two-run shot by Orlando Cepeda (#14) – to take the lead at 6-2. From there, Bob Shaw finished what Bob Hendley (8-4) started. It was the seventh save for Shaw.

The victory enabled the Giants to maintain their 1½ game lead over the Phillies.

(Excerpted from 1964 – The Year the Phillies Blew the Pennant by Barry Bowe.)