June 18, 1964 | BARRY BOWE

Short vs Ellsworth

The date was June 18, 1964.

After splitting the first two games of the series, two prime lefties were starting the rubber game:

Chris Short (4-3) for the Phillies.
Dick Ellsworth (8-5) for the Cubs.

Dick Ellsworth, who lost to the Phillies on April 17th, was coming off a 5-2 complete-game win over the Pirates.

Chris Short made two relief appearances against the Cubs in April, giving up no runs or hits in two innings of work. This was his first start against the Cubs.

The first inning was scoreless.

In the top of the second, Richie Allen led off with a single. Rookie Danny Cater followed with his first home run in the majors and it was 2-0 Phillies.

In the bottom of the second, Ron Santo answered with his 10th home run to trim the Phillies lead to 2-1.

In the top of the third, Chris Short aided his own cause with a single to center ─ his first hit of the season in 17 at-bats. Cookie Rojas forced Short at second for the first out. But Johnny Callison homered to bump the lead to 4-1. It was Callison’s seventh homer and 28th and 29th RBIs.

From there, Short and Ellsworth traded zeroes through the top of the fifth.

In the bottom of the fifth, Leo Burke pinch-hit for Ellsworth.

To start the top of the sixth, rookie right-hander Wayne Schurr (0-0) came in to pitch for the Cubs.

From there, Schurr pitched two scoreless innings and Chris Short pitched one, taking us through the top of the seventh.

In the bottom of the seventh, Ron Santo walked.

Gene Mauch then made a double-switch:

• Ed Roebuck (1-2) came in to pitch, batting seventh.

• Clay Dalrymple replaced Gus Triandos behind the plate, batting ninth.

Roebuck was sporting an 0.91 ERA.

Ernie Banks doubled to deep center and Ron Santo scored to trim the Phillies lead to 4-2.

Roebuck then retired the next three Cubs.

In the top of the eighth, Clay Dalrymple led off with a double and moved to third when Cookie Rojas hit behind the runner and grounded out to second.

With a runner on third with one out, Bob Kennedy summoned Bobby Shantz (1-3) from the bullpen.

Shantz was acquired from the Cardinals three days earlier, at the June 15th trading deadline, along with pitcher Ernie Broglio and outfielder Doug Clemens, in exchange for Shantz, pitchers Jack Spring and Paul Toth, plus outfielder Lou Brock.

For the Cardinals, that trade would prove to be one of the most significant moves in the history of the franchise ─ but more about that later.

Johnny Callison doubled and Dalrymple scored to make it 5-2 Phillies ─ Callison’s third RBI of the game and 30th of the season.

Ed Roebuck tossed a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

In the top of the ninth, with one out, Bobby Wine tripled. Clay Dalrymple hit his second consecutive double and Wine scored to up the lead to 6-2 Phillies.

In the bottom of the ninth, Ron Santo led off the bottom of the ninth with his second home run of the game, and 11th of the season, to cut the lead to 6-3 Phillies.

Ernie Banks singled. Billy Ott popped to short. Pinch-hitter Len Gabrielson walked to put runners on first and second ─ and still just one out.

With Roebuck laboring, Gene Mauch made a bold move by bringing Jim Bunning (6-2) in between starts to close out the game. Bunning, the ace of the staff, pitched four innings the day before, giving up four runs on seven hits. It was a risky move, but Mauch believed that Bunning was equal to the challenge.

And Mauch was right.

Bunning retired the Cubs on two ground balls to seal the victory.

Chris Short (5-3) picked up the win, with help from Roebuck and Bunning. It was Bunning’s first save of the season and the 13th of his career. In 1962 with the Detroit Tigers, Bunning went 19-10 as a starter and also saved six games. So saving games was not an unfamiliar role for Bunning.

Dick Ellsworth (8-6) took the loss.

The Phillies won the series three games to two and put the Phillies up 9-3 in the season series with the Cubs.

Marichal Bombed

At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, the Cards jumped on Giants ace Juan Marichal (8-2 when the game started) for seven runs and 11 hits in five innings – and then held on for dear life to eke out a 7-6 win.

Ray Sadecki (7-5) picked up the win with some help from Ron Taylor’s fifth save of the year. Marichal (8-3) took the loss.