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Game ID: 1770 - Saturday, October 9th, 1965 - Game Log
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 | | Saturday, October 9th, 1965 | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Chicago Colts | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 1 | | Cleveland Barons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
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| Chicago Uses Longballs to Rout Barons | Adcock Homers Twice, Sphinx Wins Again
CHICAGO (Oct. 9) -- Facing elimination in front of 77,000-plus hostile fans, the Chicago Colts used four home runs, including three in the first three innings and two by Joe Adcock, to rout the hosting Cleveland Barons 8-3, forcing the first UL World Series Game 7 in six years. Don Mossi pitched a seven-hit complete game for his second win of the series. Adcock started the homer-fest with a leadoff longball in the top of the second, and Banks and Adcock each homered in the third for an early 4-1 Colts lead.
Cleveland starter Bob Friend, failing on the mound, produced at the plate, launching a 427-foot homer to straightaway center to cut the lead to 4-2. But Mossi was too good, retiring 11 straight batters from the third to seventh innings, and the Barons wouldn't score again until the eighth, by which time Chicago had put the game out of reach. The Colts took a 6-2 lead in the fourth on an Ernie Banks' sac fly and a wild pitch.
Mossi lost some focus in the bottom of the eighth. After Roman Mejias reached on a Chuck Cottier fielding error, Mossi threw a wild pitch and allowed back-to-back singles to Dick Groat and Curt Flood, the latter scoring Mejias. But Chuck Hinton and Harvey Kuenn both failed to deliver in RBI situations, and the Colts added a pair of insurance runs in the ninth to put the game away.
The Colts tallied 13 hits, ironically matching the series high established by Cleveland in Game 3, when Cleveland got 13 hits but lost to Mossi 3-2. Jim Busby and Jerry Lynch each had three hits.
Cy Young winner Johnny Podres (0-1, 3.86) will try to put the Series away for Cleveland in Game 7, while Chicago will hand the ball to Ray Herbert (1-1, 3.38). |
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a - D. Demeter pinch hit for N. Cash in the 9th
b - W. Jones pinch hit for E. Bailey in the 9th
c - B. Rodgers substituted for D. Demeter in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: E. Bailey (1, 7th Inning off B. Friend, 0 on, 0 outs) J. Lynch (1, 2nd Inning off B. Friend, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: E. Banks (1, 3rd Inning off B. Friend, 0 on, 0 outs) J. Adcock 2 (2, 2nd Inning off B. Friend, 0 on, 0 outs; 3rd Inning off B. Friend, 0 on, 1 out) W. Jones (1, 9th Inning off J. Collum, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: E. Banks 4, J. Busby 3, E. Bailey 2, J. Lynch 4, J. Adcock 8, N. Cash, C. Cottier, W. Jones 4
2-out RBI: J. Busby, C. Cottier, W. Jones
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Mossi, E. Bailey, N. Cash, C. Cottier
GIDP: E. Banks, J. Lynch
Sac Bunt: D. Mossi
Sac Fly: E. Banks
Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING
SB: J. Busby (2), N. Cash (2)
FIELDING
Errors: C. Cottier
Double Plays: 2 (Lynch-Cottier-Cash, Banks-Cash)
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a - D. Groat pinch hit for B. Friend in the 8th
BATTING
Home Runs: B. Friend (1, 3rd Inning off D. Mossi, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. Friend 4, C. Flood 2, C. Hinton, E. Mathews, B. Skowron, D. Groat
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Kuenn, B. Skowron
GIDP: H. Kuenn, B. Allen
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING
SB: C. Flood (5), C. Hinton (3)
FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Mathews-Allen-Skowron, Allen-Kuenn-Skowron)
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| Chicago | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA | | D. Mossi W (2-0) | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 113 | 73 | 2.16 |
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GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: J. Adcock
Ballpark: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (44 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 13 mph
Start Time: 7:05 pm
Time: 2:49
Attendance: 77402
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