United League Box Scores
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Game ID: 1771 - Sunday, October 10th, 1965 - Game Log
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| Banks Blasts Colts to Championship | Herbert Stellar as Chicago Celebrates 1st UL Title
CHICAGO (Oct. 10) -- For the second day in a row, the Chicago Colts faced elimination on the road, and for the second time they overcame all obstacles, defeating the Cleveland Barons 4-1 in front of World Series-record crowd of 77,940. Ray Herbert battled Cy Young winner Johnny Podres for six scoreless innings, and the Colts ultimately prevailed after MVP Ernie Banks delievered a three-run homer off Pete Richert in the eighth inning. Herbert earned Player of the Game honors, holding the Barons to just six hits--all singles--over seven innings of work. He got some help from his defense, as the Colts' fielding was again stellar.
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the third, Bill "Moose" Skowron had a chance to do some major damage. He cranked a ball deep into the left-center field gap, but LF Joe Adcock made a diving catch at the warning track, saving three runs. Adcock put the Colts on the board first with a two-out double in the top of the sixth, and again the defense was instrumental in preserving the lead, as Ernie Banks and Chuck Cottier made diving infield plays, and Adcock again caught a ball at the track, this time off the bat of Eddie Mathews.
Podres was nearly untouchable early on, at one point retiring 11 straight batters, but when he made mistakes, he paid, as the Colts ripped three doubles off of him, including the back-to-back two-baggers in the sixth that gave Chicago the lead. But Podres was pulled after seven innings of five-hit ball, and his replacement Pete Richert proved to be a pivotal figure in this back-and-forth championship series. Jim Busby walked, then reached second on Cottier's sacrifice, and Adcock then walked to occupy the empty first base. Ernie Banks then delivered a 445-foot blast to straightaway center that took the oxygen out of Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Banks homered twice in the Series, in Games 6 and 7, but the Series MVP went to Joe Adcock (.308, .654 SLG, 1.054 OPS) , who led the Colts with five extra-base hits and 17 total bases. Adcock homered twice in Game 6, and gave the Colts the lead in the sixth inning of Game 7, but his diving catch with the bases loaded in the third was perhaps the turning point of the Series. "If Cocky misses that ball, we're looking at a 3-0 ballgame with a Cy Young winner on the mound," Herbert said.
Chicago's victory ends four years of postseason futility, as GM Lance Mueller and the Windy City celebrate their first UL championship. Chicago is the sixth team to win a UL title, and the first new winner since 1959, when the San Francisco Spiders also won Games 6 and 7 on the road to upset Brooklyn and nab their first league championship.
Chicago's prospects looked grim, literally, after Game 5. Lance Mueller's surprise decision to start reliever Bob Grim blew up in his face. Grim got behind early and the Barons never looked back en route to a 5-3 win. And with two chances to win the Series at home, Cleveland could forgive themselves for feeling confident. But like the Superbas six years earlier, the Barons were unable to convert either opportunity, and had the misfortune of watching the visitors celebrate a league championship in their ballpark.
Herbert was routed 5-1 in Game 1, but bounced back to win Games 4 and 7, in which he gave up just one earned run in 16 innings. Don Mossi won both his starts (Games 3 and 6), posting a 2.16 ERA and allowing just one walk in 16.2 innings.
Podres was 22-7 and led the league with a 1.81 ERA during the regular season, but went 0-2 in the Series despite a 0.93 WHIP. The Barons hit .276 (58-210) in the Series, but take away Curt Flood (12-28) and Harvey Kuenn (12-29) and the rest hit just .222. Johnny Roseboro was 0-for-23, Chuck Hinton hit .192 (5-26), and club HR and RBI leader Eddie Mathews hit .208 (5-24) with just one home run. "It's frustrating because we know we could have won it," Mathews lamented after the game. "But on the bright side, this ballclub is solid and I have no doubt we'll be back next year." |
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a - T. Harper pinch hit for R. Herbert in the 8th
BATTING
Doubles: C. Nichols (1, 9th Inning off T. Fox, 0 on, 1 out) J. Adcock (3, 6th Inning off J. Podres, 1 on, 2 outs) D. Demeter (1, 5th Inning off J. Podres, 0 on, 0 outs) C. Cottier 2 (2, 1st Inning off J. Podres, 0 on, 1 out; 6th Inning off J. Podres, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: E. Banks (2, 8th Inning off P. Richert, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: C. Nichols 2, E. Banks 4, J. Adcock 2, D. Demeter 3, N. Cash, C. Cottier 4, W. Jones
2-out RBI: E. Banks, J. Adcock
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , E. Banks 2, B. Rodgers, J. Adcock, W. Jones
Team LOB: 8
FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Banks-Cottier-Cash)
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a - R. Mejias pinch hit for J. Podres in the 7th
b - D. Williams pinch hit for G. Bell in the 9th
c - R. Staub pinch hit for J. Roseboro in the 9th
d - D. Groat pinch hit for T. Fox in the 9th
BATTING
Home Runs: B. Skowron (1, 9th Inning off C. Nichols, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. Allen 2, H. Kuenn 2, G. Bell, B. Skowron 4, C. Flood 2, E. Mathews, D. Groat
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Skowron, J. Roseboro, C. Hinton, E. Mathews
GIDP: B. Allen
Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING
CS: J. Roseboro (1)
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GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: R. Herbert
Ballpark: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (46 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:05 pm
Time: 2:49
Attendance: 77940
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