1963 MLB Replay.
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Wednesday, May 15th.
The Minnesota Twins take over first place in the American League with a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees. Camilo Pascual went the distance for Minnesota, improving to 3-2 with a 3.49 ERA.
Meanwhile, Juan Pizarro tossed a one-hit gem as the Chicago White Sox blanked the Detroit Tigers by a score of 9-0. The Sox scored 7 times in the 8th inning to turn a close game into a laugher. Pizarro is now 3-2 with a nifty 1.38 ERA. At 19-12, the Tigers are now one-half game behind the Twins.
With the Cardinals idle because of rain, the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their lead in the National League to one full game with a 4-2 victory over the Phillies. Sandy Koufax went the distance for the Dodgers, striking out 13. He is now 3-2 on the season with a 2.29 ERA.
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Thursday, May 16
The Twins and Tigers were idle, so no changes atop the American League Standings.
The Dodgers and Cardinals were both in action in the National League. The Cardinals outslugged the Braves by a score of 9-7. Stan Musial smacked a pair of homers, his 3rd and 4th of the season, to lead the Cardinals. Ed Bauta got the win in relief for St. Louis with Bobby Shantz getting a save. Denny Lemaster took the loss for Milwaukee.
The Dodgers maintain their one game lead with an 8-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Johnny Roseboro and Frank Howard homered for Los Angeles. Ed Roebuck earned the win in relief of Johnny Podres while Don Schwall took the loss for Pittsburgh.
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Friday, May 17, 1963
Jim Bouton of the New York Yankees takes a no-hit bid against the Angels into the 9th inning but Albie Pearson spoils it with a leadoff double. Bouton would end up giving up 3 hits and 1 run in the inning, but the Yankees still prevail by a score of 4-1.
The Twins gained another half game on the Tigers by virtue of a 9-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Jimmy Hall’s 2-run single in the top of the ninth off Bob Allen broke a 7-7 tie. Bob Allison contributed a pair of 2-run homers for Minnesota. The Twins now lead the Tigers and the White Sox by 1 game in the American League.
The Los Angeles Dodgers remain atop the National League as Bob Miller blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates, scattering 8 hits on the way to a 6-0 win for the Dodgers. Meanwhile, the Cardinals dropped a 6-3 decision to Cincinatti to fall into a tie with the Reds for second place, 2 games behind Los Angeles. Joey Jay worked the first 5 innings for the win, and John Tsitouris went the rest of the way to earn the save. George Altman smacked a pair of homers in defeat for the redbirds. Pete Rose drove in 3 runs for the victors.
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Saturday, May 18
The Twins win a wild game against the Cleveland Indians to remain in first place in the American League. The Twins scored twice in the top of the 10th inning to prevail by a score of 13-11. Bob Allison smacked his league-leading 10th homer run of the season for Minnesota. Gene Green smacked his first 2 home runs of the season in the loss for Cleveland.
The White Sox kept pace with the Twins with a 3-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Gary Peters got the win with Steve Barber taking the loss.
The Pirates knocked off the first place Dodgers by a score of 4-3. Roberto Clemente drove in Bill Virdon with 2 outs in the top of the 9th inning to give the Pirates the lead. The Cardinals pulled to within one game of the Dodgers with a 13-1 victory over the Reds. The Cardinals jumped out to a 7-0 lead on Bob Purkey and never looked back.
In a twin-bill, the Tigers and Senators swapped shutouts with Claude Osteen and the Senators winning game one by a score of 6-0. Jim Bunning went the distance in game 2 with the Tigers prevailing by an 8-0 tally.
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Sunday, May 19
A whopping seventeen games played on this day, and 4 shutouts where hurled:
In the first game of a doubleheader against the Cubs, Lew Burdette of the Milwaukee Braves throws a 5-hit shutout as Milwaukee prevails by a score of 5-0. Burdette improved to 4-2 on the season and lowered his ERA to 3.80. The Braves took game 2 as well by a score of 10-4.
Whitey Ford blanked the Angels on 3 hits in a 2-0 Yankees victory. Ford moved to 3-5 with a 3.34 ERA. The Yankees swept a doubleheader from Los Angeles to improve to 14-17 on the season.
The Phillies swept a pair of games from the Giants including a 6-0 victory in game one featuring a 3-hit shutout by Cal McLish. McLish dropped his ERA to 1.42 on the season with his 4th win against 2 losses.
The Cardinals improved to 26-12 on the season with a 5-0 win over the Reds. Bob Gibson lowered his ERA to 1.65 with a 5-hit shutout. His record now stands at 4-2.
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Week 6 is complete and the Twins hold a one game lead over the White Sox. The Tigers have slipped to 2 games behind with the A’s and Orioles lurking.
The Dodgers hold a game and a half lead over the Cardinals in the National League:
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Top AL Pitchers (based on wins) after 6 weeks:
And the top NL pitchers:
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Here is a look at how the home run leaders in real life are fareing in the replay:
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Home runs come in pairs on Monday, May 20th.
Bill Freehan hit his first two home runs of the season as the Tigers defeated the Orioles by a score of 6 to 3.
Each team had a player hit a pair of home runs in the Twins 12-5 victory over the Red Sox. Rich Rollins blasted his 3rd and 4th homers for the Twins, Carl Yastrzemski his 4th and 5th for Boston.
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Tuesday, May 21.
John Buzhardt took a no-hitter into the 8th inning but Ken Retzer spoiled the bid with a one-out single. The White Sox prevailed by a score of 3-0 with Buzhardt completing the shutout. The win propelled Chicago into first place in the American League. With a record of 24-14, the Sox lead the Twins by one game.
In Los Angeles, Johnny Podres remained unbeaten on the season, as he won his 6th game with a 3-0 victory over the New York Mets. With a record of 29-11, the Dodgers lead the National League by 2 1/2 games over the Cardinals.
At 9-31, the Houston Colt 45s trail the Dodgers by 20 games but on this day, Ken Johnson gave the Houston fans something to cheer about as he twirled a 3-hit shutout of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies. It was Johnson’s second win against 5 losses, but he sports a fine ERA of 2.34 on the season.
Chuck Estrada of the Orioles improved to 2-0 on the season with a 4-hit shutout of the Detroit Tigers. The win moved Baltimore to 20-18 on the season and kept the Orioles 4 games back of the league-leading White Sox.
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Wednesday, May 22
Bennie Daniels gets his first win of the season as he blanks the first-place White Sox by a score of 6-0. Jim King and Ken Retzer supported with home runs for the Senators.
The White Sox still hold a 1 game lead over the Twins and Tigers. The Twins fell to the Red Sox by a score of 6-5 and the Tigers defeated the Orioles by a score of 5-2.
In the National league, the Dodgers maintain a 2 1/2 game lead over the Cardinals as both teams were victorious. Ray Washburn blanked the Cubs scattering four hits as the Cards prevailed by a score of 4-0. The Dodgers fell behind to the Mets 3-0 but rallied with 3 runs in both the 7th and 8th innings for a 6-4 victory.
Willie Mays smacked a pair of solo homers for the Giants in a 3-1 victory over the Phillies. At 23-19, the Giants are 7 games back of the Dodgers. Mays leads all of baseball with 16 home runs on the season.
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Thursday, May 23.
Just 3 games scheduled on this day.
The Orioles defeated the Senators by a score of 4-2. Bob Saverine homered for Baltimore, his first of the season. Robin Roberts went the distance for the win to improve to 4-2 on the season.
The Cardinals gained a half game on the idle Dodgers with a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Stan Musial had 2 hits and 2 RBI to lead the Cardinals. Ernie Broglio moved to 6-2 on the season with Bobby Schantz earning his 3rd save. Billy Williams provided all 3 Chicago runs with his 7th homer of the season.
The Braves got homers from Denis Menke, Eddie Mathews and Joe Torre and knocked off the Reds by a score of 6-1. Denny Lemaster went the distance for Milwaukee, improving to 4-2 on the season. Daryl Spencer drove in the lone run for the Reds.
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Friday, May 24th
Vic Power’s two-run double in the bottom of the 3rd inning was the only offense in the game as the Twins defeated the White Sox behind a 5-hit shutout by Dick Stigman. Stigman improves to 5-2 on the season with a 2.66 ERA. The Twins hold a one game lead over Chicago in the American League.
The pitching matchup of Juan Marichal and Sandy Koufax lived up to expectations, as the game between the Giants and Dodgers was scoreless to the bottom of the 9th inning. Jose Pagan opened the inning with a double off Koufax. After a pair of groundouts by Willie McCovey and Willie Mays, Pagan stood on third base and watched Orlando Cepeda lift a fly ball over everyone’s head for a walk-off home run. Marichal lowered his ERA to 1.50 and improved to 4-2 on the season.
With an 11-2 victory over the Mets, the St. Louis Cardinals pulled to within 1 game of the Dodgers in the National League standings. Ken Boyer hit home runs number 6 and 7 for the Redbirds. Bob Gibson pitched 5 innings for the win, moving to 5-2 on the season with a 1.67 ERA. Harry Fanok worked the final 4 innings for his first save of the season.
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Saturday, May 25
Trailing the Mets by a score of 6-1, the Cardinals score 3 times in the 4th and 4 times in the 5th on their way to a 9-8 victory. Gene Oliver drove in 3 runs for St. Louis while Ken Boyer and Leo Burke homered.
In another tightly contested game between the Giants and Dodgers, Nate Oliver’s two-out RBI single broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the ninth inning as Los Angeles prevails by a score of 2-1. The Dodgers maintain a 1 game lead over the Cardinals in the National league.
In the American League, the Tigers scored 3 times in the bottom of the ninth to upend the Boston Red Sox by a final of 5-4. Boston called on Jack Lamabe to protect a 4-2 lead, but a Jake Wood double and an Al Kaline homer tied the game at 4. A walk to Rocky Colavito followed by a Dick McCauliffe double ended the game.
In Minnesota, it took 11 innings for the Twins and White Sox to resolve their contest. The deciding run scored in the top of the 11th when pinch-hitter Al Weis singled on an excuse me swing with Joe Cunningham scoring from third base. The Tigers and Twins now sit atop the standings with identical 24-15 records. The White Sox sit one game back.
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Sunday, May 26 Scores:
Highlights:
Chris Short (4-3, 2.21) goes the distance and Wes Covington drives home the game’s only run in the top of the first inning as the Phillies beat the Reds by a score of 1-0.
Hector Martinez goes deep twice for Kansas City, but the Angels prevail by a score of 8 to 7 in 14 innings. The Angels had 3 consecutive singles to open the 14th inning, Lee Thomas had the one that ended the game.
John Buzhardt took a no-hitter to the 7th inning for the White Sox against the Twins, but gave up a solo home run to Harmon Killebrew with one out. Buzhardt would give up 2 more homers in the inning to Bob Allison and Rich Rollins as the Twins win by a score of 3-1.
Curt Simmons improved to 4-3 on the season with a 2-hit shutout of the New York Mets as the Cardinals won by a score of 6-0.
Don Drysdale outdueled Jack Sanford as the Dodgers dropped the Giants by a score of 1-0. The game’s only run scored in the 4th inning when Ron Fairly scored as Johnny Roseboro beat out a double-play ground ball. Drysdale is now 5-4 on the season Sanford slipped to 7-4 with the loss.
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American League Standings after 7 weeks:
National League Standings:
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American League Pitching Leaders:
National League Leaders:
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American League Hit Leaders:
National League Hit Leaders:
