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Philadelphia Phillies @ Chicago Cubs

1964-08-12 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 8633 · 2:47

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Chicago Cubs 6–5. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 8th. Chris Short earned the win and Jack Baldschun picked up the save. Wes Covington went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	10
CHN	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	5	10

W: Chris Short L: Larry Jackson SV: Jack Baldschun

Umpires — HP: Doug Harvey · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: Tony Venzon · 3B: Lee Weyer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Herrnstein	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dick Allen	3	1	0	0	1	0
Johnny Callison	5	0	1	0	0	0
Wes Covington	4	1	1	3	0	1
Clay Dalrymple	4	1	2	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Taylor	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ruben Amaro	4	0	1	1	0	0
Chris Short	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Briggs	2	2	2	0	0	0
Bobby Wine	1	0	1	2	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joey Amalfitano	1	0	1	0	0	0
Leo Burke	5	0	3	4	0	1
Billy Williams	4	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Santo	4	1	1	1	0	2
Ernie Banks	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Cowan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Bertell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Andre Rodgers	3	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Jackson	3	0	2	0	0	0
Jimmy Stewart	3	1	1	0	0	1
Vic Roznovsky	1	0	1	0	0	0
Doug Clemens	1	1	0	0	0	0
Len Gabrielson	0	1	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Short	7.0	7	1	4
Jack Baldschun	2.0	3	2	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Jackson	7.2	8	2	1
Don Elston	1.0	2	1	0
Bobby Shantz	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

John Herrnstein: 5/FL
Dick Allen: 63
Johnny Callison: S7
Wes Covington: 9

Bot 1

Joey Amalfitano: S8
Leo Burke: S5.1-2
Billy Williams: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Ron Santo: 6/L

Top 2

Clay Dalrymple: S7
Frank Thomas: S8.1-2
Tony Taylor: S4.2-3;1-2
Ruben Amaro: S4/BG.3-H;2-3;1-2
Chris Short: 9
John Herrnstein: 4(1)/FO/RINT.3-3;2-2
Dick Allen: 63

Bot 2

Ernie Banks: W
Billy Cowan: 5/P
Dick Bertell: K
Andre Rodgers: 53

Top 3

Johnny Callison: 9
Wes Covington: K/C
Clay Dalrymple: 43

Bot 3

Larry Jackson: S8
Jimmy Stewart: 14/SH.1-2
Leo Burke: K
Billy Williams: 43

Top 4

Frank Thomas: 7/L7D
Tony Taylor: W
Ruben Amaro: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Ron Santo: K/C
Ernie Banks: 13
Billy Cowan: 53

Top 5

Chris Short: 4
John Herrnstein: 63
Dick Allen: 5/L

Bot 5

Dick Bertell: 3/FL
Andre Rodgers: S8
Larry Jackson: S8.1-2
Jimmy Stewart: 4/P
Leo Burke: S9.2-H;1-2
Billy Williams: 5/P

Top 6

Johnny Callison: 43/BG
Wes Covington: 6/L
Clay Dalrymple: 63

Bot 6

Ron Santo: HR/9
Ernie Banks: 8/L8D
Billy Cowan: 8
Dick Bertell: 3/P

Top 7

Frank Thomas: 7
Tony Taylor: 63
Ruben Amaro: 8

Bot 7

Andre Rodgers: 9/L
Larry Jackson: 7/L
Jimmy Stewart: K

Top 8

John Briggs: S7
John Herrnstein: 14/SH.1-2
Dick Allen: W
Johnny Callison: 8/78
Wes Covington: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Clay Dalrymple: S7
Frank Thomas: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Leo Burke: 53
Billy Williams: W
Ron Santo: K
Ernie Banks: 43

Top 9

Tony Taylor: 43
Ruben Amaro: 53
John Briggs: S9
John Herrnstein: W.1-2
Bobby Wine: WP.2-3;1-2
Bobby Wine: S9.3-H;2-H
Johnny Callison: 3/G

Bot 9

Billy Cowan: K
Vic Roznovsky: S8
Doug Clemens: 36(1)/FO
Len Gabrielson: W.1-2
Jimmy Stewart: S2/BG.2-3;1-2
Leo Burke: D7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Billy Williams: 7

Notes & reviews

Amaro ran into Amalfitano who was attempting to field the ground ball; Amaro called for interference; both benches cleared and Cubs was restrained by teammates; Amalfitano left with injury
Catcher Bertell and Cubs manager Kennedy ejected by HP umpire Harvey for arguing balls and strikes while Dalrymple was at bat
Cubs Jackson ejected by HP umpire Harvey for continuing to argue balls and strikes after being removed

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