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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Milwaukee Braves

1964-08-08 · Day game · County Stadium · Att: 17647 · 2:29

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Milwaukee Braves 5–4. Los Angeles Dodgers put up 4 in the 5th. Sandy Koufax earned the win. Denis Menke went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAN	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	5	10
ML1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	7

W: Sandy Koufax L: Tony Cloninger SV: (none)

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

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Maury Wills	5	0	2	0	0	1
Jim Gilliam	3	2	1	0	2	0
Willie Davis	4	1	2	0	1	1
Ron Fairly	4	1	2	4	1	1
Tommy Davis	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Howard	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Roseboro	3	0	0	0	1	2
Nate Oliver	4	0	1	0	0	1
Sandy Koufax	4	1	1	0	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denis Menke	4	1	2	2	0	0
Lee Maye	4	0	0	0	0	2
Hank Aaron	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Torre	4	0	0	0	0	3
Gene Oliver	3	0	1	0	1	1
Rico Carty	4	0	0	0	0	2
Miguel de la Hoz	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Bolling	3	2	2	0	0	1
Tony Cloninger	1	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Sadowski	1	0	0	0	0	0
Felipe Alou	1	0	0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sandy Koufax	9.0	7	1	9

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tony Cloninger	4.1	8	3	5
Bob Sadowski	3.2	2	1	2
Wade Blasingame	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Maury Wills: K
Jim Gilliam: S7/F
Willie Davis: S4.1-3
Ron Fairly: K
Tommy Davis: 4

Bot 1

Denis Menke: 53
Lee Maye: 43
Hank Aaron: 53

Top 2

Frank Howard: FLE3
Frank Howard: K
John Roseboro: W
Nate Oliver: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Joe Torre: K
Gene Oliver: 2/FL
Rico Carty: K

Top 3

Sandy Koufax: 13
Maury Wills: 1/FL
Jim Gilliam: W
Willie Davis: S9/F.1-3
Ron Fairly: S9/L.3-H;1-3
Tommy Davis: 54(1)/FO

Bot 3

Miguel de la Hoz: D7/L
Frank Bolling: S7/L.2-3
Tony Cloninger: S1.3-H;1-2
Denis Menke: 54(1)/FO.2-H(E4/TH)(UR)
Lee Maye: K
Hank Aaron: 5/FL

Top 4

Frank Howard: 6/L
John Roseboro: K
Nate Oliver: K

Bot 4

Joe Torre: K
Gene Oliver: S6
Rico Carty: K
Miguel de la Hoz: CS2(2436)

Top 5

Sandy Koufax: S8/L
Maury Wills: S7/L.1-2
Jim Gilliam: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Willie Davis: W.1-2
Ron Fairly: T9/L.3-H;2-H;1-H
Tommy Davis: S7/L.3-H
Frank Howard: 7/FL
John Roseboro: K

Bot 5

Miguel de la Hoz: 8
Frank Bolling: K
Bob Sadowski: 13

Top 6

Nate Oliver: 2/FL
Sandy Koufax: 63
Maury Wills: S8/G
Jim Gilliam: W.1-2
Willie Davis: K

Bot 6

Denis Menke: D7/L
Lee Maye: K
Hank Aaron: 8/L
Joe Torre: K

Top 7

Ron Fairly: 53
Tommy Davis: HP
Frank Howard: 64(1)/FO
John Roseboro: 7/L

Bot 7

Gene Oliver: K
Rico Carty: 8
Miguel de la Hoz: 9

Top 8

Nate Oliver: S7/G
Sandy Koufax: 16(1)/FO/BG
Maury Wills: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Frank Bolling: S8/L
Felipe Alou: 8
Denis Menke: HR/L7.1-H
Lee Maye: 4
Hank Aaron: 7

Top 9

Jim Gilliam: 8/L
Willie Davis: 43
Ron Fairly: W
Tommy Davis: 9

Bot 9

Joe Torre: 63
Gene Oliver: W
Rico Carty: 9
Miguel de la Hoz: 4

Notes & reviews

During Gilliam's at bat, there was a pickoff attempt of Koufax at 2nd and he jammed his left arm sliding back to the base; this was the beginnin of arthritis diagnosis

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