Sept. 5, 1964 - Extra-base hits can wreck the best laid plans. San Francisco manager Alvin Dark found that out today at Connie Mack Stadium. The Giants’ pilot tried to confound the Phillies by switching from a lefthanded to a righthanded pitcher just prior to the game.
When it came to hand in official lineups, Dark substituted Bob Bolin for Bob Hendley, although the plate umpire failed to inform public address announcer Pete Byron of the change.
No matter. The National League leaders responded with a four-run outburst in the opening inning and went on to post a 9-3 victory to the delight of 31,482.
A two-run homer by Frank Thomas capped the first-inning explosion, and a grand-slam homer by Gus Triandos (pictured) finished off a five-run uprising in the fifth inning which put the game beyond the reach of the Giants.
The Phillies’ victory, their second straight in the series, kept them 6½ games ahead of the second-place Cincinnati Reds and 8½ lengths in front of the third-place St. Louis Cardinals and fourth-place Giants.
Benefiting from this largesse was righthander Jim Bunning, who chalked up his 16th victory of the season against only four defeats, and his seventh in a row for the longest win streak by a Phillies’ hurler in seven years.
The Phillies’ season attendance is now 1,176,234, and that is the second best in the team’s history. Before this homestand ends Thursday, they should break the 1950 pennant-winning club’s record.
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