1967 NL Game Stories

 April 24, 1967

  After losing on Opening Day, the Philadelphia Phillies have won 9 straight games. Today they took both ends of a double header against the New York Mets. The winning streak has propelled the red hot Phillies into 1st place in the NL.

 
PHILADELPHIA AT NEW YORK
Phillies........ 4 0 1  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  6 11  2
Mets............ 0 0 0  0 3 0  0 0 2  -  5  8  1
Win:Short(3-0) Loss:Cardwell(1-1) Save:Wagner(1st)
 
Chris Short reeled off a total of 10 strikeouts at Shea Stadium where the
streaking Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets by the score of 6 to
5.
 
Short(3-0) delivered a fine performance for Philadelphia.  He surrendered 8
hits and 3 walks in 8 and 2/3 innings.  New York had a chance in the 9th but
they came up short.  
 
Gary Wagner was credited with his 1st save.  Don Cardwell(1-1) took the loss.
He surrendered 11 hits and 4 walks in 9 innings.  
 
Short didn't realize how many strikeouts he was racking up.  When told he had
10 he was obviously surprised, 'No kidding? Man, I knew that I had a decent
total, but I didn't think I had K'd that many.  Say, that's pretty good,
isn't it?'
 

PHILADELPHIA AT NEW YORK
Phillies........ 0 0 0  1 0 0  2 4 0  -  7  6  0
Mets............ 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  1  9  1
Win:Hall(1-0) Loss:Denehy(0-2)
Homeruns- T.Francona(1st)
 
In a lop-sided win the sizzling Philadelphia Phillies tallied 4 runs in the
8th inning and ripped the New York Mets by a 7 to 1 count.
 
In the top of the 7th inning Philadelphia went on top for good with 2 runs.
Bobby Wine led off and started the rally when he drew a walk.  Cookie Rojas
stepped into the batter's box and he laid down a sacrifice bunt.  One out
later, Tito Francona then cleared the fences for a two-run home run.  New
York had 9 hits in the game while Philadelphia had 6, but Philadelphia had
the more timely hits.  
 
Dick Hall(1-0) was the winner allowing no runs in 4 innings. Bill Denehy(0-2)
was given the loss.  It was another victory for Philadelphia at Shea Stadium.
Now their winning streak stands at 9 games.
 
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1967 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1967 Philadelphia PHN         9   1  .900 ----   151     7   3 .700   82  80 .506
1967 San Francisco SFN        7   3  .700  2.0           3   7 .300   91  71 .562
1967 St. Louis SLN            5   4  .556  3.5           7   2 .778  101  60 .627
1967 Houston HON              6   5  .545  3.5           3   8 .273   69  93 .426
1967 Pittsburgh PIN           4   4  .500  4.0           3   5 .375   81  81 .500
1967 Cincinnati CIN           6   6  .500  4.0           9   3 .750   87  75 .537
1967 Los Angeles LAN          4   5  .444  4.5           3   6 .333   73  89 .451
1967 Chicago CHN              3   6  .333  5.5           5   4 .556   87  74 .540
1967 New York NYN             3   8  .273  6.5           4   7 .364   61 101 .377
1967 Atlanta ATN              2   7  .222  6.5           5   4 .556   77  85 .475