Just thought this was an interesting game to pass along to my fellow SPBII ers. This was our first home game played of the season so far---very odd! Bob Purkey got the home start against the Don Z led LA Surfers and Jim Bunning. The Jersey City Giants( playing in Roosevelt Stadium) opened the game in the bottom of the first inning with FIVE--5 consecutive hits in a row, culminated with a 2 run bomb by sore shouldered seldom used Willie McCovey--and scored 5 runs, for a 5-1 lead. Here's the weird part-----Bunning would leave the game after 4innings for a pinch hitter---BUT--after McCovey's Homer----the J C Giants would be retired 27 batters in a row the rest of the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not a walk or a hit batsman the rest of the way! Never saw this before---but I'm sure someone in SPB's history has seen this somewhere along the line. Basically, a perfect game pitched after the 5 runs were allowed! 4/9/1964, SUR64-JER64, Connie Mack Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Surfers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 1 7 0 1964 Giants 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 5 1 1 0 Surfers AB R H BI AVG Giants AB R H BI AVG Linz ss 4 0 0 0 .000 Tresh cf 3 1 1 0 .333 Maye cf 4 1 2 0 .500 Kindall ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Held 2b 4 1 1 1 .250 Agee cf 0 0 0 0 .000 Howard F rf 3 0 0 1 .000 Kanehl 2b 4 1 1 0 .250 Cash 1b 3 0 0 0 .000 Peterson 1b 4 1 1 1 .250 Malzone 3b 4 0 1 0 .250 Robinson B 3b 3 1 1 2 .333 McCarver c 3 0 1 0 .333 McCovey rf 3 1 1 2 .333 Spangler lf 3 0 0 0 .000 Taylor H lf 3 0 0 0 .000 Wynn ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Moran A ss 3 0 0 0 .000 Bunning p 0 0 0 0 .000 Grote c 2 0 0 0 .000 Briggs ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Bateman ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Heffner p 0 0 0 0 .000 Purkey p 3 0 0 0 .000 de la Hoz ph 1 0 0 0 .000 O'Dell p 0 0 0 0 .000 Sadowski B p 0 0 0 0 .000 30 5 5 5 Amaro ph 1 0 0 0 .000 32 2 5 2 Surfers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Bunning L 0-1 4.0 5 5 5 0 4 67 45 11.25 Heffner 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 33 23 0.00 Sadowski B 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 18 12 0.00 8.0 5 5 5 0 7 118 80 Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Purkey W 1-0 8.1 5 2 1 3 2 118 74 1.08 O'Dell S 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.00 9.0 5 2 1 3 2 122 78 SUR: Briggs batted for Bunning in the 5th de la Hoz batted for Heffner in the 7th Wynn batted for Spangler in the 9th Amaro batted for Sadowski B in the 9th JER: Bateman batted for Grote in the 7th Bateman moved to c in the 8th Kindall batted for Tresh in the 8th Agee inserted at cf in the 9th E-Malzone, Peterson. 2B-Maye(1), Malzone(1), Robinson B(1). HR-Held(1), McCovey(1). RBI-Held(1), Howard F(1), Peterson(1), Robinson B 2(2), McCovey 2(2). K-Held, Howard F, Peterson, Grote 2, Purkey 3, Bateman. BB-Howard F, Cash, McCarver. SH-Bunning. PB-Grote. GWRBI: Robinson B Temperature: 55, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 12 MPH. .................................................................................................... 4/9/1964, SUR64-JER64, Connie Mack Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Surfers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 1 7 0 1964 Giants 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 5 1 1 0 Surfers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Linz ss 1>53 53 13 8>8 Maye cf D 3>43 S 13 Held 2b e3.2-3;B-1 43 k HR Howard F rf note 1 53 6>k W Cash 1b pb.1-2 4>8 43 9 W Malzone 3b 43 D 8 9>43 McCarver c 2>W 3/g.2-3 7>31 S Spangler lf 4 7 8 O'Dell Wynn ph 36/f.B-1 Bunning p 24/SH.1-2 Briggs ph 5>4 Heffner p de la Hoz ph 8 Sadowski B p Amaro ph 8 1: 64/f.3-H;1x2;B-1 Giants -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Tresh cf 1>S 2>43 5>Heffner 8 Kindall ph 8>7 Agee cf Kanehl 2b S.1-3 63 7 63 Peterson 1b S.3-H;1-2 3/g k 5/L Robinson B 3b D.2-H;1-H 3>9 6>9 McCovey rf HR.2-H 7 9 Taylor H lf e5.B-1 7 7 Moran A ss 8 4>31 7>Sadowski B 63 Grote c k k Bateman ph k Purkey p k k k O'Dell p Surfers IN OUT ER Giants IN OUT ER Bunning A1 B9 5 L 0-1 Purkey A1 D7 1 W 1-0 Heffner C1 C6 0 O'Dell D8 D9 0 S 1 Sadowski B C7 D3 0 .................................................................................................... 4/9/1964, SUR64-JER64, Connie Mack Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Surfers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 1 7 0 1964 Giants 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 5 1 1 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Surfers batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Linz grounded out to third (BX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Maye doubled deep to center (FBX) 0-0 1 -2- 11 Maye to third, Held to first on an error by the first baseman Peterson (CBX) 0-0 1 1-3 10 Howard F grounded to short, forcing Held at second, Maye scored, Held out at second, Howard F to first (BX) 1-0 2 1-- 01 Grote allowed a passed ball, Howard F to second (CB) 1-0 2 -2- 32 Cash walked (CB.BBFB) 1-0 2 12- 10 Malzone grounded out to second (BX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Giants batting 1-0 0 --- 20 Tresh lined a single down the right field line (BBX) 1-0 0 1-- 22 Kanehl lined a single to right center, Tresh to third (CBFBX) 1-0 0 1-3 12 Peterson lined a single to shallow center, Tresh scored, Kanehl to second (BCCX) 1-1 0 12- 21 Robinson B lined a double to left center, Kanehl scored, Peterson scored (BBCX) 1-3 0 -2- 32 McCovey homered deep down the right field line, Robinson B scored (SBCBFFBFX) 1-5 0 --- 00 Taylor H to first on an error by the third baseman Malzone (X) 1-5 0 1-- 02 Moran A flied out to center (FSX) 1-5 1 1-- 12 Grote struck out (BCSS) 1-5 2 1-- 22 Purkey struck out (BSBFS) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Surfers batting 1-5 0 --- 32 McCarver walked (FBFBBFB) 1-5 0 1-- 12 Spangler popped out to second (CFFBFX) 1-5 1 1-- 12 Bunning sacrifice bunted to the catcher, McCarver to second (FbBbFbXb) 1-5 2 -2- 11 Linz grounded out to third (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Giants batting 1-5 0 --- 01 Tresh grounded out to second (CX) 1-5 1 --- 00 Kanehl grounded out to short (X) 1-5 2 --- 11 Peterson grounded out to first (CBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Surfers batting 1-5 0 --- 10 Maye grounded out to second (BX) 1-5 1 --- 20 Held grounded out to second (BBX) 1-5 2 --- 00 Howard F grounded out to third (X) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Giants batting 1-5 0 --- 00 Robinson B flied out to right (X) 1-5 1 --- 12 McCovey flied out to left (CBCX) 1-5 2 --- 12 Taylor H flied out to left (BCCX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Surfers batting 1-5 0 --- 31 Cash flied out to center (BBBCX) 1-5 1 --- 12 Malzone lined a double to left center (FBFFX) 1-5 1 -2- 22 McCarver grounded out to first, Malzone to third (FSBFBFX) 1-5 2 --3 01 Spangler lined out to left (CX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Giants batting 1-5 0 --- 31 Moran A grounded out to first (SBBBX) 1-5 1 --- 22 Grote struck out (SSBBS) 1-5 2 --- 12 Purkey struck out (CCBS) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Surfers batting Briggs pinch hitting for Bunning 1-5 0 --- 10 Briggs popped out to second (BX) 1-5 1 --- 02 Linz grounded out to the mound (SCX) 1-5 2 --- 10 Maye lined a single between first and second (BX) 1-5 2 1-- 22 Held struck out (CBCBS) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Giants batting Heffner now pitching 1-5 0 --- 22 Tresh flied out to center (CBSBX) 1-5 1 --- 22 Kanehl flied out to left (CFBBX) 1-5 2 --- 12 Peterson struck out (FCFFBS) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Surfers batting 1-5 0 --- 32 Howard F struck out (BFBCFBFS) 1-5 1 --- 02 Cash grounded out to second (CSX) 1-5 2 --- 32 Malzone lined out to center (BFBBCX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Giants batting 1-5 0 --- 12 Robinson B flied out to right (CFBX) 1-5 1 --- 22 McCovey lined out to right (CBCBFFX) 1-5 2 --- 22 Taylor H flied out to left (CBFBFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Surfers batting 1-5 0 --- 00 McCarver grounded out to first (X) 1-5 1 --- 00 Spangler flied out to center (X) de la Hoz pinch hitting for Heffner 1-5 2 --- 00 de la Hoz flied out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Giants batting Sadowski B now pitching 1-5 0 --- 00 Moran A grounded out to short (X) Bateman pinch hitting for Grote 1-5 1 --- 22 Bateman struck out (SBBCS) 1-5 2 --- 22 Purkey struck out (CSBBC) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Surfers batting Bateman moved to catcher 1-5 0 --- 01 Linz flied out to center (FX) 1-5 1 --- 00 Maye grounded out to the mound (X) 1-5 2 --- 10 Held homered deep to left (BX) 2-5 2 --- 32 Howard F walked (CSBBFBB) 2-5 2 1-- 00 Cash flied out to right (X) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Giants batting Kindall pinch hitting for Tresh 2-5 0 --- 00 Kindall flied out to left (X) 2-5 1 --- 10 Kanehl grounded out to short (BX) 2-5 2 --- 12 Peterson lined out to third (BCCX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Surfers batting Agee now playing center field 2-5 0 --- 12 Malzone grounded out to second (CFBX) 2-5 1 --- 32 McCarver lined a single to right center (CBSBBX) O'Dell now pitching Wynn pinch hitting for Spangler 2-5 1 1-- 00 Wynn grounded to first, forcing McCarver at second, Wynn to first (X) Amaro pinch hitting for Sadowski B 2-5 2 1-- 02 Amaro flied out to center (CFX)