Game 1 of the 6/19 doubleheader. The game was scoreless and Mudcat Grant, struggling all year long, takes a no-hitter into the 9th inning when Whitey Herzog lashes a lead-off triple to right center on the first pitch. With the infield drawn in, Grant gets three ground outs (to short, the mound and second) and escapes with the scoreless game intact. Alvin McBean takes the mound for the Tarheels. Jake Wood tops a little roller that McBean could not get to in time. Grant stood in to hit, and on the 1-1 pitch swung and missed as Wood broke for second. Wood scampered all the way to third when Jim Pagliaroni's throw went into centerfield. Stan Musial, inheriting Grant's 1-2 count grounded slowly to 3rd, and Wood was wisely held up. Tito Francona batted for Gene Oliver and slapped a grounder to Joey Amalfitano at second - who let it go through his legs for a 1-0 win for the Leathernecks. An almost no-hitter with an exciting finish. 6/19/1961, RAL61-EKL61, game 1, County Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1961 Tarheels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1961 Lakers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 Tarheels AB R H BI AVG Lakers AB R H BI AVG Amalfitano 2b 3 0 0 0 .220 Fox,N 2b 3 0 0 0 .207 Callison rf 4 0 0 0 .280 Oliver c 0 0 0 0 .000 White,B 1b 4 0 0 0 .309 Francona ph 1 0 0 0 .287 Santo 3b 3 0 0 0 .232 Lillis,B 3b 2 0 0 0 .100 King lf 2 0 0 0 .227 Howser ph 1 0 0 0 .263 Del Greco,B cf 3 0 0 0 .260 Pagan lf 3 0 0 0 .288 Dalrymple c 2 0 0 0 .129 Versalles ss 3 0 0 0 .212 Long ph 1 0 0 0 .222 Mathews,E 3b 0 0 0 0 .327 Pagliaroni c 0 0 0 0 .217 Green,L rf 3 0 0 0 .241 Hansen ss 3 0 0 0 .243 Tasby cf 3 0 0 0 .226 Koufax p 2 0 0 0 .000 Keough 1b 3 0 0 0 .279 Herzog ph 1 0 1 0 .312 Carreon c 1 0 0 0 .222 McBean p 0 0 0 0 .000 Wood,J ph 2 1 1 0 .211 28 0 1 0 Grant p 2 0 1 0 .300 Musial ph 1 0 0 0 .299 28 1 2 0 Tarheels INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Koufax 8.0 1 0 0 0 5 88 60 2.30 McBean L 2-6 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 13 8 3.06 8.1 2 1 0 0 5 101 68 Lakers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Grant W 2-5 9.0 1 0 0 2 2 110 66 4.15 9.0 1 0 0 2 2 110 66 RAL: Long batted for Dalrymple in the 8th Pagliaroni inserted at c in the 8th Herzog batted for Koufax in the 9th EKL: Wood,J batted for Carreon in the 6th Oliver inserted at c in the 7th Wood,J moved to 2b in the 7th Howser batted for Lillis,B in the 7th Howser moved to ss in the 8th Mathews,E inserted at 3b in the 8th Musial batted for Grant in the 9th Francona batted for Oliver in the 9th E-Amalfitano, Pagliaroni. 3B-Herzog(1). SB-Wood,J(3). K-King, Hansen, Green,L, Tasby, Keough 2, Wood,J. BB-Amalfitano, King. Temperature: 83, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 11 MPH.