60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
9/9/65 – Sandy Koufax of the Los Angels Dodgers throws his 4th career no-hitter (and first perfect game) in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium
I was fortunate enough to see him pitch that perfect game against The Chicago Cubs as I was home sick from school that day ... September 9th, 1965. In fact, The Cubs' pitcher, Bob Hendley, ALSO had a no hitter going into the seventh inning! (Talk about your pitching duels!!!) The Dodgers ended up winning the game 1-0 on ONE HIT!
While I don't remember all of the details ... I just know that I really enjoyed it because I hated the Cubs!!! - lol - what I DO remember is the fact that I LOVED seeing them get no hit by such a great pitcher.
According to Wikipedia, The Dodgers' winning run was scored in the fifth inning without a hit ...
Left Fielder Lou Johnson walked, and then reached second on a sacrifice. He stole third and scored on a throwing error by Cubs Catcher Chris Krug, meaning the run was unearned. The Dodgers' only hit came in the seventh inning when Lou Johnson dropped a bloop-double into shallow right field.
The final box score showed The Dodgers winning with one run on one hit ... while The Cubs had 0 run, 0 hits, and one very costly error.)
