On the blog today, we finally get to the seventh game of the 1965 World Series, in a 1966 sub-set that Topps decided to skip in their set:
After
falling behind in the Series two-games-to-one, the Los Angeles Dodgers
came all the way back to win it all in the seventh game, thanks in part
to Sandy Koufax and his three-hit shutout, in which he struck out ten.
Koufax
was masterful, as he walked three while giving up two singles and a
double, winning his second game of the Series after a Game Two loss,
giving the Dodgers their second championship in three years.
For
the Minnesota Twins, their Game Two winner Jim Kaat took the loss this
time, giving up two runs in his three innings of work, the only two runs
the Dodgers would score, or even need for that matter.
Lou
Johnson hit a homer while Wes Parker went two-for-four with an RBI for
the Dodgers, with Jim Gilliam also collecting two hits in the Fall
Classic.
That wraps up a fun "missing" 1960's sub-set here on the blog, and I hope to tackle a few others over the rest of the year.
See you then!
