Today on the blog we have a "missing" 1966 World Series card, this time for Game 2 of the 1965 "Fall Classic" between the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers, which Topps (for some reason) left out of their set:
Shocking the Dodgers and
their starter Don Drysdale for a win in Game 1, the Twins would do it
again against L.A.'s ace Sandy Koufax, with young Jim Kaat outdueling
the reigning N.L. Cy Young winner by a final score of 5-1 to take a
commanding 2-0 lead, winning both their games at home at Metropolitan
Stadium.
The game was scoreless into the bottom of the sixth
inning until Kaat himself drove in the first two runs of the game with a
single, giving himself a 2-0 lead.
The Dodgers would cut that
lead in half the next inning with a run, but the Twins answered back
quickly, scoring a run in their half of the inning before breaking it
open in the eighth with two more, with Kaat shutting them down in the
top of the ninth for the win.
The Twins would be set up very
nicely as the Series would shift to Los Angeles for Game 3, resting on a
two game lead, both wins against the L.A. aces in Drysdale and Koufax.
Next week, my card for Game 3!
