On the blog today, we move on to Game Three of the 1965 World Series in my 1966 sub-set, which Topps inexplicably left out of their set:
With the Minnesota Twins shocking
everyone, taking a two-games-to-none lead by beating Los Angeles Dodger
aces Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, the Series moved to L.A. and the
Dodgers needed a win badly.
Luckily for them, young pitcher
Claude Osteen was up to the challenge, tossing a complete game shutout
with a 4-0 win, striking out two while issuing two walks and allowing
five hits.
Twins starter Camilo Pascual allowed three runs
over five innings, with Lou Johnson and John Roseboro driving in the
three runs in the fourth and fifth innings.
The game was
completed in an economical two hours and six minutes, giving the Dodgers
life in trying to recapture the Title that they last won two seasons
earlier in 1963.
Incredibly, there were only three strikeouts TOTAL in the game, something I cannot imagine nowadays! Incredible.
