At Crosley Field, the Reds score four runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie the Cubs, 5 – 5. Pete Rose ends the game with a 10th-inning homer.
Say It Ain’t So… Juan. While the Giants’ Juan Marichal is reducing his ERA from 2.54 to 2.44 in the course of a 2 – 1 win over Bob Veale and the Pirates, Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente resume their personal war for National League hitting honors. Clemente singles twice, drives in the Pirates’ only run, and finishes at .349. Mays doesn’t have much of a chance to close ground; after his first-inning home run, the Bucs’ moundsmen walk him the next three times up. However, the one hit jumps him from .344 to .347. Ironically, the Pirates’ only run is driven in by Clemente when Marichal resorts to a quick pitch with the bases loaded in the fifth. Clemente speaks with Giants beat writer Bob Stevens: “‘I was trying to smooth out the dirt around the plate,’ Clemente said, ‘not looking, when I hear someone on the bench yell at me. I look up and see the ball, and I try to just punch at it with one hand.’ He got just enough of it to drive it into the ground in front of the plate and bounce it so high that Orlando Cepeda had to wait helplessly for it to come down as the run scored and Clemente fled across the base. Clemente laughed in reminiscence. ‘I don’t remember anybody try to quick-pitch me since Don Bessent do it with Brooklyn. ‘I punch it for double.'”
At Wrigley Field, the Reds’ Joey Jay allows just two hits but loses to the Cubs, 1 – 0. Larry Jackson does him one better, allowing just one hit and driving in the lone run with a single. Jackson’s no-hit bid is stopped in the 7th when Pete Rose singles.
Mark Grace Position: First BasemanBats: Left • Throws: Left6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)Born: June 28, 1964 in Winston-Salem, NCDraft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 15th round of the 1984 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Saddleback College (Mission Viejo, CA) and the Chicago Cubs in the 24th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Diego State University (San Diego, CA).High School: Tustin HS (Tustin, CA)Schools: Saddleback College (Mission Viejo, CA), San Diego State University (San…
On June 27, 1964 Cleveland 3B Max Alvis is stricken with spinal meningitis. He will be disabled for six weeks but will make the All-Star team in 1965. Texas native will rebound nicely, making the American League All-Star team next season and in 1967.
On June 27, 1964 Roberto Clemente’s two-run, tape-measure double finds its way out of Forbes Field at its farthest point, touching off Pittsburgh’s come-from-behind, 8th-inning, game-winning rally off Cincinnati’s Bob Purkey and Bill Henry. Dick Schofield singles, Bill Virdon doubles and both score on Clemente’s ground-rule double that bounces over the center-field wall. The game is thus deadlocked and, one out later, Clemente will score the deciding run ahead…
Twins P Gerry Arrigo just misses a no-hitter when Chicago’s Mike Hershberger laces a 9th-inning single, as the Twins beat the Sox, 2 – 0. Arrigo will toss another one-hitter while pitching for the Cincinnati Reds.
University of Wisconsin standout Rick Reichardt receives the highest bonus to date when he signs with the Angels for $200,000. The bidding war for the talented Badger outfielder ultimately led the owners to institute a draft, which started in 1965 when Arizona State University’s Rick Monday became the first-ever #1 overall selection.
On June 25, 1964 Steve Barber’s 3-hit 3 – 1 win gives the Orioles a 3-game sweep of the Yankees and first place in the American League. Source Baseball Reference June 25
On June 24, 1964, collegiate star Rick Reichardt becomes the biggest “bonus baby” in major league history when he signs a contract with the Los Angeles Angels. Reichardt, whose bonus totals $200,000, will make his major league debut later in the season, batting .162 in 37 at-bats.
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