Mudcat Grant does it all himself, hitting a three-run home run and pitching a 5 – 1 win at Minnesota to knot the World Series with the Dodgers after six games.
On October 13, 1965 — In Game 6, Los Angeles Dodgers starter Claude Osteen did not fare as well as he had in his last start. In the fourth inning, Earl Battey reached on an error by Dick Tracewski, followed by a Bob Allison two-run home run. Mudcat Grant, for the Minnesota Twins, was on his game once again. He also helped himself, as had Koufax for L.A. the game before, but in this case with a towering three-run home run, after Frank Quilici was intentionally walked to get to Grant. A Ron Fairly home run, his second of the series, put the Dodgers on the board to make the score 5–1, but that’s all they would get as Grant pitched a complete game.
Twins manager Sam Mele chose to leave veteran pitchers Pascual and Jim Perry and youngster Jim Merritt in the bullpen, instead going with Grant on two days’ rest.
Twins catcher Earl Battey brought the nearly 50,000 Metropolitan Stadium fans to their feet by leading off the second inning with a triple past a diving Willie Davis in center. Battey showed no outward ill-effects of his collision with the railing in Game 3, diving headfirst into third base on the play. Osteen promptly struck out Allison and Quilici, however, to quell the threat. Grant pitched a superb game allowing 6 hits, striking out 5 and not walking anyone. The Twins tied the series at 3–3 and get to face Sandy Koufax in game 7.
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