Sandy Koufax declines to pitch the first game of the World Series against the Twins because the scheduled game occurs Yom Kippur, the most sacred of the Jewish holidays. As the Dodger southpaw attends shul and fasts on the Day of Atonement, Don Drysdale gives up seven runs in three innings in the team’s 8-2 loss at Minnesota’s Metropolitan Stadium.
On October 3, 1965.00 Cardinal right-hander Bob Gibson goes the distance, beating Houston at the Astrodome, 5-2, to become a 20-game winner for the first time. The future Hall of Famer will win twenty games four more times in the next five seasons.
On October 3, 1965 At Metropolitan Stadium, Angels’ first baseman Vic Power (Pellot) ends his 12-year major league career going 1-for-5 with an RBI single in a 5-2 loss to the Twins. The .284 career hitter will have the distinction of being the last active player to have worn a Philadelphia A’s uniform (1954).
test On October 3, 1965 On the last day of the season, Giants’ outfielder Willie Mays hits his 52nd home run to break the franchise record he established in 1955. The ‘Say Hey Kid’s’ league leading home run is given up by Reds hurler Billy McCool as San Francisco defeats Cincinnati at Candlestick Park, 6-3….
Los Angeles clinches the National League pennant on the next to last day of the season at Dodger Stadium when Sandy Koufax gets his 26th victory, defeating the Braves in the clincher, 3-1. The Dodgers, winning 14 of their last 15 games, finishes the campaign with a 97-65 record, two games ahead of the second-place Giants.
1965 – A liner by pitcher Robin Roberts falls between outfielders Curt Flood and Mike Shannon. The two collide and infielder Dal Maxvill has to run down the ball. Roberts gets a two-run double out of it which keys a 4-2 triumph over St. Louis. It’s the 281st career win for the future Hall-of-Famer. The Astros would finish the year with a 65-97 record and draw over two million fans in their first year at the Dome.
1965 – Don Drysdale (23-12) pitches a 3-hitter and blanks the Braves 4 – 0. Los Angeles has now won 13 straight games, seven by shutouts.
Dave Morehead takes the loss when the Angels beat the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 4-3. The defeat is the right-hander’s tenth consecutive defeat at the hands of the Halos, establishing a new American League record.
1965 – Tom Haller clouts two home runs to give the Giants an 8 – 4 win over the Cards. The Dodgers keep pace by defeating the Reds, 6 – 1.
The Twins, who moved to Minnesota in 1961, clinch their first pennant since 1933, when the franchise played in Washington. Jim Kaat goes the distance, beating the expansion Senators at D.C. Stadium, 2-1.
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