1968 NL Game: Chi. @ LA

May 14, 1968

 Don Drysdale (pictured) and Fergie Jenkins locked up in a tense pitching battle tonight in LA. Both pitchers went the distance before Drysdale and the Dodgers came out on top of the Chicago Cubs 1-0 in 10 innings. Rocky Colavito led off the bottom of the 10th for LA and hit a game winning homerun off hard luck loser Jenkins. Drysdale has had trouble getting run support this season and had to pitch extra-innings to get a Win in this game. He is now 4-3 with a 1.13 ERA.

BOXSCORE: 1968 Chicago Cubs At 1968 Los Angeles Dodgers             5/14/1968
 
  Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Kessinger SS      4  0  1  0 .287     W.Parker 1B         4  0  1  0 .165  
  G.Beckert 2B        4  0  2  0 .280     W.Davis CF          4  0  0  0 .182  
  B.Williams LF       4  0  0  0 .325     R.Fairly RF         3  0  0  0 .235  
  R.Santo 3B          2  0  0  0 .274     T.Haller C          2  0  0  0 .247  
  E.Banks 1B          4  0  2  0 .264     R.Colavito LF       4  1  1  1 .141  
  L.Johnson RF        4  0  0  0 .204     K.Boyer 3B          3  0  0  0 .286  
  R.Hundley C         3  0  0  0 .160     Z.Versalles SS      3  0  0  0 .102  
  A.Phillips CF       4  0  0  0 .254     L.Alcaraz 2B        3  0  0  0 .146  
  F.Jenkins P         3  0  0  0 .130     D.Drysdale P        3  0  0  0 .278  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  0  5  0                 Totals      29  1  2  1
 
 
Cubs............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 -  0  5  0
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  1 -  1  2  0
 
Cubs (19-13)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
F.Jenkins LOSS(6-2)       9       2   1   1   3  10   1   2.57
Totals                    9       2   1   1   3  10   1
 
Dodgers (12-19)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Drysdale WIN(4-3)      10       5   0   0   4   4   0   1.13
Totals                   10       5   0   0   4   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 22,564 DATE- Tuesday, May 14th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Doug Harvey, John Kibler, Shag Crawford, Chris Pelekondas
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 6  Dodgers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0  Dodgers: 1
DOUBLES- W.Parker(5th)
HOME RUNS- R.Colavito(2nd)
RBIs- R.Colavito(4th)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Santo
WALKS- R.Santo-2, R.Hundley, F.Jenkins, R.Fairly, T.Haller-2
STRIKE OUTS- L.Johnson, A.Phillips, F.Jenkins-2, W.Davis, T.Haller, R.Colavito,
             K.Boyer-2, Z.Versalles, L.Alcaraz-2, D.Drysdale-2
GIDP- A.Phillips
RLISP 2-out- R.Colavito, R.Fairly, R.Santo
TEAM RISP- Cubs: 0 for 3  Dodgers: 0 for 3
 
Don Drysdale threw a complete game shutout as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated
the Chicago Cubs in 10 innings by a score of 1 to 0 at Dodger Stadium.
 
The score was knotted at zero after nine innings.  Finally, Los Angeles pulled
the game out in the 10th inning.  Rocky Colavito cracked a solo homerun
giving Los Angeles the win much to the delight of the home town crowd.
Chicago had 5 hits in the game while Los Angeles had 2, but Los Angeles had
the more timely hits.  
 
It was the 3rd shutout of the year for Drysdale(4-3). Fergie Jenkins(6-2) was
charged with the loss.  He surrendered just 2 hits and 3 walks in 9 innings.