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The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 82nd season for the franchise in Philadelphia.The Phillies finished in a second-place tie with the Cincinnati Reds.Both posted a record of 92–70, finishing one game behind the National League (NL) and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, and just two games ahead of fourth-place San Francisco.
His pitching problems may have been part of the Phillies collapse during the pennant race that year, where the team had a 6.5 game lead in first place with 12 games to play, and lost out in the pennant race to the St. Louis Cardinals. [2] [10] Despite the injury, he did pitch a one-hitter on June 23, 1964 against the Chicago Cubs.
However, the Mets suffered an epic collapse on the likes of the "Phold of 1964", going 4–11 over the next 15 games while the Phillies parried with a strong 12–3 record. The Phillies had defeated the Mets in eight consecutive encounters (between July 1, 2007, and September 16, 2007) and ultimately overtook the Mets by one game on September 28.
The 1964 season became best remembered, however, for the Phillies' late-season collapse; despite a 6 + 1 ⁄ 2-game lead with 12 games to play, the Phillies lost 10 in a row and finished one game behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
On September 21, 1964, facing Art Mahaffey and the Philadelphia Phillies, Ruiz singled with one out in the sixth and the score 0–0. He advanced to third base on a single by Vada Pinson; however, Pinson made the second out of the inning trying to stretch it into a double.
This year’s Eagles have already been lumped in with the 1964 Phillies and the 1997 Flyers among the biggest choke artists in Philadelphia sports history. ... Maybe instead of a collapse, the ...
The Phillies lost three games in a row to the hot St. Louis Cardinals, who won the NL race by 1 game and defeated the New York Yankees in the 1964 World Series. On October 2, 1965, Short threw 15 shutout innings at Shea Stadium, striking out 18 Mets only to receive a no-decision. The game would end in a scoreless tie after 18 innings. [7]
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