Sandy’s Perfect Moment
When: September 9, 1965
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Game Time: 1:43
Attendance: 29,139
It was the best game he ever pitched. And it would be the best major league game that Cubs left-hander Bob Hendley would ever pitch.
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| Sandy Koufax |
But a one-hitter on this day wouldn’t be good enough to beat baseball’s best pitcher, Sandy Koufax, as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ ace outmatched Hendley and the Chicago Cubs1-0 … with a perfect game.
For Koufax (22-7), it was the fourth no-hitter of his career. He was the first major league pitcher to throw more than 3. In retiring all 27 Cubs batters in order, Koufax struck out 14 of them.
Hendley (2-3) was nearly as dominant against the Dodgers’ hitters. He struck out 3 batters and walked one, giving up only one hit, a seventh inning double to outfielder Lou Johnson.
Johnson scored the game’s only run in the bottom of the fifth. He walked to lead off the inning, and moved to second on Ron Fairly’s sacrifice bunt. Then Johnson stole third, and scored on an errant throw by Cubs catcher Chris Krug.
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| Bob Hendley |
Hendley finished the season at 4-4. Koufax went on to claim his second Cy Young Award with a 26-8 record while leading the league in strikeouts (a record 382) and ERA (2.04).
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