From This Week in 1960s Baseball …
(October 6, 1963) The Los Angeles Dodgers today completed a 4-game World Series sweep of the New York Yankeesas Sandy Koufax won his second game of the Series, 2-1.
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| Sandy Koufax |
Koufax, who was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the 1963 World Series, allowed one run on 6 hit with 8 strikeouts. For the Series, Koufax struck out 23 Yankee batters in 18 innings pitched.
In Game 4, Frank Howard led the Dodger offense with a home run and a single, the only two hits Whitey Ford gave up. The Dodgers scored the decisive run in the seventh inning when New York first baseman Joe Pepitone lost a thrown ball in the white-shirted crowd. Junior Gilliam scored on the error.
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| Frank Howard |
The Yankees scored their only run in the top of the seventh inning on Mickey Mantle’s solo home run. It was the fifteenth World Series home run of Mantle’s career, and his only RBI in this Series.
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| Mickey Mantle |
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