1968 World Series
Game one saw Fergie Jenkins toss eight innings of one run ball to take a 4-1 lead into the ninth inning. Len Church would allow 3 hits and a run before Jerry Nyman came in to shut the door and give us a 4-2 win. Tim McCarver had a pair of RBI's.
Tommy John and Luis Tiant battled in game two and Tiant would get the better of this match up as he hurled a complete game, one run gem as the Yankees prevailed 3-1. Dave May & Don Dillard hit solo homers.
Game 3 matched up Fred Klages and Phil Ortega and saw the Yankees jump out to an early lead on a Don Dillard sac fly in the first. It would stay that way till the sixth when Javier and McCovey delivered back to back RBI singles to give the Phillies a 2-1 lead. Klages would allow the first two hitters of the eighth to reach and Jerry Nyman couldn't prevent the tying run from scoring to make it 2-2.
In the bottom of the frame however, Mota led off with a single, went to 2nd on a groundout and score the go ahead run on a Javier single. Len Church would close it out and the Phillies took a 2-1 series lead.
We brought Fergie Jenkins back on short rest in game 4 to try and steal a win and he just dominated from start to finish. Jenkins tossed a complete game shutout, allowing just 6 hits en route to a 4-0 Phillies victory.
Tommy John and Phil Niekro matched up in game five and after each team plated two runs in the 2nd inning, the two pitchers went into shutdown mode. It stayed 2-2 going into the bottom of the 10th when Brooks Robinson singled to start off the inning. Pinch runner Paul Blair stole 2nd and pinch hitter Rod Carew singled him home with one out to win the game 3-2, and clinch the series.
Jenkins was 2-0 with a 0.53 ERA over 17 innings pitched. Julian Javier hit .412 in the series.