Birds and Phightin's spilt series

The 1949 St. Louis Cardinals and 1964 Philadelphia Phillies opened KOD26 by splitting their four games, with three of the games ending in shutouts.

The Cardinals got off to a lightning fast start in the opener, scoring at least 2 runs in each of the first 5 innings and coasting to a 15-0 victory. Stan Musial went 5 for 6 and drove in 5 for the Cardinals, while Howie Pollet scattered 4 hits in notching a complete game. Jim Bunning, who will be counted on heavily by the Phillies, was knocked around for 7 hits and 7 earned runs in only 2 innings of work. He also did not strike out a batter and issued 3 walks.

The Cardinals looked to be off to a great start, as they ran out to a 5-1 lead in game two. But the

Phillies hit three home runs and scored 6 times in the sixth, and then held on to prevail 8-6. Johnny Callison homered twice for the Phils and knocked in three, while rookie Richie Allen added a three-run shot. Ed Roebuck threw 2 1/3 innings of relief to get the win, in support of starter Chris Short.

Frank Thomas homered twice in game 3, and that was all Dennis Bennett needed in a 2-0 win. The Cardinals returned the favor, winning game four by the same 2-0 score, as Musial homered in the sixth, and pitcher Red Munger doubled in Joe Garagiola with 2 out in the seventh for the second run. Munger went the distance for the win.

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