Manager Bill Keller put it best, "I clicked on the right buttons and he threw the ball and they didn't get any hits". As simple as that sounds it really is more impressive than the understated Keller led us to believe. Lolich's opponent the 1962 LA Dodgers have a ton of contact singles hitters. They type of players that are not easy to no hit. Detroit won the game 3 to 0 as Kaline, Cash and Freehan all had RBI singles. Dodger starter Johnny Podres injured his arm in the second inning and was replaced by lefty Pete Richert who went 5 2/3 without yielding a run.. Both teams split the 4 game set, which was dominated by pitching. Game #1 saw Don Drysdale outduel Denny McLain in a 2-0 shutout. Game #3 was an extra inning affair. Dodger starter Sandy Koufax was touched for 4 runs (1 earned), but the Tigers still needed extra frames to win it as future HOF'er Ed Mathews hit a walk off pinch hit 3 run homer in the 10th off of Patterson. The finale saw the Dodgers win in the 8th as they manufactured a run Maury Wills style. Starter Stan WIlliams went 8 innings for the win and Ron Perranoski notched the save with a scoreless 9th.
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