1965 World Series: Game 3

Game 3:

Saturday, October 9, 1965 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Los Angeles	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	x	4	10	1
WP: Claude Osteen (1–0) LP: Camilo Pascual (0–1)

Box Score Info. - (read me)

BATTING

Minnesota Twins              AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Versalles ss                  3   0   2   0       1   0       3   3
Nossek cf                     4   0   1   0       0   0       3   0
Oliva rf                      4   0   1   0       0   1       2   0
Killebrew 3b                  3   0   0   0       1   0       1   1
Battey c                      3   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Zimmerman c                 1   0   0   0       0   0       1   1
Allison lf                    3   0   0   0       0   1       3   0
Mincher 1b                    3   0   1   0       0   0       7   0
Quilici 2b                    3   0   0   0       0   0       4   2
Pascual p                     1   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Rollins ph                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Merritt p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   2
  Valdespino ph               1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Klippstein p                0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       30   0   5   0       2   2      24  10

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Zimmerman-Versalles.

BATTING - 
2B: Versalles (1,off Osteen).
GDP: Oliva (1,off Osteen); Zimmerman (1,off Osteen).
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING - 
CS: Versalles (1,Home by Osteen/Roseboro).

Los Angeles Dodgers          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Wills ss                      4   0   1   1       0   0       2   6
Gilliam 3b                    4   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
  Kennedy 3b                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Davis cf                      4   1   1   0       0   0       2   0
Fairly rf                     4   1   1   0       0   0       1   0
Johnson lf                    2   0   2   1       1   0       0   0
Lefebvre 2b                   2   1   1   0       0   0       1   3
  Tracewski 2b                2   0   0   0       0   1       2   3
Parker 1b                     3   1   1   0       1   0      14   2
Roseboro c                    3   0   1   2       0   0       2   2
Osteen p                      2   0   1   0       0   0       2   2
Totals                       30   4  10   4       2   1      27  18

FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Tracewski-Parker, Wills-Parker.
E: Kennedy (1).

BATTING - 
2B: Gilliam (1,off Pascual); Johnson 2 (2,off Pascual 2); Fairly (1,off Pascual);
Wills (1,off Merritt).
SH: Johnson (1,off Pascual); Osteen (1,off Merritt).
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Wills (1,2nd base off Pascual/Battey); Parker (1,3rd base off Pascual/Battey);
Roseboro (1,2nd base off Pascual/Battey).
CS: Johnson (1,2nd base by Klippstein/Zimmerman).

PITCHING

Minnesota Twins              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Pascual L(0-1)                5     8   3   3   1   0   0  24
Merritt                       2     2   1   1   0   0   0   7
Klippstein                    1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3
Totals                        8    10   4   4   2   1   0  34

Los Angeles Dodgers          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Osteen W(1-0)                 9     5   0   0   2   2   0  32

Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bob Stewart, 3B - Ed Vargo, LF - Eddie Hurley, 
RF - Tony Venzon

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance: 55934

Starting Lineups:

   Minnesota Twins               Los Angeles Dodgers          
1. Versalles           ss        Wills               ss
2. Nossek              cf        Gilliam             3b
3. Oliva               rf        Davis               cf
4. Killebrew           3b        Fairly              rf
5. Battey              c         Johnson             lf
6. Allison             lf        Lefebvre            2b
7. Mincher             1b        Parker              1b
8. Quilici             2b        Roseboro            c
9. Pascual             p         Osteen              p

In Game 3, Claude Osteen was the pitcher for the Dodgers. With his team down 0–2 in the series, pressure was put on him to have a good start so that his team would not fall behind 0–3. He was set to face the Twins' Camilo Pascual who had a quality (though somewhat injury plagued) year (9–3, 3.35 ERA). Dodger Stadium filled to capacity, and the fans were treated to a special appearance from Casey Stengel, a member of the 1916 Dodgers World Series team. Stengel, sans his cane despite a broken hip, hobbled on to the field and threw out the first pitch to the delight of everyone.

In the first inning, Versalles led off with a double. A groundout to first by Nossek, sent Versalles to third. Another groundout followed by a walk to Killebrew and the Twins had runners and first and third with two out. But Versalles was caught stealing home on the front end of an attempted double steal to end the inning. In the fourth inning, with the score at 0–0, Johnny Roseboro put two runs on the board for the Dodgers on a two-run single. The play would cost the Dodgers dearly, as Jim Lefebvre bruised his heel crossing the plate with the second of the two runs. The Dodgers, already short on hitting (Lefebvre was batting .400 at the time), went with Dick Tracewski (who batted only .118 for the Series) at second base the rest of the way. The Twins received a scare of their own in the bottom of the seventh inning. Catcher Earl Battey, chasing a popup off Willie Davis, collided full speed with the railing used to cover sub-field level "dugout seats" next to the Twins dugout. Battey crumpled in a heap in front of the dugout holding his neck and was replaced by Jerry Zimmerman. Battey would recover and play the rest of the series. Osteen, who was shutting out the Twins continued to do so inning after inning, while Los Angeles continued to score runs on a Willie Davis single and a Lou Johnson double in the fifth, and then a Wills double in the sixth.

Osteen, who as a pitcher for the Senators had had a perfect 5–0 record against the Twins, completed the game by getting backup catcher Jerry Zimmerman to ground into a double play. He allowed only five hits in the contest. He had done what the Dodgers first two aces could not and helped make the series a tight two games to one as the Dodgers won, 4–0.