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Koufax’s Last Win

Sunday, the 2nd of October 1966. The Dodgers were playing a double header in Philadelphia. When the day started, LA was 1.5 games ahead of the Giants. If the Dodgers lost both games and the Giants beat the Pirates, they would finish in a dead heat and there would be a playoff.

Don Drysdale got the start in game one against Larry Jackson. In the bottom of the 1st, John Briggs led off for the Phillies and homered to CF. The Phillies would score another run in the first to go up 2-0. Drysdale was pulled after the 2nd inning after giving up 4 hits, 2 runs, and 2 walks.