|
So, let's wrap up the 1965 WPK regular season shall we. When we left our Brewers, at the end of September 1965, they were sitting in 2nd place in the MGL (1 game ahead of the Phoenix Speed Kings) with 3 games left in the season. The Brewers lost to the Detroit Falcons on the 1st of October but Phoenix also lost, to the Baltimore Lords, to keep the status quo. The Brewers then would win their final two games against Detroit- very narrowly (3-2, 4-3). On October 2nd in 11 innings on a walk-off run-scoring single by veteran first baseman Pablo Gonzalez and on October 3rd with another walk-off win, this one thanks to a 10th inning Sam Rogers solo HR. This was only the 4th HR of the season for captain Sam.
And with the Speed Kings winning their last two against Baltimore the Brewers needed these extra-inning heroics to hold on to 2nd place.
A very respectable finish indeed!
|