Before a Saturday crowd of 55,530 on Ladies Night at Dodger Stadium, Sandy Koufax pitched the second of his four no-hitters on this date in 1963, beating the San Francisco Giants 8-0.
Koufax took a perfect game into the eighth inning but lost it when he walked catcher Ed Bailey with one out. The Dodgers left-hander struck out four and also walked pinch-hitter Willie McCovey in the ninth.
“It’s too bad I walked those two guys, but it still is my greatest thrill,” Koufax said. He would top that by pitching a perfect game Sept. 9, 1965, against the Chicago Cubs.