As we transfer nearer to the twelfth World Collection matchup between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers Friday, it is just becoming to have a look at among the most memorable performances in the course of the groups’ earlier matchups.Â
The Yankees entered the 1963 World Collection trying to win their third straight championship.Â
The issue for New York was it needed to take care of Dodgers ace Sandy Koufax.
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Pitcher Sandy Koufax and the group erupt with pleasure after a Los Angeles Dodgers victory within the 1963 World Collection. (Getty Photographs)
The Dodgers’ lefty was coming off a daily season wherein he was the first-ever unanimous Nationwide League Cy Younger winner.Â
Koufax not solely received the Cy Younger in 1963. He was additionally named the Nationwide League MVP. The person nicknamed “The Left Arm of God” was 25-5 with a 1.88 ERA in 311 innings pitched with 20 full video games within the common season.Â
It was extra of the identical for Koufax within the World Collection towards the Yankees. In Recreation 1, Koufax threw a whole recreation whereas putting out 15 batters, giving the Dodgers a 5-2 win and setting a file for many strikeouts ever in a World Collection recreation on the time.Â
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Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates throwing 15 strikeouts after the group’s 5-2 win over the New York Yankees in Recreation 1 of the World Collection at Yankee Stadium Oct. 2, 1963, in New York, N.Y. (James Drake/Getty Photographs)
St. Louis Cardinals legend Bob Gibson broke Koufax’s file when he struck out 17 batters in a whole recreation shutout towards the Detroit Tigers within the 1968 World Collection.
With the Dodgers up 3-0 within the sequence, they turned to Koufax once more to try to shut it out. The left-hander threw one other full recreation, giving up one run in 9 innings whereas putting out eight batters, giving the Dodgers a sweep with a 2-1 victory.
Together with his dominating efficiency, Koufax was named World Collection MVP. He was 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA and 23 strikeouts with two full video games.
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Corridor of Famer and former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax earlier than Recreation 1 of an NLDS in the course of the 2022 MLB Playoffs between the Dodgers and San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium. (Kirby Lee/USA Right this moment Sports activities)
The Yankees are sending ace Gerrit Cole to the mound in Recreation 1, whereas Jack Flaherty will get the beginning for the Dodgers.Â
Recreation 1 begins Friday at 8 p.m. ET on FOX.Â
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